November 2011 – carma with a c

Wordless Wednesday: Homeschoolers DO Know How to “Make” Friends!

November 30, 2011family matters, socialization, the funnies, wordless wednesdayhomeschool humor, homeschool socialization, homeschoolers make friends, making friends

See the Wordless Wednesday hub for more wordless posts from other bloggers.

How Do They Learn?

November 29, 2011Uncategorizedhow do they learn, life learning, unschooling, what is learning, what is unschooling

“The Pain of Learning” by Angelo Bronzine. Image in the public domain. This image, “The Pain of Learning,” by Angelo Bronzine, is a pretty good representation of how a lot of folks think learning ought to look. So how do unschoolers Read More

Post-Prandial Pondering

November 24, 2011family matters, poesypoem, poetry, Postprandial, thanksgiving, thanksgiving poem, turkey

My annual Thanksgiving post-prandial pondering for 2011. Think I can use this as an example next time we study poetry? Turkey: all et Table: unset Remains: in foil Carcass: aboil Waistbands: loosed Extra pounds: caboosed

Best Homeschool Recess EVER

November 23, 2011Uncategorizedchristmas, homeschool recess, snow, snow day

You have to go see Bunny Trails for the best homeschool recess period ever!

Wordless Wednesday: On the Swing

November 23, 2011family matters, wordless wednesdayhomeschool kids, homeschool photo, nova

Topic List for History Co-op

November 22, 2011Uncategorizedhistory, history topics. history co-op, homeschool history, teaching history

I realized I forgot to add a list of potential topics for the history co-op in my previous post, so here it is. Of course this list is not exhaustive, but it’s a good place to start. Let each child Read More

How to Homeschool History Painlessly!

November 20, 2011support groups & co-opshistory co-op, history coop, home school history, homeschool history, homeschool socialization, self-study history, socialization, teaching homeschool history, unschooling history

I don’t teach our homeschool history co-op class. Instead, I facilitate independent and autonomous self-studies initiated by the students. It’s not as complicated as it sounds, and it’s a fun, easy co-op method that works well for any type of Read More

How We Unschool: A Day in the Life

November 19, 2011March 15, 2018how we unschool, unschoolinga day in the life, day in the life of a homeschooler, day in the life of an unschooler, homeschool routine, homeschool schedule, homeschool socialization, homeschooling schedule, socialization, typical homeschool day, typical homeschool week, typical unschool day, typical unschool week, unschool schedule, unschooling schedule, what our day looks like, what our week looks like

One of the most consistent questions homeschoolers and unschoolers get is “what is a typical homeschool day like for you?” It will always look different from one family to another, and often will look different in one family from one Read More

My Favorite Comic

November 19, 2011proud parent momentcomic strip, drawing comics, homeschool art, homeschool comic, homeschool comic strip, homeschool passion, homeschool success, medieval mayhem, unschool success, unschooling achievement

Welcome to my favorite comic strip! Okay, I admit … I might be bit biased. This is a 100% homeschool comic strip, brought to life by three real-life homeschooled teens. The author is my 13-year-old son, and the storyline is Read More

10,000 Hours

November 18, 2011proud parent moment, success stories10000 hours, achievement, becoming an expert, drawing, homeschooling, malcolm gladwell, outliers, ten thousand hours, unschool success, unschooling, unschooling achievement

When the Beatles were a fledgling band, they went to Hamburg, Germany, and spent several years playing more than 1,200 live shows in clubs and bars, accumulating over 10,000 hours of playing time. When they returned to England, they were Read More

Month: November 2011