Winging It Has a New Name!
Thank you to any of my blog readers who are still with me after my little hiatus. Same blog, same topics, same weirdo writing it – but a new look and a new name! I’m Carma with a C!
Blog Roundup: Cool Stuff I’ve Been Reading
Welcome to Thursday Roundup, where I get to showcase the best stuff I found online this week: parenting, homeschooling, faith, freedom … whatever catches my eye! Grab a cup of your favorite and check out my favorites too! Parenting Stuff Your Children Read More
Learning to Read: How My Natural Reader Began Reading
— I have four children who have always been homeschooled. They learned to read in four very different ways, though there are some important similarities too (all four have me for a mother, after all). This is the first in Read More
You Learn to Teach by Teaching
A local radio station, KTAR, recently interviewed a friend and me about homeschooling. From a twenty-minute interview they put a couple of sound bites on drive-time radio the next morning (I didn’t hear it, but someone I know did!) and Read More
How Do They Learn?
“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
Best Homeschool Recess EVER
You have to go see Bunny Trails for the best homeschool recess period ever!
Topic List for History Co-op
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
Sweden Bans Homeschooling
Poor Pippi Longstocking, the spirit of homeschooling and unschooling everywhere, has become an anachronism in her home country. While they have not technically banned homeschooling, Sweden has added a rider to the current laws that make it virtually illegal. While Read More
Obscure Holidays Can Add Interest to Your Homeschool Day!
Did you know that yesterday was National Hamburger Day? And today is celebrated as the official End of the Middle Ages Day! Who knew? But more importantly, if you did know, think of how much fun there is in picking Read More