Take Your Pick: Getting Started, part 1“So they just send you the books, and you do them at home?” I still remember the puzzled lady at the grocery store trying to wrap her mind around “homeschooling.” I’m afraid she would have been even more puzzled had…Sonya ShaferJuly 8, 20102 Comments
Where Do You Get Your Homeschool Advice? Getting Started, part 2Our family has been cooking and serving some meals for large groups lately. That’s a new adventure for us—not the cooking part, the “for large groups” part. So we’ve been scouring the Internet for helpful tips, ideas, and recipes. Along…Sonya ShaferJuly 14, 2010
Basic Charlotte Mason Homeschooling Skills: Getting Started, part 3Don’t you love it when you can take just a couple of basic ideas, combine them with a couple of skills, and use them to accomplish a lot? Take sewing, for example. The basic ideas to keep in mind for…Sonya ShaferJuly 21, 2010
Hands-On Methods the CM Way: Getting Started, part 4When I first heard about the Charlotte Mason Method, I envisioned my children and me sitting on the couch, reading wonderful books together and smiling. Well, we have done a lot of reading—and a lot of smiling—with the wonderful books.…Sonya ShaferJuly 28, 2010
Homeschooling One Step at a Time: Getting Started, part 5When I got married, I knew how to cook exactly two dishes: canned soup over rice and macaroni and cheese from a box. (And once I forgot to drain the macaroni.) Needless to say, those first few meals required a…Sonya ShaferAugust 4, 20101 Comment
Free Homeschool Book: Getting Started, part 6We promised a little surprise this week and here it is: We are pleased to offer you this free book, Getting Started in Homeschooling. All the information from this Getting Started article series, plus more helpful material, is collected into…Sonya ShaferAugust 12, 2010
