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Play is a Child’s Work

Janice Campbell — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:00:42 +0000

Deep meaning lies often in childish play. -Johann Friedrich von Schiller The outdoors used to be a place where children could run, play, build, create, and do the mildly hazardous things children love to do. I remember walking the 5′...

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How Do You Socialize a Homeschooled Child?

Janice Campbell — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:48:52 +0000

How do you socialize a homeschooler? It's a common question, and one with a very simple answer.

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Carnival of Homeschooling- The Spring Fever Edition

Janice Campbell — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:57:24 +0000

Is anyone else ready for spring? The daffodils are up, forsythia is glowing at the edges of the woods, and from my cozy spot by the woodstove, the bright sunlight offers the illusion of warmth. It’s quickly dispelled by the...

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156th Carnival of Homeschooling- Winter in Paris

Janice Campbell — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:50:09 +0000

Welcome to the December 23, 2008 edition of carnival of homeschooling! As you browse through the posts, I thought you might enjoy some of the scenes from a December trip to one of my favorite cities, Paris, appropriately nicknamed “The...

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Homework Insanity- This Emperor has No Clothes

Janice Campbell — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:35:22 +0000

Did you see Jeff Opdyke’s column on homework in Sunday’s Wall Street Journal (How Homework Is Hurting Our Family, September 30, 2007)? It was thought-provoking. He vividly described how their family life is “a constant, stress laden stream of homework...

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What Does Education Look Like? Part II- Socialization

Janice Campbell — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:53:47 +0000

I came across an article that fit perfectly with this series, as well as with the thoughts I shared on socialization a few weeks ago. I got permission to reprint it for this installment of “What Does (Institutional) Education Look Like?”...

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Socialization for Homeschoolers . . . Again

Janice Campbell — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:49:53 +0000

Although homeschooling has become far more mainstream than it was when we first began in the 1980’s, the question of socialization occasionally still pops up. A recent article, “Get Out Much?” by Rachel Barlow, on the Nashoba Publishing website details...

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