Ideas Worth Sharing

Holiday Gifts You Can Read

Janice Campbell — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:03:00 +0000

Give the gift of delight There’s a lot to be said for gifts you can read. Books provide hours of delight at just pennies per hour, and of course, I have a few suggestions (it was hard to whittle down the list!)....

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Virtue, Education, and the Electorate

Janice Campbell — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 21:46:32 +0000

An orderly line of voters snaked halfway around the parking lot at the polling place this morning. The crowd courteously made way for seniors with canes, wheelchairs, or walkers, with quiet thanks to those who sported evidence of military service. My...

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Handwriting and Reading: Ideas Worth Sharing — IWS #4

Janice Campbell — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 23:11:53 +0000

It’s time for another Ideas Worth Sharing post, so even thought my internet connection is barely working, I’m going to attempt it. You’ll notice that almost all my links this time have to do with handwriting and reading. That’s because it’s...

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How to Wisely Praise Children

Janice Campbell — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 21:20:30 +0000

Praise has power. Well-earned and properly given praise has the power to motivate and build confidence, while improperly directed praise can create unhealthy attitudes, provide an inaccurate self-concept, and even make children unwilling to try new or hard things. What...

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Aunt Edie’s Commonplace Book, 1917-1947

Janice Campbell — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 22:37:49 +0000

“It is very helpful to read with a commonplace book or reading-diary, in which to put down any striking thought in your author, or your own impression of the work, or of any part of it; but not summaries of...

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Ideas Worth Sharing: Tidying, Maps, and a Mighty Mug Review and Giveaway — IWS #3

Janice Campbell — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:31:21 +0000

It has been awhile since the last Ideas Worth Sharing (IWS) gathering post. Here are a few things I’ve enjoyed over the past few weeks. But first, let me give you the link to the Mighty Mug giveaway — I’ve had a...

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Ideas Worth Sharing: On Learning, Practicing, Autism, Entrepreneurship, and Dressing Well — IWS #2

Janice Campbell — Fri, 15 May 2015 20:31:43 +0000

I have a habit of adding great articles to my reading list, so I can read them more than once. Sometimes I don’t get back to them for awhile, and usually when I do, the delight remains. Some of the...

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Know Thyself: Are Personality Tests Useful?

Janice Campbell — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:15:08 +0000

If thou knowest thyself, it will follow thou wilt not puff thyself up like the frog that strove to make himself as large as the ox. Miguel de Cervantes Online personality tests seem to multiply like rabbits. Look around social media,...

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Take Heart: 26 Steps to a Healthy Home School – A Review

Janice Campbell — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:33:29 +0000

A review by Janice Campbell When I began homeschooling in the late 1980s, there weren’t many curriculum resources available. Many homeschoolers made do with discarded public school textbooks or struggled to persuade textbook publishers to sell directly to home educators...

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Ideas Worth Sharing: Education, Entrepreneurship, and Soul Care — IWS #1

Janice Campbell — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:45:12 +0000

Thursday seems a good day for an Ideas Worth Sharing (IWS) gathering post. Because I love patterns and systems, and like Hercule Poirot, order and method, these are roughly categorized by the areas of focus mentioned in Luke 10:27b – “You shall...

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