Category: Homeschooling

Reflections on homeschooling techniques that worked well

Slice of Life: Day 14

March 15, 2018

These students are ardently writing about Animal Farm, a political satire written as a cautionary tale against the evils of totalitarianism.  For a writing teacher, this is a beautiful sight:  sixteen energetic students writing and typing with confidence, using transitions, making connections between the text and the outside world, and working heartily right up to … More Slice of Life: Day 14

Slice of Life: Day 13

March 13, 2018

Nostalgia We have been homeschooling  our kids for 18 years and that’s a mighty long time.  Maybe it’s too long!  Maybe it’s not long enough because I still doubt myself sometimes. I never had a burning desire to school my children at home.  Those people always seemed a little fringy to me and I definitely … More Slice of Life: Day 13

Slice of Life: Day 12

March 13, 2018

Household Conversations and a  Door Prize Its Monday. …and when my 11 year old came home from art school, he came right to me with this announcement:  “Mom! Somebody said the D-word up at Masters today!” “Oh really?  How’s that?” I asked. “Well, a kid in my class was working at one of the tables … More Slice of Life: Day 12

Slice of Life: Day 8

March 9, 2018

Band happens on Friday. Practice happens on Thursday night. Books, instruments and stand go into the truck Thursday night. Mom crawls into her bed Thursday night with her laptop to write a slice of life. Dad has been asleep every night when mom has gotten into bed. Mom has sliced every night instead of going … More Slice of Life: Day 8

Slice of Life: Day 7

March 8, 2018

Hybrid Schooling and Poetry: A great Combination! When people discover that I teach high school classes one day a week, I get the question, “Where do you teach that allows you to do that?” “I teach at a hybrid school in Atlanta, Georgia,” I’ll tell them. Usually, at this point, they nod their heads, as … More Slice of Life: Day 7