http://mandymom.com/edublog Discipleship Schooling: A Christian, non-radical approach to unschooling Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:50:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, so this blog hasn't really been alive for some time, but we are still discipling our children at home.  Because we aren't structured homeschoolers, its often hard to divide "schooling" from what we "do" day to day because learning is ALWAYS happening.  Therefore, homeschoolings posts will be on my ... http://mandymom.com/edublog/2008/09/06/are-you-still-homeschooling/ Julie over at Keepers at Home has a wonderful post on homeschooling, for those who keep making excuses and feel like they just can't, for one reason or another. I've heard many excuses why people can't homeschool.  -I'm not smart enough.  (I addressed that issue in one of my previous entries. What did ... http://mandymom.com/edublog/2008/08/14/homeschooling-yes-you-can/ It's clear that people do not understand homeschooling at all.  There are various methods to choose from, various ways of doing it.  I'm sure some people who choose to homeschool their children are doing their child a disservice, but that's not usually the case. I believe the misunderstandings come from the name ... http://mandymom.com/edublog/2008/08/13/dont-be-ignorant/ I suppose a lot of people struggle with the thought of homeschooling.  Am I capable? Can I really teach my children all they need to know?  Is this really possible?  I didn't struggle with any of this.  Maybe it makes me abnormal, but I knew before I even married that ... http://mandymom.com/edublog/2008/08/13/homeschooling-with-prayer/ Donna from Home4School asked me to post some of my speeches online in Mp3 form.  I'm working on it, and hopefully will have at least one or two up by the end of the month.  (Can you believe it is August already?) The first few are centered on the topic of ... http://mandymom.com/edublog/2008/08/01/speeches/ I am super-duper excited about the Homeschool Conference (brought to you by Heart of the Matter, the homeschooling ezine I write for).  It begins tomorrow and promises to be quite an event.  Even though we're not your typical homeschooler, this conference still has much to offer us.... and you, for ... http://mandymom.com/edublog/2008/07/29/homeschool-conference/      My children absolutely LOVE projects.  In fact, many a morning, I am awakened with the words, "Mom! Can we do a project today?"  And, once a project is finished, they are eager for another. Yesterday, we hit up Wal-mart and loaded up on crayons (only 22 cents), markers, paper, folders, and ... http://mandymom.com/edublog/2008/07/20/toy-hoarders/ Every now and then, someone asks me, "How do you intend to teach your children to read?" You know, I use to worry about this.  English is a very confusing language.  So many letters make several different sounds.  Some words look alike, but sound different.  Some words look alike but mean ... http://mandymom.com/edublog/2008/07/05/teaching-children-to-read/ If you haven't gotten into the American Girl collection, then you need to.  Even boys will enjoy these books.  I remember when these books came out, and Addy was the first American Girl I read about and fell in love with.  When I saw these books at the library, I ... http://mandymom.com/edublog/2008/07/01/american-girl-addy/ In case you missed this, this particular article was my submission for Heart of The Matter's June Edition.  I wrote it specifically for my own blog (in response to someone who said I was "sheltering" my children too much), and decided it would make a good post for HOTM's homeschooling ... http://mandymom.com/edublog/2008/06/28/why-weve-chosen-to-shelter-our-children/