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Keeping in Touch?

While my high school career was far from perfect, it had its fun and educational moments. Still, I have maintained little connections since then. In fact, I have not spoken with anyone I went to college with in 10 years. I only have a handful of acquaintances from high school. Fortunately, I do have ways to get in touch with people I have not seen in years. There are high school reunion sites like reunion.com and the new onlyalumni.com that can put me in touch with schools alumni from my previous high schools and colleges. It does not matter if a person goes to school in Eugene Oregon Schools or if a person goes to Arizona schools , this web site helps you keep in tough with old classmates and friends. While reuinion.com is a relatively brand new website, I like the features it ads to the business of keeping in touch. This new online alumni and school reunion community allows blogs, alumni planning, and more. It also gives users the ability to meet new friends. Onlyalumni.com promi...

Clarification of Our Method of Homeschooling Take Two

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re: Clarification of Our Kids' Homeschool program

You may, or may not have noticed that I removed a video on Clarification of Our Kids' Homeschool program. I will submit a blog tomorrow on why. Happy Easter. Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog

Don't forget the socialization!

My kids are in an upcoming production of Bugsy Malone Jr. So I may be pretty scarce next week and they will be spending hours and hours in rehearsal and then they will have 6 shows from thursday until Saturday night. I am very excited and nervous and trying hard to not let my daughter (who plays one of the showgirls) to see my nervousness. My son is doing sound for this play, so I guess I am not as nervous for him. I love the fact that homeschooling allows my kids time to do fun thins such as this that they also learn real life lessons from.... and don't forget the socialization! Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog

Why I am not crazy about HSLDA

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Families.com Homeschool Blog Week in Review

And so ends my first week blogging for the homeschool blog at families.com . I am back after about 8 months trying some other things and decided that I would not mind working for them again. I wrote a ton of blogs for them in the past week, so there is plenty to read. Topics include the California Homeschool Verdict, problems with public schools, and answers to a couple of homeschool questions. Check it out. Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog

Watching Children Grow in Knowledge

Here is a nice article on homeschooling at NewsOK.com. Garrett Morris, who is 12, likes to take a book with him while waiting for his sister's dance lesson to end. An avid reader, he can read a lot of books because his sister Katie, 10, goes to seven dance lessons a week. But on warm spring days his thoughts turn to baseball. continued here: Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog