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    Homeschooling Styles: Eclectic
    Homeschooling Styles: EclecticHomeschooling Styles: Eclectic

    As long-term homeschoolers, our learning style is "eclectic", which is flowing, rather than a set identity. From the very beginning over 25 years ago we have included some...

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    Socialisation for Home Education Myths
    Socialisation for Home Education MythsSocialisation for Home Education Myths

    I think it's fair to say that the homeschool socialisation myth has been debunked by now! Siblings, cousins, neighbours, family friends, homeschool groups and co-ops, faith...

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    Outsourcing Home Ed With Outschool
    Outsourcing Home Ed With OutschoolOutsourcing Home Ed With Outschool

    As long-term eclectic homeschoolers, we’re very familiar with outsourcing learning at our place. We’ve used language tutors, art classes, various sport and recreation...

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    What makes a good resource for home education?
    What makes a good resource for home...What makes a good resource for home education?

    This is a question asked by many home educating parents every day when looking for resources for the kids. Over the 25 years I have been home educating these are the things I look...

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    7 Steps to Preschool at Home
    7 Steps to Preschool at Home7 Steps to Preschool at Home

    Homeschooling your preschooler should not be overwhelming. These are seven steps to help you preschool-at-home

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    Learning Through the Senses: Tasting
    Learning Through the Senses: Tasting

    Of all the learning activities my homeschooled kiddos have done over the years, the first they’ll recall to anyone who asks for their favourite memories will be ‘edible science’....

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    Homeschooling Styles: Eclectic
    Homeschooling Styles: Eclectic

    As long-term homeschoolers, our learning style is "eclectic", which is flowing, rather than a set identity. From the very beginning over 25 years ago we have included some...

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    4 Ways To Book Outschool Classes and SAVE Money
    4 Ways To Book Outschool Classes and SAVE Money

    It’s that time of year when parents are spending a lot of money on their kids - probably not focusing so much on education at the moment, but instead on gifts, food and events...

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    Learning to See: How Drawing Cartoons Helps Children Improve Focus and Attention to Detail
    Learning to See: How Drawing Cartoons Helps Children Improve Focus and Attention to Detail

    In an age of decreasing attention spans, the ability to focus for extended periods of time is at a premium. If your child has trouble focusing for extended periods of time,...

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    Learning Through the Senses: Smelling
    Learning Through the Senses: Smelling

    Smells are evocative and when connected to learning, can be a powerful tool! Our olfactory sense is perhaps the most obscure of all the senses and yet it still carries weight and...

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