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Issue 4: How to discourage your kids, the One Thing Principle, and an “infinity” of resources

1 inspiring quote + 2 pro-homeschooler tips + 3 can’t-miss resources =
the 5-minute coffee companion you can’t start your homeschool day without.

One Inspiring Quote

“We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations.”

– from Infinite in All Directions by Freeman Dyson

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Issue 2: What an education should NOT do, ideas for summer learning, and an amazing virtual tour

1 inspiring quote + 2 pro-homeschooler tips + 3 can’t-miss resources =
the 5-minute coffee companion you can’t start your homeschool day without.

One Inspiring Quote

“Whatever an education is, it should make you a unique individual, not a conformist.”

– from Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto

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The Power of Gameschooling

It’s all fun and games until someone learns something

Gameschooling is a homeschooling style that uses board games and card games to teach. And if you’ve never tried it before, trust me, it can change everything!

Gameschooling - It's all fun and games until someone learns something.
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Our Pre-Kindergarten Homeschooling Curriculum

This year we have another precocious four-year-old ready to start homeschool. Enthusiastic about learning to read like her big sister, interested in everything around her, she is full of the belief that she is “a very big girl” now.

A Complete Pre-Kindergarten Homeschooling Curriculum

Here is what we are using for our pre-kindergarten homeschooling curriculum, as well as some alternative options I love and highly recommend (some purchased, some free). Also, I’ve included a printable checklist of pre-kindergarten learning objectives to give you some ideas of what to cover. But first, a few words on our style of education.

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