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How to use ChatGPT as your homeschooling assistant

How to homeschool with ChatGPT—Your personal homeschooling assistant

If you’re anything like me, you’re addicted to coffee and writing something in order to procrastinate writing something more urgent. But, to be more on topic, you also view the rise of AI with a mix of intrigue and skepticism. My biggest fear about using AI for homeschooling was being given bad information. (That and

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Issue 5: How homeschooling is like running a business, musical resources, and lessons for life skills

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 “School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.” – from Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich Share this quote

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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 Share

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Issue 1: What is essentialism, a to-don’t list challenge, and a free digital lesson planner

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 Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done. – from Essentialism by Greg McKeown Share this quote

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A Classic Literature Reading List for Third Grade

Classic Literature for Third Grade – A Suggested Reading List

This reading list accompanies our classical homeschooling curriculum for third grade. It is: There’s a lot here! But it gives you a wide variety of classic literature to pick and chose from. These books work as read-louds for the whole family or as assigned independent reading for a proficient third-grade reader. And don’t forget to

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