In the 2014-2015 year I was moderating a facebook group for Catholic Relaxed Homeschoolers. I stopped at the beginning of September because I thought I was about to start a master's degree (which I have postposed until this coming summer) and because it was simply becoming too distracting and time consuming. But I was talking to a lot of newer homeschoolers, especially people who were attracted to the word 'relaxed' but didn't quite know what it meant. We had a hard time defining it because it really is a slippery term. Anyway, that circumstance generated a lot of posts for me, so I went back and looked through them all and came up with ten, that are truly my take on what works.
1) Catholic Homeschooling for Free (or at very little cost)
I wrote a three part series of posts on how my parenting philosophy developed over the years:
2) Why Parents Should Be Friends with their Children
3) Parenting with St. John Bosco
4) 50 Things To Do Instead of Punishing
I loved this little 'interview' with Elizabeth Belske
5) Interview with a Catholic Relaxed Homeschooler
The best thing about homeschooling is the books, books, books!
6) Literature-based Studies
When you are as scatter-brained as I am, you've got to simplify!
7) How To Be a Planning Minimalist
Don't Waste Your Money!
8) How To Be a Curriculum Minimalist
Strewing is every homeschooler's friend!
9) Ways to Strew
I actually have gotten into the good habit of making up this weekly planner every Sunday! Woot!
10) Minimalist Monday - Weekly Planner
Faith,
ReplyDeleteYou're missed on the Catholic Relaxed Homeschoolers group (though I understand why you're not there!). Thanks for gathering all these posts in one place. I just shared the link in the group because there's lots of good stuff here!
Thanks Sue! Tell everyone Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from me!
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DeleteI posted your greeting. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!
Thank you, Sue! You are sweet!
DeleteHi Faith! Thank you for these posts! I miss you out in cyber world but I admire you pulling back. Sometimes I think I should just retreat to our old email list which I miss anyway. Hope you are doing well. Anna xx
ReplyDeleteHi Anna! Sometimes I think about checking in to the old yahoo list too, but I feel like I am in such a different place right now. But I do miss everybody! I miss the camaraderie, iykwim. Take care and Happy New Year!
DeleteI have to echo what has already been said, you are missed on the Catholic Relaxed Homeschoolers group. I really miss your experience and wisdom, but this blog post with all the links is filling my cup. So thank you for writing it and thanks to Sue for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you Michelle! I have to admit that being off facebook has been a great thing for me. It really distracted me from living in the here and now in a profound way. But I do really miss chatting with other homeschoolers. Happy New Year!
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