Carnival of Homeschooling {Edition # 441}

Welcome to the 441st edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling where home school families share their homeschool wisdom with us from all over the world via their blogs.


Carnival of Homeschooling was started by the Cate Family over at Why Homeschool and has been a tremendous source of home school support and information.

This Week

Over at Why Homeschool  Janine shares 10 things I have learned about educating children over our 15 years of homeschooling.

  Sharon from over at Awakening Your True Self shares: " There is much fanfare over the first day of the New Year and many people make resolutions about things that they will start or stop doing when January 1st rolls around. I do not limit myself to starting over on the first day of January, as sometimes the early days or months of a new year seem more like what I wanted to leave behind than what I planned to carry forward. " Creating the Life You Want To Live

Sola Gratia Mom shares The Wisdom of a Weed I need to weed my garden more often, so I don't have those weeds that take up residence and are difficult to remove. There is much wisdom in the weeds....

Kerin from over at Vocabuverse is still writing a dictionary! Be sure to take a look at this clever rhyme What is 24 Hour Time ?

Jennifer encourages us to remember that Sometimes, It’s Okay To Turn Back over at Home Grown Mommy

Carol asks: "Do any of you, like me, have curriculum sitting on your shelf, that if you are honest with yourself, you will probably never use? I want to share some experiences I’ve learned about money and homeschooling in a podcast with guest Susan Raber." Read more about Money Myths Homeschool Moms Believe. Dollars and Sense Show #13 over at Homeschool CPA

 Over at Today's Trial is Tomorrow's Testimony Jennifer shares some thoughts on beginning homeschooling..

Michele over at Family, Faith, and Friday's shares their favourite curriculum choices for 2013-2014.

 This week Sarah over at Delivering Grace shares her insights on The Cost of Home Education.

Jen has made some FREE Workbox Labels over at the Chestnut Grove Academy for you. Jen also has a tutorial to make a DIY turning an Ikea Lack Table into a Light Table.

 If your looking for a summer reading list take a look at Our Summer Reading Plans at Raventhreads. Be encouraged to Keep Your Children in the Word All Summer.

 Teaching and understanding fractions can be challenging.  The Canadian Homeschooler shares a list of resources to help with Teaching Your Kids About ... Fractions.

Marcy from over at Ben and Me shares her thoughts on So You Think You Want to Homeschool? 10 Things You Should Know

Wren shares her thoughts on her 5th essential for Homeschooling: LOVE over at Finchwren.

Ever wondered why some families home educate ? You can read why over at For The Display of His Splendor.  Homeschool Essential: Kids and Why We Started Homeschooling

Tara over at This Sweet Life shares their favourite 5th Grade Homeschool Curricula. 




D is for Decisions ?? Kym from over at Homeschool Coffee Break discusses some important things to consider when thinking about curriculum and your homeschool for the new year ahead.

 
Are you Considering Homeschooling ?  If you are Jenn over at Simblissity shares some thoughts in this three part series.

In celebration of the World Cup I have put together a post of links for a unit study covering Brazil, soccer and the world cup.

Thank you for visiting the carnival this week may you be as I have been.


Blessings

Chareen 

Next weeks Carnival will be hosted by Constance over at The Foodie Army Wife.

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