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Daily journal posts from NextGen Homeschool Moms about the ins and outs of our real-life homeschooling days.

Real-Life Homeschooling

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Elections night party and the morning after

Another national election has come and gone: The results are in, and today, we move forward. For me, this election was significant not just because […]

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Up close and personal with the elections

This weekend I came to a better appreciation of living in a swing state: It can be pretty exciting and fun the week before a […]

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Unexpected gifts on an atypical schooling day

Today was a great homeschooling day. Not because it was “ideal” in terms of schedule, flow, and checking off a lot of boxes on the […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

Lessons from the meeting my schedule forgot

Gotcher Family Homeschool — Day 13 — September 18, 2012 We’ve been “back to school” for several weeks now — we did schoolwork three days […]

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NGHS Journal: History meets art with sugar cube pyramids

The Ward Family — Day 29 — September 14, 2012 Today we met for school at my sister’s house. While the kids worked on their […]

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NGHS Journal: Friday Fun Day, Shopping in the Prize Bucket

I can’t believe we have been in school for one month already!  Friday was a fun day.  After Devotion and Math, Joel got to use […]

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NGHS Journal: Rosanna Day 14, August 23, 2012

No extra kids today.  My sister decided to stay home and recuperate another day.  So our routine was pretty much the same today as yesterday. […]

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NGHS Journal: Rosanna Ward – Day 13, August 22, 2012

On Wednesdays we are supposed to go to my sisters house and do our school together.  I had planned to use play dough to “make” […]

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NGHS Journal: Rosanna Ward – Day 11, August 20, 2012

By Rosanna Ward What happened to the last 10 days? Well, they certainly flew by, that is for sure.  Last week we did good to […]

Homeschool Encouragement, Real-Life Homeschooling

Gearing up for Back-to-School: Gotcher Family

This past week — per my three girls’ eager request — we started school a few weeks earlier than I had planned. I’m sure the […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

NGHS Journal Rosanna Ward: Day 1 – August 6, 2012

By Rosanna Ward Monday was the first day of our new school year. Even though I don’t believe that learning should be limited to “school” […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

Gearing up for Back-to-School: Ward Family

Although my son Joel and I have been reading and doing math facts practice all summer, along with golf and swim lessons, August 6th will […]

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Tulsa OCHEC Homeschool Convention 2012

  The long anticipated yearly homeschool convention in Tulsa has come and gone. Both my sister and I needed the encouragement. Tuesday, the first day […]

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Friday Flashback: When Sickness Strikes

By Renée Gotcher This week you can find us at the homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. In […]

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Friday Flashback: Field Trip to Civil War Reenactment Camp

By Rosanna Ward This week you can find us at the homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. In […]

NextGen Perspectives, Real-Life Homeschooling

The Gotcher Family’s Homeschool “Day in the Life”

This week I’m participating in Q&A Friday at Simple Homeschool, and this week’s topic is Your Homeschool “Day in the Life.” I had planned to […]

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Our Homeschool Systems: The Prize Bucket

This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. In our homeschool this week… I […]

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Friday Flashback: “I Want to be a Pro Golfer”

By Rosanna Ward This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. My six-year-old son […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

Friday Flashback: (Sort of) Getting in the Groove

This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. This week I was all prepared […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

Friday Flashback: A Slow Start to a New Year

This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. I love that this week The […]

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A Homeschooling Christmas: Final Week

It’s our final week in my “homeschooling Christmas” series! Although we had a full week left before Christmas, things quickly transitioned from busy preparation to […]

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A Homeschooling Christmas: Week Two

This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. I’m also continuing my series on […]

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Ward Family Christmas Traditions: Week One

Three of our favorite family Christmas traditions happened this past weekend. Saturday afternoon we went to the local tree farm to pick out a tree […]

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A Homeschooling Christmas: Week One

Last week in My Tango with Traditions, I shared my struggle with establishing and maintaining family Christmas traditions over the years since becoming a mom […]

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Rethinking Our Holiday Session

In our homeschool, we have made it a tradition in the past that between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, we stop our regular school schedule […]

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Friday Flashback: Thanking God For Another Day!

By Renée Gotcher This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. It’s been a […]

NextGen Perspectives, Real-Life Homeschooling

Schedules, Routines and Time Management

MUST. GET. BACK. ON. TRACK. Somehow my life has gotten totally off track this year. I realized long ago that as a stay at home, […]

NextGen Perspectives, Real-Life Homeschooling

The Role of Homeschool Support Groups

This weekend I attended my first board meeting for our local homeschool support group, Homeschoolers of Castle Rock. I recently accepted the board positions of […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

A New Relationship With Learning: Charlotte Mason & Heart of Wisdom

After completing a fairly successful “warm-up to school” agenda the week of Sept. 12, my girls and I were ready to dive into our new […]

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Our First Week: Getting Back in the Swing

The Sunday before our first “scheduled” day of the new school year, our family spent about eight hours driving back home from Telluride, Colorado — […]

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