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New to homeschooling? Try letting go of school
Many years ago, a few years after I started homeschooling, our favorite one-ring circus came to town. We heard that the kids of the performers homeschooled, and I thought it would be fun to connect with them. I contacted the circus and arranged for my kids and I to go to the kids’ trailer, their…
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Building a kinder, more just homeschooling community
In this extraordinary time, I’ve been thinking hard about issues of racism, inequality, sexism, classism, ageism, homophobia, and intolerance. Part of that has been wondering how these “isms” affect my communities. In 2011, my two youngest kids were founding members of the Boston Area Homeschoolers’ Queer Straight Alliance (BAHS QSA for short). Their very first…
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Slow homeschooling and my 2020 graduates
The COVID-19 crisis has pulled homeschooling into the forefront of the news. As shuttered schools transfer curriculum online, families are left to administer virtual education while many deal with grief, job loss, income reduction, spikes in anxiety and depression, and other challenges. Established homeschooling families know that homeschooling by choice bears little resemblance to the…
A Potluck Life 