From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Guest Post – Real World Math by Kelly Ling

July 24, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

While I am on “vacation” from the blog, moving my family into a new home, I found this great article from Kelly Ling. She points out several great ideas to teach your children important math concepts in everyday life. Real World Math Math is one of those subjects that many homeschooling moms find it hard [...]

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Guest Post – Building Teen Character: Volunteering For Community Service by Rachel Paxton

July 23, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoy this article as much as I did! Building Teen Character: Volunteering for Community Service Volunteering in the community is a great way to serve the people in the area where you live. Many non-profit organizations are run by people who give a lot of their own time [...]

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Guest Post – Gardening Can Change The Way Your Child Looks At Education by Lily Ann

July 22, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

I am so thankful for guest posts and articles written by others! It adds new flavor to the same blog and helps me get my house and homeschool schedule in order. Enjoy! Gardening Can Change the Way Your Child Looks at Education Spring is here. As summer approaches and school time is getting close to [...]

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Guest Post – How To Avoid Homeschool Burnout: Be Aware Of Homeschool Peer Pressure by Marianne Vanderkolk

July 21, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

I’m moving into a new home. You’re reading a great article. Everyone is happy! I hope you enjoy this article by Marianne as much as I did. How to Avoid Homeschool Burnout – Be Aware of Homeschool Peer Pressure Coming to a place of “burnout” as a homeschooling parent, or as a home schooler, means [...]

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Guest Post – Building A House – Raising A Child by Charmaine Wistad

July 20, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

I am so excited about moving into our new home! And, I am so glad I’ve been able to find such valuable articles for the daily content here at HomeGrownMommy. This one comes from veteran homeschool Mom, Charmaine who so eloquently compares raising children to building a home. Building a House – Raising a Child [...]

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Guest Post – Phonics and Learning to Read, Part 3

July 19, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

I’ve been so busy packing and moving that I had completely forgotten to post this final part in the series that Misty wrote for this guest post series! Hope you all have enjoyed the guest post. Please go on over and visit all of Misty’s other website and tell her HomeGrownMommy sent you! This series [...]

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Guest Post – Phonics and Learning to Read, Part 2

July 15, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

Day Two of our series with Misty Zaugg at HomeSchoolBytes! If you’re looking for a great series to help your beginning reader gain confidence and skill one word at a time, this is a great one: The “I See Sam” Readers Little Books Set 1 & 2 I learned to read from these little readers [...]

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Guest Post – Phonics and Learning To Read, Part 1

July 14, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

While I am busy packing and moving, one of my favorite blogging mommies and a great friend, Misty Zaugg, agreed to do a few guest posts for me.  Today is the first in a three part series about phonics and reading.  Enjoy! “Misty is a homeschooling mom of 5 in Michigan who, among other things, keeps bees [...]

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Did You Know Your Computer Is A Time Machine – In The Wrong Direction!

July 13, 2009 Miscellaneous

It is absolutely crazy to me! One minute, I look at the clock and it might be 9:30 or 10:00 in the evening.  I get back to work. I am not kidding, I look 20 minutes later and it’s midnight or worse!! And, it hasn’t just happened one time!  It happens almost EVERY night!! I’m [...]

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Who Else Wants To Teach Their Children A Second Language?

July 10, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

You may already remember this about our little family, but my husband was born and raised in Germany.  English is actually his second language, though he has been speaking English primarily for so long that he feels like he is losing some of his native tongue. I would really love it if our kids were [...]

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