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Sonlight for Gifted Students, Part 2

How do you homeschool an accelerated learner? In my last post I shared four suggestions for gifted students. But they all had to do with academics. I pray that gifted students using Sonlight go on to impact the world through … Continue reading

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Do Your Children Read in the Summer?

Reading for fun is a fantastic pastime. The trouble can be finding great books to read. That's why I highly recommend that everyone purchase the 5-day option for each Core. Even if you're only planning on "doing Sonlight" 4 days … Continue reading

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Spontaneous Vocabulary Practice

I'm not sure how it began. Suddenly we were spouting every word we could think of that started with the letter b: brains, bed, brix, blunderbuss, backwards, ballerina, bellicose, buffoon, bin, bobbin, birch... Yes, we're nerds. But we were having … Continue reading

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Hands-on Ideas

Have you heard the joke about how many homeschool moms it takes to change a light bulb? The answer is: Just one. First, she checks three books on electricity out of the library, then the kids make models of light … Continue reading

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