Dana Point, located in Southern Orange County, is named after Richard Henry Dana, Jr. who sailed in a hide brig named The Pilgrim to San Juan Bay (Dana Point) as recorded in his Harvard Classic titled Two Years Before the Mast. San Juan is the only romantic spot in California. The country here for several […]
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It’s that time of year again to register your private school affidavit if you register your homeschool as a private school. You have until October 15th to submit your electronic registration. For information on how to fill out the form, visit HSLDA’s California page and click on the “Filing Instructions for Private School Affidavit” link.
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My 10 yo YR5 daughter and I read Shakespeare and Plutarch on Fridays. We’re reading The Merchant of Venice which is a story we both know from having read it in the Nesbit version once when she was in YR3 and also just last week again as I read it to my YR3 son. What’s
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I’ve been hearing a lot about students needing to meet STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) requirements lately in the AO Forum. I also received an email this morning with offers for a new Homeschool Robotics Class highlighting teaching methods and materials that help your children learn STEM subjects.What do you think about all this
You’re going to love this 🙂 More kelp finds at the beach this week. I looked around at all the beached kelp to check for ones that had the holdfast attached since many marine creatures hide in there. In this little piece of holdfast mingled with kelp mingled with shell, etc… we found annelids! (sea
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I’m catching up on some pictures of our nature findings from this past month. This is our sunflower plant out front; it grew slouched over from lack of watering and as a result, only part of the flower received sunlight. Interestingly, the side that didn’t receive light grew much slower. I always thought they bloomed
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I am coming rather late to this treasure of a Parent’s Review article – Imagination as a Powerful Factor in a Well-balanced Mind by E.A. Parish – 98 years late to be exact! More recently, within CM circles it seems to have made its rounds with Nancy Kelly of Sage Parnassus leading a session by
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I don’t know what it is like teaching children with learning disabilities aside from what I have read here and there on the AmblesideOnline Yahoo Groups and Tammy Glaser’s blog Aut-2B-Home in Carolina. I think I have even heard of a teacher who was attempting to teach a mixed CM class of multiple ages and
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The kids have been telling me all summer that they have seen leopard sharks in the water and just looking in the water a few feet in I could see them swimming around myself. I thought it was a great opportunity for snorkeling so we went and got masks and snorkels. When we went back
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