Newsletter
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Homeschool Homecoming and Homeschool Day at Space Center Houston
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
I told you all that my eleven year old plays football for the local homeschool football team, the Victoria Cobras? Actually, the homeschool football team plays what is called “six-man football.” I don't know anything about football so it looks ...
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Mark Your Calendars: Homeschool Day at Splashway
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
In my last post I shared with you two important upcoming homeschool events: The annual Crossroads Home Educated Children Activity Fair on August 27, which will be a chance for area homeschoolers to order yearbooks, sign up for school pictures ...
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Two Important Upcoming Homeschool Events!
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
If you live in the Crossroads and plan on teaching your child at home, there are a few events that you may want to mark on your calendar. The Crossroads Home Educated Children (CHEC) Activity Fair - At the beginning ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
I set the timer for 15 minutes and 10 seconds. That’s ten extra seconds to procrastinate. I make my way to the deep water. A few seconds in and my mind starts to wander to real life emergency situations where ...
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Check the Pockets! A Mom's Lament
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
On our way to my son's soccer practice, he told me that he couldn’t find his iPod. I remembered that he had said something about his missing iPod the day before. I told him that it was probably in the ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
It is a bad word because it has suffered so much abuse. Yesterday I tried to start one. I've been starting a diet since eighth grade. I have never finished one. I hate the word “diet” because it brings to ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
This is really old news. I avoided telling you all that one of my children moved away. My oldest son lives in his own apartment on his college campus in another town. When I worry about him and wonder what ...
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Growing Dependence on Inferior Assessment (rant)
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. -Roger Lewin John Taylor Gatto observed that short answer tests were dumbing our students down. Short answer tests require a student to respond with one expected answer ...
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National Christian Home School Basketball Tournament
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
The Victoria Cobra Athletics high school boys and girls basketball teams traveled (giggle) to Springfield, Missouri, to compete in the 21st Annual National Christian Home School Basketball Tournament which took place from March 19th to March 24th. Thirty venues, including ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
I woke up and started the coffee. While I was waiting for the coffee, I decided to find a snack. I reached into the fridge to retrieve the jar of That Green Sauce. My next move was to grab a ...