by Dawn Camp | Nov 14, 2009 | (in)courage, faith, family & friends, homeschooling
[This post was originally published at (in)courage and also submitted to the Tide Loads of Hope for the Holidays carnival at Blog Nosh Magazine.] I’d like to share with you the homeschooling tale of our 18-year-old son, the most difficult child I’ve ever...
by Dawn Camp | Nov 13, 2009 | a day in the life, homeschooling, Lightroom, photography
We attended our county Veteran’s Day celebration on Wednesday. Because of rain in the forecast, it was moved from its usual setting to an outdoor covered arena. Sadly, rumor has it that our mayor is considering canceling this annual event. The majority of...
by Dawn Camp | Nov 9, 2009 | a day in the life, family & friends, homeschooling, The Homeschool Post
[I’m busy coding the polls for the Homeschool Blog Awards, but I thought I’d share this that was originally posted at The Homeschool Post.] My 9- and 12-year-old daughters really enjoy Keepers at Home. It’s a group that we can participate in...
by Dawn Camp | Nov 7, 2009 | a day in the life, family & friends, homeschooling, The Homeschool Post
Parents often harbor unnecessary fears at the prospect of homeschooling high school, thinking that their kids will miss out on sports, extracurriculars, graduation, and the prom. In my experience—and we’ve just graduated our second homeschooled student—that just...
by Dawn Camp | Nov 6, 2009 | a day in the life, in the kitchen, photography, The Homeschool Post
I’ve got four things to share with you: First, I bought the coolest easel picture frame at T.J. Maxx today with room for five 8×10 photographs. In a surprising degree of promptness, I have already printed photos from Bouchon, the ultra-fab restaurant where...
by Dawn Camp | Oct 28, 2009 | a day in the life, homeschooling, kid funnies
If asked, I can quote the exact dictionary definition of hypothesis; a conversational dialogue from the first week of high school French; and the most difficult to pronounce sentence assigned to me in college Russian. Why? I had to memorize them. Young children have...
