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Abbigail Gutierrez said:
You might already know abou this. On http://www.christianbook.com they have homeschool closeouts. some of the prices are drastically low. There are books for $20 going for 0.99 cents. Just thought you might find that helpful.
# 23 July 2010 at 5:18 pm

Kendra at New Life On A Homestead (author) said:
Thanks, Abbigail!! I haven’t checked them out before. I definitely will though!
# 23 July 2010 at 5:56 pm

MikeyDee said:
We lived 114 miles from town. My wife wasn’t a HS graduate and wasn’t comfortable home schooling our two kids. I wanted three to fives kids and ended up with two great kids. I had to leave the ranch to move closer to town so the kids could go to public school. I wasn’t impressed. I’m still here kicking
You have a great site.
# 1 February 2012 at 10:54 am

Crystal Green said:
Hey there,
I personally home school using connectionsacademy.com. They are a public school, but I have the luxury of doing my son’s lessons at his pace and on his schedule!! They provide all the materials (books and supplies) free of charge. There are live lessons (which he can attend IF he wants) and we are able to go to field trips with other students. I have my freedom to teach him my way, but yet have support from teachers as I need it.
Next year, when he’s in third grade he will have to do the assessment tests, but that’s not a terrible thing because this way I get to compare his results to other kids his age.
I just thought you may be interested.
# 19 February 2012 at 6:10 pm

Nicole said:
I can’t seem to access the “Organize your homeschooling books” link, it asks for a WordPress login (which I don’t have)….is it a file that could be emailed to me? I would love to see it.
# 5 August 2012 at 7:22 pm

Kendra at New Life On A Homestead (author) said:
Hi Nichole,
Thank you so much for bringing that to my attention. Yeah, the link was messed up. It should be fixed now!
# 5 August 2012 at 7:41 pm

Andi Kyles said:
Just wanted to say thank you for writing this blog. I am brand new to home schooling and my and my husbands plans once he gets out of the Coast Guard is to live on a farm and be self sufficient, if the Lord allows. I love all of the great info you have!
# 11 March 2013 at 7:22 pm

Kendra at New Life On A Homestead (author) said:
Hi Andi,
So glad to have you here! I know I haven’t written much here in the homeschooling section, but hopefully I’ll get to add more eventually Thanks for saying hello!
# 12 March 2013 at 10:45 pm

Ricky said:
Howdy Kendra, You have a really neat website.
Home Schooling and country life helped our children get in touch with nature, God, and to respect other people.
http://www.thriftbooks.com Has many good children books at bargain prices.
The deal now is 3 for 8.95 with free shipping.
My wife uses http://fiveinarow.com/ material for years and loves it.
She’s been homeschooling for abt 10 years with all 4 of our kids.
From their website: Easy to use and fun to do, Five in a Row is designed to teach children the joy of learning while exposing them to the vast world of information that’s so important in building a solid educational foundation to prepare them for a life of learning.
Education is supposed to be fun right…
On the fiveinarow.com board other home school parents sell books to each other at really good prices.
# 19 March 2013 at 10:43 pm

Rhenda said:
We’re sort of self-styled un-schoolish homeschoolers. We’re real big on unit study type arrangements and literature based units. We will find an area we choose to study based on interest or on filling in a few gaps we feel like we need a more well-rounded understanding on, and we’ll build a unit around that subject, usually beginning with some selected books. We expand it from there. We have been honing and tweeking out “techniques” if that’s what you want to call them, for years, and over time we have discovered a few tools that we never would have thought were going to be so helpful.
One of those tools was the world of podcasts. We do about a half hour of something every other day or so. I love using different sources. It breaks things up, adds variety, gives us new perspectives and frees up a little time for me to do other things.
Google it up! “______subject_____ educational podcast” or just Google “podcasts” and see what strikes you! You’ll have to look around, but it’s not hard and it’s a whole new world of available resources. Mon, Wed, Fri or Tues, Thurs, maybe just once a week. It’s a HUGE resource! I’ve been doing it for four years now, and we LOVE it!
# 30 April 2013 at 5:47 pm

Kendra at New Life On A Homestead (author) said:
You should check out my podcasts then, Rhenda
http://radio.thesurvivalmom.com/category/kendra-lynne/
Seriously, though, there are some great ladies on our network. Not sure if it’s what you’re looking for, but you might find a show or two you enjoy. Thanks for the homeschooling tip!
# 30 April 2013 at 6:53 pm

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