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Friend, phone rules for homeschools, book news, education under fire, self-reliance expo and more

February 6th, 2012 at 8:18 pm

The Everyday Educator 7 February 2012 In This Issue Letter from Janice Fresh from the Blog: The Wintery Mix Carnival of Homeschooling Education Under Fire in Iran Article: Telephone Rules for Home ...

Friend, Caregiving on Homeschool Heartbeat, High School Requirements, Struggling Learners, more

January 17th, 2012 at 3:36 pm

The Everyday Educator 17 January 2012 In This Issue Letter from Janice: Homeschooling and Caregiving Fresh from the Blog: The Map that Inspired Treasure Island and Three New Contests: Poetry, Art, ...

Friend, newsletter with planning tips, art resource, homesteading, and poems

January 3rd, 2012 at 5:39 pm

The Everyday Educator 3 January 2012 In This Issue Letter from Janice Fresh from the Blog: Homeschooling Homesteaders: Teaching Self-Reliance Skills and Winter Poems by Stevenson, Emerson, and Hard ...

Friend, we're wishing you joy, blessings, and pumpkin pie cake

December 20th, 2011 at 2:45 pm

Dear Friend, Our family wishes you joy and blessings this season. We hope you'll have a well-deserved break, and return to work and school refreshed, renewed, and inspired for the new year.If you missed getting a copy of the 11 Things a Paragraph Can ...

Friend, Happy Thanksgiving! Black Friday Sales & mini-poster of 11 Things a Paragraph Can Do

November 23rd, 2011 at 3:11 pm

November 2011Dear Friend, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and as I do every year, I want to share my favorite Thanksgiving poem, "Gratefulness" by George Herbert, and recipe (Fresh Cranberry-Orange Relish). I also wanted you to know about our ...

Friend, let's talk about the discipline of writing, NaNoWriMo, a transcript question

October 31st, 2011 at 5:39 pm

The Everyday Educator 31 October 2011 In This Issue Letter from Janice Feature Article: The Discipline of Writing Answer to a Transcript Question Announcements Subscription Management (Need to change y ...

Friend, it's Great Books Week, and there's a blog challenge

October 3rd, 2011 at 9:08 pm

Dear Friend,Excellence in Literature is happy to once again co-sponsor Great Books Week, October 2-9. As in previous years, there is a free downloadable poster for the event and blog challenge questions for each day, Monday-Friday, on the GreatBooksW ...

Friend, it's time for Great Books Week, TOS birthday bash, & a funny resource

September 28th, 2011 at 10:49 am

Good morning, Friend, I just wanted to share a couple of interesting things with you, now that school is underway. I can hardly believe it's almost October! The first thing I wanted to share is Great Books Week 2011, coming up in just a few days. It' ...

Friend, here's your back-to-school newsletter

August 23rd, 2011 at 7:03 pm

News Everyday Education Back-to-School 2011 Are you ready? 23 August 2011Dear Friend, The days are getting shorter and cooler, and as much as I don't want to think about it, summer is winding dow ...

Friend, just a quick invitation to share your post in the blog carnival

August 6th, 2011 at 4:27 pm

Dear Friend, I hope you're enjoying summer. I just wanted to let you know that I'll be hosting the Homeschool Blog Carnival on Tuesday, the 9th of August, at the Taking Time for Things that Matter blog. Do you have a blog post you'd like to share? I ...