http://applestars.homeschooljournal.net May the star within us shine for all to enjoy Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:52:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Does anyone else have a bunch of saved posts in the Post Writing section that you started and didn't finish?  I do.  So, I decided to go through some of them and see what I found.  Apparently, I had taken a blurb from a post I had written on a ... http://applestars.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/08/learning-vs-schooling/ To continue from my previous post about my daughter's natural path to attending college, I thought it would be interesting to share my responsibilities as the administrator of our homeschool as it pertains to the application process.  When my children were younger and we were just still in the young years ... http://applestars.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/03/unschooling-transcripts/ My hubby and I decided to continue trusting our philosophy with the natural stages of learning as our children transition into adulthood.  As noted in an earlier post, it did require that we continue our deconditioning of our current society's expected "shoulds" at this stage.  The biggest one, obviously, is ... http://applestars.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/02/a-natural-process-to-college/ While in my 20s and younger, whenever I got a headache, I could sleep it off.  It was my preference as for some reason, I was not too keen on medication for the most part.  But, if I used it, I could use Tylenol and it would knock it out.  ... http://applestars.homeschooljournal.net/2008/09/30/the-caffeine-culprit/ I had an article published in Home Education Magazine back in January-February, 2008, and I finally got around to putting it up as a page on my blog. It is continued support and guidance for those with creative learners as it pertains to their reading path in joy. So many ... http://applestars.homeschooljournal.net/2008/06/29/comic-books-and-creative-learners/ I already shared about our fabulous connecting time with my Grandma Draney and all the Draney siblings this past Saturday, but now it's time to share about the Friday before and the opportunity we had to connect with my hubby's brothers and their families. While dropping off our oldest son on ... http://applestars.homeschooljournal.net/2008/05/15/more-family-connections/ I've not done a post like this, but have had some fun and/or informative reading choices lately, so thought I would share. The book series I'm reading aloud to the littles is this: I'm one of those people who don't like to reread things, and during the season of ... http://applestars.homeschooljournal.net/2008/05/14/what-ive-been-reading/ I was gone to Layton, Utah, for Mother's Day weekend for a special occasion. My dad's siblings had planned a surprise 90th birthday celebration/Mother's Day commemoration for their mother, my only living grandparent. The highlight was to be that all seven siblings would come together (which hasn't happened ... http://applestars.homeschooljournal.net/2008/05/12/memories-and-connection/ So, after recently posting about living without fear, crime and tragedy hits our quiet little country lane last night. Two neighbors, four and five houses away from us, respectively, apparently have had difficulties with each other; mainly, the fifth neighbor toward the fourth neighbor (the fifth neighbor having a ... http://applestars.homeschooljournal.net/2008/05/08/the-horrible-irony-of-it/ A great site called Free Range Kids helps me feel right at home in how I think about raising my children. I found this link at The Learning Umbrella from her post called Do Your Children Get Enough Danger. Here is a quote from the site: Another mom castigated me for ... http://applestars.homeschooljournal.net/2008/05/06/dont-get-me-started/