Comments on: Homeschooling on the Cheap – Part 2

By: Walking Therein » Carnival Of Homeschooling #126: End of the School Year? Or Is It?

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:11:59 +0000

[...] Hen presents Homeschooling on the Cheap – Part 2 posted at Mother Hen. Have you fallen into the trap of over-indulging your children? If you answer [...]

By: Angie in GA

Angie in GA — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:58:00 +0000

Great Post!!!!! Very encouraging and inspiring!!!
Thank You so much for sharing this with us!!
God Bless-Angie in GA

By: Katherine

Katherine — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:12:51 +0000

I highly recommend the windup flashlights ( I found them for $10 at Staples). The light lasts for about 15 minutes, long enough to read a bit after the lights go off, but they tend to get to tired to wind them up again. Plus no batteries to replace every other day when the two year old turns them on and walks away!

By: Walking Therein » Blog Archive » Carnival Of Homeschooling: End of the Year? Or Is It?

Tue, 27 May 2008 07:40:12 +0000

[...] Hen presents Homeschooling on the Cheap – Part 2 posted at Mother [...]

By: Renae

Renae — Sat, 24 May 2008 19:00:50 +0000

Very good points. Increasing amounts of things do not encourage gratitude. We always try to keep things simple here.

By: Karen W

Karen W — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:23:36 +0000

StuffMart – LOL! I’ve never heard of aMountain Ocarina. I’m going to check out the link. Thanks!

By: Heather Young

Heather Young — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:32:23 +0000

We have been doing this for 8 years now (when my oldest was little I was still in the “celebrate with lots of STUFF” camp. It has taken us years to educate our family on this. Finally they got it when I pointed out that between the 3 kids they get over 300 gifts a year, and that is only if each family member/family gets them 1 thing!!!! Too much is enough!

I am trying to encourage the kids to ask each for one thing specifically and to ask for things as a group–like a new Wii game, an educational game, or a movie they all want.

By: Donna (mom24boyz)

Donna (mom24boyz) — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:21:55 +0000

My boys just got a quick look at the ocarina–they both ooooed and aghed over it—Apperently Link from the game Zelda plays one of those. I honestly have never heard of one until now! I too like just going thru the Bible together as you suggested, but we also incorporate Copy work with it. They each pick a verse daily and copy it. I feel copying the word helps to engrain it into them. I try and participate in this too!

By: BarbaraLee Malikowski

BarbaraLee Malikowski — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:05:42 +0000

For b-days we go out for pizza. This was a tradition dh started when the kids were little. I was married before w/2 kids. He wanted to make them special.

This yr. for Christmas we are making our gifts. The kids are excited.

By: Faith

Faith — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:10:20 +0000

I’m looking forward to the next posts on the schoolin’! I love the idea of going curriculum free, but we’re just getting started and it’s so helpful to hear what you’ve done! Thanks for sharing so openly.

And on the gifts – love the idea of a flashlight! Boys seem to love real tools so much! We gave on of ours a box of nails, a hammer, and yards and yards of rope for his birthday one year. He was thrilled, but there were some raised eyebrows in the other parents!

-Faith