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What Our Children Read, or My Childhood Desire for Books With People Who Looked Like Me

Posted on July 12, 2020 by lifeistheteacher

One of these stacks of books features people who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color, either as the main character or as the main characters. The other stack of books features people who are white. Guess which stack is which? … Continue reading →

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A Homeschooling Parent Manifesto, Second Grade

Posted on August 5, 2019 by lifeistheteacher

This Homeschooling Parent Manifesto was created from a post I wrote over five and a half years ago, when Harmony began preschool in a tiny homeschooling group I was part of! My views on education have changed and grown over … Continue reading →

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Second Grade Curriculum

Posted on August 3, 2019 by lifeistheteacher

After agonizing over not being able to find a history curriculum I liked (as you can read in the previous post here), trying to decide what exactly to cover in second grade, and figuring out what I felt Harmony would … Continue reading →

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I Lost A Student

Posted on June 7, 2015 by lifeistheteacher

I lost a student. He graduated high school, attended his last lesson with me, performed his senior recital, and is now no longer a student of mine. But it’s not as simple as that. Each student that walks through my … Continue reading →

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Harmony

Posted on November 3, 2014 by lifeistheteacher

As part of Write Alm’s November Prompts, I saw that today’s prompt is: Harmony! My daughter, Harmony, is now almost twenty-nine months old, or close to two and a half years. I’ve already posted about what our daily life looks like … Continue reading →

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When I Say Goodbye for the Last Time

Posted on August 29, 2014 by lifeistheteacher

It always hurts when a guitar student quits. No matter how much I prepare myself, knowing that eventually every single student will move on, there is still a sting when they have their final lesson. Some students are so full … Continue reading →

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Day in the Life: 1st Annual Not-Back-to-School Week!

Posted on August 28, 2014 by lifeistheteacher

This is our first “official” not-back-to-school year as a home-schooling family! Harmony is two years and two months old, and we have been planning on home-schooling for a long time. Our family is a little out-of-the-ordinary because my husband and … Continue reading →

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The Stories of Josh and Sarah: To Quit or Not to Quit

Posted on July 3, 2014 by lifeistheteacher

Sarah* has been a student with me since she was seven. Her musicality is incredible, and she has blossomed into a marvelous young musician who loves to sing and write her own songs, as well as play classical guitar. She … Continue reading →

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No, I Don’t Hate Public School

Posted on May 16, 2014 by lifeistheteacher

Lately I’ve had a few people delicately hint that they think I hate public schools. If you haven’t already read this post I wrote several years ago, please do! And here are some more thoughts that I’ve had since writing … Continue reading →

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Kids These Days….

Posted on May 8, 2014 by lifeistheteacher

… are probably not any better or worse than kids in the past. Even thousands of years past.What do you think HAS changed, then?Do you think “kids” are this bad?   “Our youth have an insatiable desire for wealth; they … Continue reading →

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