Category Archives: homeschooling

Come to the Utah Winter Homeschool Conference!

Posted on January 28, 2020 by treeoflifemama

  I’m excited to announce that I will be speaking at the Winter Homeschool Conference on Saturday, February 8 in Layton, Utah. Come join over 1000 people at this fabulous event! I will be talking about three topics: Family Finances … Continue reading →

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#abookandagameaday, Wed. 1/22/20, Day #12, Geography/History Two Truths and a Lie and Scrambled States of America

Posted on January 22, 2020 by treeoflifemama

  Last Thursday on my thrifting trip, after going to our weekly family liber school, I found the card game that goes with the above book, for 4 bucks at Savers. So we played the game today for my Wednesday … Continue reading →

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#abookandagameaday: Thurs. 1/9/20, Gameschooling Day #4 of 2020

Posted on January 10, 2020 by treeoflifemama

Thursday we do our homeschool co-op on steroids, aka a Commonwealth School or Family Liber School. (Some people call it different names but it’s basically the same thing.) I went out thrifting afterwards in the afternoon/early evening. So we didn’t … Continue reading →

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#abookagameaday: Wed. 1/7/20. Gameschooling Day #3 of 2020!

Posted on January 10, 2020 by treeoflifemama

  I picked this game out for myself for Christmas. The amazon rating is 4/5 stars. So I had high hopes for it. We played it once in our family Christmas game marathon. I played with my 26 year old … Continue reading →

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Create a Book Club Culture at Home

Posted on April 18, 2019 by treeoflifemama

The past two Thursday nights I’ve had two book club discussions, one online and one in person. I loved every single minute of them.  For the first one we discussed Little Women, and for the second one we discussed anything by … Continue reading →

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Is TJEd Dead?

Posted on October 31, 2013 by hillshum

Somebody in one of my goodreads.com discussion groups brought up a question recently, asking “Is TJEd dead?” TJEd, in case you are new to homeschooling, is an abbreviation for Thomas Jefferson Education. It is a philosophy of education outlined in … Continue reading →

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