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Fun Friday: Metaphor Dice

August 23, 2019
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I stay on the lookout for ways to keep learning fun, which is harder to do at the …

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Bookworm Party 2.0

June 14, 2019
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Here’s how my Type A inner voice works. I get an idea to do something: OH, THIS WILL …

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What I’m Planning: A Bookworm Party for Teens

June 12, 2019
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Between the summer I worked full time, which was immediately followed by an out of state move, then …

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Fun Friday: How Terrible Mothers Explore Art with Their Teens

May 10, 2019
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When I take my teenagers to see famous works of art, we play a terrible game. Because I’m …

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Carving Out Homeschool Togetherness with Teens

May 7, 2019
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Getting teens together at the same time is hard. Different subjects studied, work schedules, social life, sleep schedules. …

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The Raven: A Poetry Party School

October 24, 2017
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In my continued search of how I can stop hating poetry, I decided to try a Party School for poetry. My …

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Exploring Art with Teens: Find an Art Festival

October 18, 2017
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We’re new transplants to the Atlanta area – just moved here in August – so we’re having fun …

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Fun Friday: Throw a Bookworm Book Party for Teens

September 8, 2017
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One thing I’m big on when it comes to literature is that my kids select most of what …

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Heather Hitchcock

Lead bird in the nerdy birdie migratory flight pattern. Homeschooling high school with teen boys. Likes details. And nachos.

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  • Willow’s current favorite game is The Gingerbread Man game. She runs, runs, runs fast as she can. I can’t catch her. Willow wins Gingerbread Man.
  • She’s still stinkin’ cute. I still don’t like dog kisses in the face. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #catperson
  • Frankenweenie family movie night! Everyone I love in the same room together for two hours - a feat with teenagers and a traveling husband! I made dorky movie food. They thought it was cute. That’s a perfect Friday night in my book.
  • Many thanks to my dog-mom friends who have talked me through the WTF did I do, we were crazy to think we could handle a dog moments. Willow is SO FREAKING ADORABLE. She’s already sleeping through the night and has learned “leave it.” But OMG, a puppy, you guys. Going to co-op is now an ordeal, constantly watching for potty break signs, the biting. Sigh.
  • Our guiding question as we work through Frankenstein. Am I the only one who can get analysis overwhelm from some teacher guides? A 100 page teacher guide to Frankenstein? Holy cow! It’s too much. Are we trying to cover ALL THE THINGS in one book? Sure, there are dozens of interesting aspects we could analyze with any book. But I need a limit. 📚 Trying to cover allusion and feminism and patriarchy and the nature of humanity and rights of the living and cloning and the tenets of romanticism and gothic literature and the educational theories of Locke and Rousseau (seriously not making that up) through one book...good grief, it’s exhausting. 📚 What’s a provocative or interesting idea in this story? We still find that question enough of a jumping off point.
  • Breakfast read aloud for our October spooky theme. And when I say breakfast read aloud, I mean it’s October 9th and it’s the first day I’ve gotten my teens to the breakfast table at the same time AND I remembered to get the book out. 🤷🏻‍♀️ It still counts. #secularhomeschool #bravewriterteens #homeschoolhighschool #bravewriterlifestyle
  • Mystery Line Monday! We’re starting our spooky literature month, so the lines in October will come from various spooky works. I may do more than one line a week this month since I have several spooky lines. We’ll see how much crazy baby puppy brings to our life.😜 🎃 I’m not highlighting any literary elements in this one. It’s the idea I find intriguing. Something I want my teens to think about as they go out in the wider world and encounter different leadership. Also, we’re starting this book this week. 🎃 #mysterylinemonday #secularhomeschooler #bravewriterteens #bravewriterlifestyle
  • Hi! My name is Willow. I like toy crabs, pine straw and mad dashes in the yard to avoid nap time.

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