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Educational Toys for Natural Kids

By Tiffany 9 Comments

It's spring break around these parts and summer is not too far away now. I find that public schooling often feeds feelings of boredom because kids are super scheduled all day and when they come home they still want "activity". Few of us though want that activity to revolve around video games and television so educational toys have become increasingly popular among parents in recent years. There are a couple of reasons for this. Some parents believe that educational toys will not only … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschool, Natural Toys Tagged With: Boredom, Building Blocks, Different Ways, Disabled Children, Educational Puzzles, Educational Toys, Geography, Hand Eye Coordination, Human Anatomy, Learning Through Play, Letters Of The Alphabet, Magnetic Blocks, Marble, Musical Instruments, Natural Kids, Oppo, Problem Solving Skills, Public Schooling, Puzzle Enthusiasts, Spatial Relationships, Spring Break, Three Dimensional Shapes

What Do Kids Really Learn in Public Schools?

By Tiffany 58 Comments

(My daughter in an Amish schoolhouse) I have written much about homeschooling versus public schooling. I have done both and each has advantages and disadvantages. I pretty much allow my kids to make their own choice as to the type of schooling they prefer and all three are in public schools right now. But for weeks now I have been considering pulling rank and taking my middle child, my daughter, out of school and continuing her education at home. I always thought she would be the best equipped … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschool Tagged With: Amish Schoolhouse, Bejeweled, Diva, Education At Home, Family Members, Good Role Models, Kindergarten, Little Girl, Mean Girl, Popularity, Public Institutions, Public Schooling, Pulling Rank, Sake, Single Day, Skirt, Smart Cookie, Socialization, T Shirt, Tantrums

Finding Your Child’s Strengths

By Tiffany 12 Comments

A few days back I wrote an article about how I see the public schooling system failing us. It had much to do with the fact that in general public schools require all students to meet the same cookie cutter standards. Because everyone has to fit a certain mold and be proficient in the exact same things at the exact same levels or beyond they make a HUGE mistake. They are focusing on weaknesses. Your child may be excellent at reading and writing. Perhaps they can write beautiful poems or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Children, Homeschool Tagged With: Beautiful Poems, Cookie Cutter, Discipline, Few Days, Flip Side, Global Sense, Inborn Strengths, Journey, Language Arts, Mechanic, Mistake, Mold, Passages, Personal Level, Personal Nature, Public Schooling, Schooling System, Shakespeare, Societal Change, Test Scores

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Meet Tiffany

My name is Tiffany and I am the blogger behind Naturemoms. I live on an urban homestead in Ohio with my husband, three children, and assorted furry friends. When I am not blogging I am usually thrift store shopping, gardening, wildcrafting and food foraging, or otherwise enjoying nature. Enjoy! Read More…

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