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		<title>What Grade Are You In?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[-by Mimi Rothschild
When an adult meets a child, it is very likely that the first question asked will be, “What grade are you in?”
For our homeschool students, the answer might be, “I’m in first grade reading, fourth grade math, and everything else is second grade” or “I get to go at my own pace, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parent Learning: A Homeschool Side Benefit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[-by Mimi Rothschild
When we think of homeschooling’s benefits, we usually think of the opportunity to provide a first-class education at much less than the cost of a typical private school, the chance each child has to work at his or her own pace and in the best way for that particular child, or the blessings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiring a Reluctant Learner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you’re one of the blessed ones and all of your children pay perfect attention and are thrilled to participate in all their subjects.  But if you’re like most, you have at least one student that makes completing math problems or writing a paragraph like pulling teeth.  So what can you do to inspire that reluctant learner?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thegraceacademy.org/homeschooling_news_cafe/inspiring-a-reluctant-learner-2.html</link>
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		<title>Reluctant Learners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The beginning of the school year is so exciting! But there may be foot-dragging when it’s time to gather for lessons, staring out the window when there should be diligent work going on, and even a little bit of whining.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thegraceacademy.org/homeschooling_news_cafe/reluctant-learners.html</link>
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		<title>Naughty – or Developmentally Appropriate?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[-by Mimi Rothschild
Children are all different. This is one of the reasons that homeschooling is such a blessing for so many families.
Teaching your children at home allows you to respond to the different needs, the varied interests, and the strengths and weaknesses of each child. But there are some things that we can expect of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Dinner on the Homeschool Family Table</title>
		<description><![CDATA[-by Mimi Rothschild
You love homeschooling. You love the closeness it develops in your family. You love the progress your child is making.
But sometimes homeschooling can also be stressful. One of the most trying times in many families is that moment when you clear the schoolbooks off the table, power down the computer, and put dinner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiring a Reluctant Learner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Mimi Rothschild
Maybe you’re one of the blessed ones and all of your children pay perfect attention and are thrilled to participate in all their subjects.  But if you’re like most, you have at least one student that makes completing math problems or writing a paragraph like pulling teeth.  So what can you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multi-Age Learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[-by Mimi Rothschild
Strategies for Teaching All Your Children Together
Probably most of us have had days when we think it might be better for us as homeschooling parents if we just had a set of twins. Then we could do one lesson for all our kids, instead of hopping back and forth from one to another.
On [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thegraceacademy.org/homeschooling_news_cafe/multi-age-learning.html</link>
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		<title>Giving Homeschoolers Enriching Experiences and Opportunities.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Mimi Rothschild
What are the experiences and opportunities that really count in building Christlike character and at the same time, can serve individual personality? How can the homeschool curriculum and homeschool program provide for such experiences and opportunities?
The Christian homeschooling teacher needs not only a clear-cut purpose, but we also must know his own children very well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do we give our homeschooled children Christlike character?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mimi Rothschild
The longer range goal of developing in each student a Christlike character does not intend to Terri and Joe and Johnny will all be exactly alike in 10 or 15 years, anymore than they are like now. A Christlike character is not a fix to mold into which each developing personality is to [...]]]></description>
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