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    114th Carnival of Homeschooling

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    Welcome to the 114th Carnival of Homeschooling! It's March, and we're homeschoolers, so let's learn a few facts about this month as we check out the entries to this week's carnival: ~The name of March comes from Mars, the Roman god of war. In ancient Rome, March was the first month of the year. In a series on why they homeschool, Hayes Happenings makes the bold statement, "We want to shelter our kids." Janice Campbell presents Homeschooling High School: Is Outsourcing an Option? posted at Janice Campbell: Taking Time For Things That Matter. Michelle Kennedy presents Unschooling and the “Decent-Paying Job” posted at Organically Inclined. The Reluctant Homeschooler is obsessed with books (I totally get that!), and she's glad that homeschooling means more books. ~Beware the Ides of March! That's the day Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. Ettina presents Different Ways of Going About Things posted at Abnormaldiversity. Christine, The Thinking Mother, wonders if homeschooling moms are out of balance. Elisheva at Ragamuffin Studies has been reading and thinking about the political nature of homeschooling. After nearly drowning in the white-water rapids of theories and methods, Prairiepoppins at Handmade Homeschool has found a wonderful wooden raft on which to float the river that is their homeschooling journey: she pays attention to each moment and she doesn't make lists. Tammy at Just Enough, and Nothing More writes that the search for homeschool curriculum is really a search for something else. Andrea presents Why I Wouldn't Use Scholastic for Homeschooling posted at Notes From A Homeschooling Mom. Yankee Mom shares how she plans and organizes her homeschooling year. ~Some famous births in March: Sam Houston on March 2, 1793, Alexander Graham Bell on March 3, 1947, the great Michelangelo on March 6, 1475, Andrew Jackson on March 15, 1767, Wyatt Earp on March 19, 1848, Johann Sebastian Bach on March 21, 1685, and Vincent Van Gogh on March 30, 1853. Peakmore Academy shares a recent Bedtime Conversation at Peakmore Academy. HappyCampers presents Fun With Fine! posted at Reese's View Of The World. Sebastian at Percival Blakeney Academy (right here in Hawaii!) wonders if she has the right response to challenging neighborhood children. Robin at Life Without School writes about what happens When You Give an Unschooler a Cookie. Barbara Frank dares to compare homeschooling to public school. Speaking of public schools, Alasandra is annoyed when they complain that homeschoolers cost them money. Nerd Family ponders the differences between school and life. Rebecca at The Upside Down World says that real socialization happens in the family. ~ On this day in history, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated, and he gave his famous "nothing to fear" speech. Henry Cates at Why Homeschool finds a study that's yet another reason why they homeschool. Susan at Corn and Oil is concerned about "the creep" of government agencies into our lives. Crimson Wife at Bending the Twigs has an important read for all California homeschoolers on a recent court ruling denying parents the right to homeschool under the private school option. Dana at Principled Discovery shares what legislators in her state, Nebraska, are saying about homeschooling. The Yankee Cowgirl says that people who are fleeing Germany to homeschool elsewhere in the EU should think again. Life on the Planet posts a provocative quote and asks you to figure out who said it. Check out Lunablog for free homeschool and learning forms! Seeking Rest in the Ancient Paths links up to some more free resources. Renae presents Revelation- Why Study Math posted at Life Nurturing Education. It's Monday Math March Madness at Wild About Math! And there's a prize! Nerd Family Things links to a site for grammar exercises. ~ Also on this day in history (1952), Ernest Hemingway finished The Old Man and the Sea. My Quivers Full posts a comparison of the size of the planets to the sun, and the sun to other stars. Cool! They're making solar prints at Homeschooler Savvy. Laura Williams at Laura Williams' Musings is making felt PB & J sandwiches. Our own little homeschool is tackling Macbeth this week and Henry V next week, so this post on Shakespeare for Children at On Living By Learning is particularly interesting to me. Tami at Tami's Blog is sharing plans as she wraps up her school year. Why do London taxi drivers have some larger brain structures than London bus drivers and why does this matter? See what Dr. Pascale Michelon has to say at SharpBrains. Adso of Melk presents University of Google posted at Lorem Ipsum. Timothy Power at Sometimes I'm Actually Coherent (love that blog name!) catches his daughter pulling a fast one on her teacher. ~Here's a little practical info: March's birthstone is aquamarine, and the flower is the daffodil. Katherine, a fellow Navy wife, at No Fighting, No Biting exhorts bloggers to be real in their blogging. After a recent family emergency, Learning at Home thinks about what paperwork to get together in case of evacuation. SuperAngel shares information about the Homeschool Seniors Class of 2008 blog. The Sojourner is preparing for Easter later this month by focusing on Jesus now. That wraps up the 114th Carnival of Homeschooling. As ever, I'm grateful to the Cates at Why Homeschool for getting it started and continuing to organize it. To contribute to the next carnival, click here. The upcoming schedule is here. Please let me know if a link is broken or if I missed an entry. I had a killer headache while putting the carnival together, so it's entirely possibly that I messed up. ~Aloha!