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April Aussie Homeschool Blog Post Round Up

Better late than never is the old adage!  Today I bring to you a round up of posts from Australian Homeschool Bloggers for April. Stacey from A Moment in our World shares 8 Awesome Experiments to do OUTSIDE and Montessori – Phases of the Moon – Friday Freebie. Jolene from over at Yummy Inspirations shares Our Homeschooling Routine and Lunch Box ABC’s. Cathy from over at Too Many Flower’s Travels shares their resources for an Australian Space Odyssey and Glimpses of Greek. Anastasia from over at Montessori Nature shares her Top 10 Inspirational Montessori Video’s Online. Waldorf Homeschooling Mama...

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Homeschool Dictionary

Here are a few of the most commonly used acronyms and terms. This list is by no means exhaustive. Please leave a comment below if you have something to add to this list. Acronyms ACG is A Child’s Geography by Ann Voskamp ACHOW is A Child’s History of the World (Hillyer)AO is Ambleside Online, a free online CM based curriculumATW180Days is Around the Word in 180 DaysCE is Classical Education, usually using a Classical CurriculumCM is Charlotte Mason.ETC – Explode the CodeETWHC is Educating the Wholehearted Child by the Clarkson’sFAR is Far Above RubiesFIAR is Five In A Row and BFIAR is Before FIARHEA – Home Education Association of AustraliaHOW is Heart of Wisdom by Robin Sampson, also included is the HOWTA which is the HOW Teaching ApproachHWT – Handwriting Without Tears LA is sometimes the unit study program called Learning Adventures or LA is also Language Arts (the subject of studying English)LLATL is Learning Language Arts Through LiteratureMMM us Making Math MeaningfulMOH is Mystery of History by Linda HobarMUS is Math-U-SeeRB is usually Ruth BeechickSL is SonlightSM can be Singapore mathsSOTW is Story of the World (Bauer)The 3 R’s and YCTYCS is for You Can Teach Your Child Successfully Grade 4-8 by Ruth BeechickTT can be teaching textbooksTTT or the Bluedorn’s is Teaching the Trivium by the Bluedorn’s.TWTM is The Well Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer General...

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