| | | The Everyday Educator
January 2014
In This Issue
- Letter from Janice: A quiet and peaceable life . . .
- Heart for Homeschool Conference Scholarships available
- Article: Financial Aid: You Won't Get it Unless You Apply
- New! 1857 McGuffey Readers
- New context resources posted at Excellence-in-Literature.com
- Join Janice for a Beat-the-Clock Essay Workshop in Winchester, VA
- Contests and awards for students
- Subscription information: Make changes here!
| | | There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.
~Author Unknown |
| Dear Friend,
As the new year begins I've been thinking about things I want to work on this year. I don't make New Year's resolutions in the traditional sense, but rather choose a word or quality I would like to focus on and grow in. Past words have included focus, courage, and integrity, and I have found it very helpful to meditate on those things, and to find scriptures and readings that dealt with them.
This year, I am meditating on the word quiet, as in leading "a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty" (I Timothy 2:2), and as in the quietness of spirit seen in Isaiah 30:15 and 32:17. The modern world seems to want to quench quietness, but I continually return to it as a source of refreshment and strength.
A quiet, home-centered life can be blessing and strength while you are homeschooling, and it can help you and your students grow in wisdom and virtue. One way to make room in your life for quietness is to eliminate busywork. More than ever, I see that "There is no virtue in wasting time pumping out page after page of busywork when a concept is understood. It stifles natural curiosity, and wastes time that could be better spent reading classics, building relationships, or even playing outside" (from a 2008 post).
May you have peace and joy as you serve and guide your sweet family. Blessings, Janice Campbell Main site: www.Everyday-Education.comEIL resources: www.Excellence-in-Literature.comMcGuffey Readers: 1857McGuffey.comTaking Time for Things that Matter blog: www.Janice-Campbell.comEntrepreneurship blog: www.DoingWhatMatters.com
P.S. We've heard that the links don't show up as underlined in some browsers, so if you see something you think is a link, just mouse over it, and you should be able to click it. If there's an asterisk near a resource, that means it's an affiliate link. You may read more about those in the information at the end of this newsletter. |
| Heart for Home School Conference ScholarshipsWe are offering four conference scholarships to families who might be interested in attending the Heart for Homeschool Conference, held February 7-8 in North Carolina, but are limited by financial concerns. This is a sweet, small conference that truly lives up to its name. I encourage you to consider coming.
The conference scholarship (registration) will be paid by Heart for Home School Ministries, through a generous donation we received. The recipient families must register online through our website before the deadline in order to receive the scholarship. If you would like to receive the scholarship, you may e-mail me. |
| From the blog . . .
Financial Aid: You Won't Get it Unless You Apply;-)
Do you have a teen who is filling out college applications? If so, there’s one more application to add to the list. It’s the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, informally known as the FAFSA, and if your teen wants to be eligible for federal financial aid, this form is where you start.
The FAFSA gives you access to the largest source of financial aid to pay for college or career school, and is used by many states, colleges, and private financial aid providers to determine your eligibility for state and school aid. In other words, if you want free money, you must fill out this form.
What happens after you fill out the FAFSA? Once you have filled out the form, it is sent to the colleges of your choice . . .
This is the first in a two part series of posts, so look for the next post, "What Kinds of Financial Aid are Available," at the blog next week.
Other recent posts include: - Alternatives to Writing a Literary Analysis: Essay writing is not the only tool for studying literature. Students can benefit from the occasional opportunity to approach the great books in a fresh way, so here are a few alternatives to writing a literary analysis. Feel free to share your ideas in the comment section below the post!
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| | The first three volumes of the 1857 McGuffey Readers are here!
Want an easy way to teach language arts using stories, poems, essays, and speeches that reinforce virtues such as courage, honor, diligence, stewardship, independence, frugality, perseverance, and kindness?
- Complete original text from McGuffey's 1857 edition
- Phonics-based reading instruction
- Vocabulary and spelling taught and reinforced in context
- Age-appropriate instructions on elocution (art of speaking)
- Increasingly challenging literature selections for grades K-12
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It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.
~Attributed to Hanoch McCarty
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we aren't able to screen all the contests that come across our desks, we are
sharing them here so you'll be able to check them out yourself. Contests can be
a useful motivational tool, so be sure to check them out! |
| Janice will be presenting a
Beat-the-Clock Essay Workshop
in Winchester, VA Saturday, February 15, 2014.
This workshop is being sponsored by the Classical Cottage School and you may contact Cindy Leahy if you are
interested in attending. Spaces are limited. Please contact Cindy at this email: tceleahy@visuallink.com
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| | | Writing Lessons at Schoolhouse Teachers
Don't forget that I offer a monthly Classics-Based Writing Lesson at Schoolhouse Teachers! January's lesson features writing exercises based on G.K. Chesterton's essay, "The Slavery of Free Verse."
There are a lot of other great classes at Schoolhouse Teachers, so be sure to visit! |
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Janice is also available to speak to your
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| | | | This is the FREE national, monthly writing contest hosted by StageofLife.com. Each month you will find a different writing prompt. |
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If you haven't yet seen the Excellence in Literature resource website, I think you'll enjoy it. If you're using the curriculum, you'll find that we've hosted many of the context resources on the site, organized by level so you can easily find them. Even if you're not using EIL, you'll find good resources for literature and history study, including source documents, poetry, and more. I hope the new site makes using EIL even simpler!
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