Office supplies make me giddy. Going to the library is my fondest errands. Bookshelves are my favorite pieces of furniture. Can you relate? If so, you may be a homeschooler.

In this edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling, I consider my wish list while highlighting posts submitted by the homeschooling community. This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a smattering of what blogging has to offer.

The homeschool community is diverse and I’m sure my wish list is vastly different from yours, but whatever you desire I hope we can all agree on the importance of liberty.

May the freedom to teach our children continue.

I wish for…

Liberty

• Barbara Frank Online states Let Girls Be Girls.
• Successful Homeschool addresses Homeschool Mom’s Dirty Little Secret #3 – Anger.
• Guilt-Free Homeschooling encourages with How to Adapt Lessons to Fit Your Student’s Interests and Make Learning Come Alive.
• The Homeschool Apologist examines what culture means in Swim At Your Own Risk.
• Alasandra’s Homeschool Blog Awards shares why Moronic Bob Cook Doesn’t Know Squat.
• Home School Dad discusses homeschool registration in Of Carrots and Sticks.

Endurance

• Parent at the Helm shares Two Studies Help Us Understand How Children Learn.
• Chrysalis examines the question, Why Should We Reach Children While They’re Young?
• A Work in Progress writes about embracing Enforced Time Off.
• Laura Grace Weldon challenges Guerrilla Encouragement Efforts.
• The Legacy of Home shares the importance of Family and Home.
• Wonderfully Chaotic remembers Why We Homeschool.

Library/work room

• NerdFamily Things shares resources for the Frugal Homeschooler: St. Patrick’s Day.
• Roscommon Acres gives instructions for The treasures of your heart, a quick St. Patrick’s Day project.
• Ina’s 5 & Our Native Homeschool teaches how to make a Working Aqueduct Model.
• QuirkyMomma has instructions for a DIY World Map Mural.
• SandwichINK shares their favorite Sequence Board Games For Kids.
• Adventures in Mama-Land asks about your workbox pages in Are you a cut-up???

Wisdom

• Opting Out asks Can phonics reduce the crime rate in America?
• Introducing the World reviews The Talent Code.
• Nirvana Homeschooling reviews the Book: Imaginary Garden.
• Tea Time with Annie Kate shares a favorite resource Free: The Handbook of Nature Study.
• Delightful Children’s Books shares 9 Books About Children From Around the World.
• A French Education teaches Silhouette on the Shade.
• A Pilgrim’s Heart found some Online Art Resources to enhance your Art Studies.

Housekeeper

• Why Homeschool shares information about ADHD and diet.
• Homeschool Mo will need some help with cleanup after Tot Time – It’s Flubbertastic!
• Our Curious Home asks the pressing question, “How Do I Homeschool and…Take a Shower?“
• Diary of 1 opens up the playground in the post, “Homeschool Recess.”

What is on your wish list?

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Welcome to the Carnival of Homeschooling!

I am honored to share these wonderful submissions from various homeschool bloggers.

There are a number of great articles, so please bookmark this page and scroll through at your convenience. I trust that you will find encouragement and ideas for the upcoming year.

As a way to organize the posts by subject, I chose a theme. And since I’ve collected so many pictures the past few months, I decided to share glimpses of a summer we want to remember.

I hope your summer has been as joyful and educational as ours!

Mark Twain Museum, Virginia City, NV

Thinking about books and history:

• Books in the Home posted at Why Homeschool.
• a book list…decisions, decisions! posted at Bugs, Knights, and Turkeys in the Yard.
• Egyptian Day posted at A Pilgrim’s Heart.
• Enigmas on the Prairie posted at Sage Parnassus.

The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

Imagining places and spaces:

• The SchoolRoom Conundrum posted at Nerd Family.
• Guess The Common Room Family School-Room posted at The Common Room.
• Dreaming about School posted at The Legacy of Home.
• Astronomical Field Trip! posted at Question the Culture.
• To College or Not to College? posted at The Expanding Life.

Chihuly Installation at The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

Encouraging imagination and ability:

• Opportunity Indulges Passion posted at Home Spun Juggling.
• Extra-curricular or simply curricular? posted at Two Kid Schoolhouse.
• Where Do I Start?–Homeschooling a Kindergartener posted at God Made, Home Grow.
• Five Must-Have School Supplies for Homeschooling Parents posted at Barbara Frank Online.
• Back To (Home) School: My Students; Teaching Multiple Grades & Learning Styles posted at A Classic Housewife in a Modern World.

The Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA

Confronting concerns and critics:

• The Cretins are posting again posted at Alasandra’s Homeschool Blog Awards.
• Planning and Pondering – What is Success? posted at Chronic Learning.
• Why I Homeschool posted at The Rebellious Pastor’s Wife.
• Atlanta Suspects 109 Teachers of Test Cheating posted at PARENT AT THE HELM.

Waiting to board Air Force One at The Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA

Embracing family and friends:

• Susannah Wesley’s 16 Rules posted at C h r y s a l i s ღ.
• How to Pray for a Home Educator posted at Mind Being Renewed.
• Sprucing Up at The HomeSpun Life.
• To My New Blogging Students and Their Parents posted at Blogging 2 Learn.

Camp Tawakani, South Hills, ID

Planning for lessons and learning:

• What’s in a Name? posted at Princess Momma.
• whoohoo, we are finished! posted at No Fighting, No Biting!.
• Homeschool Scheduling and Planning posted at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers.
• Homeschool Plan and Curriculum List for My Kids 2010 to 2011 posted at The Thinking Mother.

That concludes The Carnival of Homeschooling: Remember Summer Edition. Thanks for stopping by. Now go celebrate the last bits of summer!

Please submit your blog article to the next edition of using the carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on the blog carnival index page.

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling! If you are unfamiliar with this weekly event, let me introduce you.

A carnival sounds fun, right? It is! Each week homeschool bloggers are asked to submit a post to share. Then the host reads, organizes, and presents them to the community.

I offered to do this in August, but we were in the middle of selling our house in Texas and moving back to Southern Idaho. This carnival features a few of our adventures since we arrived.

Remodeling- Sometimes we make changes

Sweet Pea watches Grandpa install a subfloor

The New Year lends itself to reflection and plans to be better organized.

• The Thinking Mother Looks Back Upon the First Half of the Homeschool Year 2009-2010.
• While thinking about the year, it might help to have some music. Beverly’s Homeschooling Blog has a link for The Year in Rap 2009.
• Eclectic Education shares helpful hints and links to help Get your Homeschool Organized in the New Year.
• Special Needs Homeschooling Reviews The Homeschool Organizer.

Hiking- Sometimes we need new perspective

Bug hikes in the Snake River Canyon

• Raising Arrows talks about drowning in guilt in The Shame On Me Sea.
• A Day in the Life opens up an honest discussion about a Startling Revelation.
• The Legacy of Home gives us a peek into A Housewife’s Pink Mood. What color is your happy self?
• Homeschool Idaho shares a humorous Letter from an Imperfect Homeschool Mom.

Laughing- Sometimes we simply enjoy family life

Sunshine smiles behind my gift

• My Domestic Church encourages with the post Homeschooling to Build Family.
• Crazy Homeschool Mama writes about a new season of life in A Different Kind of Christmas.
• The Mommy Earth has a story entitled Girl Meets World.
• Free to Learn and Loving It shares Life Lesson # 221: Never mix lights with darks.
• Real Life Montessori has a creative way of Making Cookies for toddlers.

Conversing- Sometimes we defend our crazy ways

"Are you sure the bookshelf is a good bed?"

• Homeschool Distractions answers a question about dealing with distractions in the post The Cons of Homeschooling.
• A Tings Thinking Corner examines Robin West’s controversial anti-homeschooling article “The Harms of Homeschooling”.
• Home School Online shares ideas for answering typical questions about homeschooling.
• Why Homeschool found the same questions put to music in this funny video, The 14 Days of Homeschool.
• Our Curious Homeschool has lots of questions to discuss other than the socialization ones. See if you can answer one or two.
• Alasandra congratulates the winner’s of the Homeschool Blog Awards.

Learning- And now it’s time to curl up with the books

The view out my back window

• Abundant Harvest shares the Reading Journey of Child #3. See if waiting and relaxing can really work.
• Laura Grace Weldon wonders about All Day Every Day Video Game Learning?
• Little Green Blog writes ‘Teaching maths’ with home education – 10 Tips.
• Our Journey Westward created Simple Machine Stations. You can, too.
• Topsy-Techie has helpful hints for teaching writing.

Thank you for visiting! I hope you enjoyed your tour through these homeschool blogs and perhaps found a new favorite or two.

The next edition will be published at the carnival founders’ Why Homeschool. Consider submitting a post at Blog Carnival.