Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives. The Accidental Home Schooler by Norah Colvin

I’m so delighted to share this post on Sally Cronin’s lovely Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life blog. It allowed me to see my thoughts from a completely different angle. Please pop over to read and let me know what you think.

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The second post in the series by educator Norah Colvin and this week Norah shares a concept that she had to offer an alternative to the government run schooling on offer in her area.

The Accidental Home Schooler by Norah Colvin

In a previous post “To school or not to school” I discussed thoughts I had pondered and issues I had considered when deciding the future education of my daughter.

Although the main focus of that article was whether to school or not, home education was not only not my first choice, but not even a consideration.

The merest hint of an idea of starting my own school had niggled away in the back of my thoughts for a long time. More than ten years before that article was written, I was in college studying the teaching of literacy when the idea popped into conscious thought. In response to an…

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dgkaye December 5, 2017 at 12:12 pm

Loved seeing you at Sally’s, Norah. 🙂

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Norah Post authorDecember 5, 2017 at 7:10 pm

Thanks, Debby. It was as a result of your encouragement. 🙂

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1. dgkaye December 6, 2017 at 1:30 am
  
  I”m so glad I urged you! Now I shall more of you there. That’s my second blog home LOL 🙂 xx
  
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  1. Norah Post authorDecember 7, 2017 at 4:22 pm
    
    I have often noticed you there when I’m over. I know where to check for you now. 🙂
    
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    1. dgkaye December 8, 2017 at 2:03 am
      
      Lol, oh yes, I never miss a day over at Sally’s. We are great friends and supporters of each other’s work. 🙂 If I don’t show up around here, someone better start looking for me! LOL 🙂 xx
      
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      1. Norah Post authorDecember 8, 2017 at 5:13 pm
        
        Good point! See you there, then. 🙂
        
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  2. Norah Post authorDecember 7, 2017 at 4:22 pm
    
    I am very grateful. Thank you. 🙂
    
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    1. dgkaye December 8, 2017 at 2:04 am
      
      Sorry for my missed word, my bad typo, lol (see) more 🙂
      
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      1. Norah Post authorDecember 8, 2017 at 5:14 pm
        
        Some typos are easy to interpret, like that one. Others leave me baffled. As long as the meaning is obvious, I don’t worry, except if I’ve written it. 🙂
        
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        dgkaye December 9, 2017 at 7:51 am
        
        Lol 🙂
        
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