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  • HELP – Logic Puzzle Announcing The Homeschool Blog Awards

    HELP – Logic Puzzle Announcing The Homeschool Blog Awards

    Okay, y’all, I’m in over my head. I’m trying to create a logic puzzle as a nifty way to announce The Homeschool Blog Awards. Having never created a logic puzzle before, I thought, “How hard can it be?”

    Well, pretty darn hard.

    So I thought I’d put my start out there, as well as the solution, and see if I can get some help from y’all.

    Read the puzzle, try to figure out the solution, then suggest in the comments one or more clues that I should add (or get rid of).

    The Puzzle

    The Homeschool Post is the sponsor of The Homeschool Blog Awards every year. Writers of The Homeschool Post aren’t allowed to win, nor be nominated. So some of the writers of thought it might be fun to do a “within the family” blog award for themselves.

    After all was said and done, they decided to pass all information over to me, the math mom in the team, and let me figure out the winner. Alas, the information wasn’t well organized. So I had to figure out which blog went with which person, who voted for whom and who was the winner.

    The Clues

    Six of the writers decided to participate. They were

    • Lana (like Banana)
    • The writer of OK Homeschool Mom
    • Heather
    • The writer of Knit 1 Kids 4
    • Gidget
    • Rachel
    1. Heather said, “I love everyone. I’m just voting for them all!”
    2. Someone suggested that nobody should vote for themselves. So they agreed on that.
    3. The writer of Finding Joy voted for three people, including Heather and Kristal.
    4. Everyone who voted for Rachel also voted for the blog I Love My 5 Kids.
    5. Everyone but Gidget voted for the author of the blog SprittiBee.
    6. The author of  Homeschooling Unscripted only got two votes.
    7. Donnetta and Gidget got the same number of votes. As did the authors of SprittiBee and Knit 1 Kids 4. Also, Rachel and the author of I Love My 5 Kids had the same number.
    8. The author of Finding Joy is very popular – everyone voted for her.

    The Solution

    Here is the solution of who voted for whom. The initial of the person is on the left and the initial of the people for whom they voted is in the curly brackets. Click on the picture to enlarge.

    Owners/writers of the blogs are here:

    • Donetta publishes OK Homeschool Mom
    • Gidget publishes Homeschooling Unscripted
    • Heather publishes SprittiBee
    • Kristal publishes Knit 1 Kids 4
    • Lana publishes I Love My 5 Kids
    • Rachel publishes Finding Joy

    Don’t forget…

    Suggest a clue in the comments!

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  • [50 Word Friday] A Conversation Between Parents After a Homeschool Convention

    [50 Word Friday] A Conversation Between Parents After a Homeschool Convention

    “That homeschool convention was wonderful!” she says to him.

    “Yes, and it wasn’t anything like I expected! Daughter is only two, but I’m already thinking about homeschooling.”

    “What changed your mind?” she says.

    “Everything it has to offer – not only great teachers, but all the right content. It’s awesome!”

    Learn more about 50 Word Friday here.

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  • Embracing the Not-Knowing at a Homeschool Convention and in Math

    Embracing the Not-Knowing at a Homeschool Convention and in Math

    I’m heading to the Texas Home School Coalition’s Convention this weekend in The Woodlands, close to Houston, Texas. The excitement I have for it makes me think of the excitement due to math…

    (and I have on Husband’s Roger Creager shirt that is faded brown – I’m NOT naked.)

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  • Help! I’m Going to the Texas Home School Coalition Conference!

    Help! I’m Going to the Texas Home School Coalition Conference!

    On Friday and Saturday I’ll be attending my first ever homeschool conference.

    And boy am I pumped!

    I’m so fresh and new at this – but really, I’ve been doing it forever. My ma sent us to public school (a really good one, Tarkington ISD) but as a single parent, she didn’t have much choice. At least back then.

    But she started her own business cleaning houses so she could be an afterschooling mom. She really REALLY wanted us to have the learning and interaction she could provide from 4pm to bedtime.

    Almost everything I know about math, I learned from her. She (and you) might be surprised at that because her degree is in English! But she taught me puns, patterns and a way to look at the world in a totally different light. Which is exactly what math is.

    I’m an afterschooling graduate and parent.

    Husband and I haven’t decided on how we’ll educate Daughter. Right now she’s going to a day school, which is really good for her and us.

    And we afterschool like crazy. It takes me forever to get anywhere with her because I let her observe everything. For as long as she wants.

    Everything I publish on this site is either used on her or I can’t wait to use it on her.

    I need your help!

    My mission is to help the first and most important teachers – parents – to be comfortable enough with math to teach it to their children through experiences. Which means I need to know what parents need from me. How can I help?

    I’ve got experience with infants and toddlers at this point. I know grownups, too (taught college for 15 years). But school-aged kids? I’m depending on y’all.

    So what should I ask when I go to the conference? What should I learn and discover that will help me help you?

    Please, please, let me know in the comments!

    (Oh, and if you want to meet up, let me know that too – I’d love to connect!)

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