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It’s that time of year. Facebook and blogs and Yahoo groups and forums are full of people’s schedules. I used to write mine up in great detail on Excel — talk about Throwback Thursday (even though it’s Saturday!) Here two of my schedules from the past: Best laid plans of yesteryear And what about now? How do I home-educate four children between the ages of 8 and 15? Well, now my schedule looks like this: My plan for this year How have I gone from ticky-boxy to book-stacky? Basically, three things have changed in the past two years: I have fully embraced the idea that homeschooling is as much as about a relationship among the family as it is about a relationship with our studies, and therefore, I’m committed to teaching the kids together as much as possible. Homeschooling is so much more than just studies I have fully embraced the idea that recording what we’ve done is as successful an approach as planning what we will do: more so, in fact, because the stresses of “falling behind” are g...

If you've ever tried to introduce your children to Chaucer, you may discover that you can find either story-book versions or modern translations. The former is rather dumbed-down, and the latter is ... well, if you know anything about Chaucer, Too Much Information!!! To my mind, there is only one book that gives an adequate flavour of The Canterbury Tales without all the rude, farty bits, and that's a very old book called A Taste of Chaucer by Anne Malcolmson. Now a rare book! Up until about three years ago, A Taste of Chaucer was available in paperback from Sonlight, but after the death of the author, it disappeared from the catalogue, and pretty much all affordable options dried up. However, good news! The book is due to make another appearance, this time in ebook format, thanks to the generosity of Malcolmson's family. Knights dance at the news! The publication date is set for 10th of October, 2015. Sign up to the website for updates , and "like" the Facebook p...