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Language Homeschooling

Our language learning period has afforded us more time together as a family than we have ever had. We parents trade off watching the kids and studying, and we are very thankful to have this system where we do not have to put the kids in an unknown childcare setting while we go off to language school. We have a curriculum on the computer from UCLA that matches videos and dialogs with grammar and vocabulary lessons. M’s homeschooling background, with lots of experience in teaching himself, has come in handy, as has T’s linguistics background.

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jpg said…
Hi there! Great idea to do the blog! I'm glad for this update. I'll look forward to pictures whenever it becomes convenient. Please don't let that worry be an additional stressor for you guys. We're just thankful for the communications we have been able to have! Love you guys!
September 22, 2008 at 6:32 AM
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