This week's theme is Labor Day and a celebration of the different types of labor we  perform as homeschoolers.

 

I really enjoyed all these posts and want to remind everyone that your labors are not in vain.  Our fellow homeschool blogger, Marsha Drews of DrewsFamilyTX blog lost her dear son, Christian, last week in a horrible accident.  Hugs your kids a little closer this week and be grateful that you have the chance to labor for them and love them a little longer.

Keeping a preschooler busy from
A Familiar Path: What's a Boy to Do?

Lapbooks, reading lists, printables and organization from
The Happy Housewife: Tackle School Planning

Computer-based homeschool curriculum worked for this family
Parenting Squad: Computer based curriculum

Tiffany struggles with unschooling or more structured curriculum
Natural Family Living Blog: The Great Homeschool Decision

Homeschooling a 12th grader looks a lot more like real life than school.
Barbara Frank: Homeschooling a 12th Grader....Again

A photo peek inside a homeschool in its first week
Learning at His Feet: Beware: Learning is Happening Here!

A book review on preparing for college from
Homeschoolbuzz.com Reviews:  College-Prep Homeschooling

Kris sets up a rice center for her kids at
Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers : Rice Center

Miss Amanda invites us to take a look at her homeschool college classes
The Daily Planet:Homeschool Memoirs: Homeschool Agendas

A homeschool curriculum review contest over at
Successful Homeschooling: Tell me about your favorite curriculum and win free books!

A classic art medium-play dough! from
HowToMe:  How To Make Our Favorite Play Dough

A book review from
Adventures in Daily Living on Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense by David Guterson

A book review from
Melissa’s Idea Garden on Life Prep for Homeschooled Teenagers by Barbara Frank

Siouxsie's son tackles an essay in an unusual manner.
Siouxsie's Musings: Partly Sunny with a Chance of School Starting

A writing lesson using well-constructed persuasive arguments
Janice Campbell: Taking Time for Things That Matter: Persuasive Writing: Teach It With Models

How is poetry created? Through the senses
Works in Progress:  Writing Through The Senses

Punctuation is like breathing
The Expanding Life:  In Which an Ordinary Woman Punctuates Her Life

If you fall asleep while teaching, you may wake up on a different planet from Life Nurturing Education:  Sleep Teaching Doesn't Work

Math

Make your own play cash register
Play Activities: DIY Toy Money

Try your fractions on this proposed tax bill
The Informed Parent: Push to change IRS code for homeschoolers continues

Christine makes math a fun labor!
The Thinking Mother: Younger Son Loves Code Breakers

Who needs an expensive curriculum when there's curiosity and interest? from
Roots, Shoots & Fruits:  This Is Our Math Curriculum

Denise may not care for the title, but she liked the math book in her review on
Let's Play Math!:  Review: Math Doesn't Suck

Science

Spider hunting video from
Kid Lit Kit: Nic Bishop and Spiders

Shelley turns a mouse in the house into a unit study!
Homemade Homeschoolers: They DO Build a Better Mousetrap!

"It's Labor Day Weekend. There's not a school supply in sight. And I saw 4 shooting stars tonight."
The Life Without School Blog: 4 Shooting Stars and No School Supplies

Lance and his kids have been growing a banana plant and look at what they've learned!
Home Educate in the Sunshine State:  Going Bananas

Health

Two news articles on absenteeism and vaccinations are cause for concern from
Yankee CowGirl:  It's That Time of Year Again...

Keep your sense of humor about everything. Laughter helps to stay sane from
Home Spun Juggling:  Still Fighting the School Blues

Dana presents a thought provoking discussion on vaccinations on
Principled Discovery: Homeschoolers and vaccinations

Homemaking

Nominate your favorite homeschool blogger  on
Alasandra's Homeschool Blog Awards: The Homeschool Blog Awards

A family's recent quest to bring order to the chaotic books overtaking their home on
Choosy Homeschooler Blog: How We're Conquerering Chaos in Our Home Library

Henry writes about getting back into the grove at
Why Homeschool: Reentry has been a bit bumpy

Labors of Love

A homeschool mom parents teenagers from
The Eclectic Telegraph: A Dancer With Many Hats in a Thankless and Undervalued Job

Progress made on summer learning goals
No fighting, no biting!: The Start of School Approaches

Living life abundantly from
Lessons from Loon Loop: The Sacred and the Mundane

Why pick a career when you can do it all as a homeschool mom?
Homeschool Nations - Arizona: The Many Hats of a Homeschool Mom

This mom is a laborer for her family
Notes From A Homeschooling Mom: The Labors of Homeschool

Starting homeschooling with a life long, eternal  perspective
The Life Schoolers: Officially Homeschooling

Christy is thankful for the opportunity -the gift- to teach her children. 
Mercy Every Morning:  God's Grace in Our Labor of Love

Please take a moment to post a link to the carnival on your blog— help spread the word about homeschooling and the carnival, and to send some traffic to all these terrific bloggers who took the time to share their lives with us.

Don’t forget to send in your post for next week’s carnival, as well, hosted by Why Homeschool Just click on over to the easy submission form at Blog Carnival anytime before Monday at 6pm Pacific time.

Carol Topp

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