I was thrilled last year to make the Circle of Moms’ Top 25 Homeschooling Blogs for 2011! I hadn’t realized nominations were open for 2012 until I saw another blogger’s post on Facebook. I discovered someone had nominated Living Montessori Now again! Thanks so much to the person who nominated me for Top 25 Homeschooling Moms 2012!
This was our Montessori homeschool classroom when Will was 6 1/2 and Christina was 1 1/2. The tables, chairs, shelves, and materials were from the Montessori preschool I had owned previously, compressed into a smaller room.
I truly appreciate the extra publicity to help introduce more homeschoolers to Montessori techniques and principles and to have the chance to encourage more parents who are thinking of or are already homeschooling their children. I love telling other parents that homeschooling really does work.
I homeschooled my children through high school, and they now have bachelor’s degrees (along with straight A’s and wonderful university experiences). And my adult children still have a love of learning … thanks especially to Montessori education, unit studies, and a relaxed style of homeschooling. They also have successful careers, happy marriages, happy family relationships, and plenty of friends. Homeschooled children do grow up to be amazing adults! If you’re wondering, here’s a bit more about my family. 🙂
If you’re a homeschooler or considering homeschooling, here are some of my homeschooling posts you might find helpful:
- Top 5 Homeschool Lessons My Children Taught Me (the post I cried when I wrote and get teary-eyed every time I read it because I miss my now-adult children. If you ever wonder, it really is true that children grow up too fast. But I’m always grateful that my husband and I were able to spend so much time with our children because of homeschooling.)
- Top 10 Montessori Principles for Natural Learning
- How to Start Using Montessori at Home
- How to Set Up a Montessori Preschool Classroom at Home
- How to Set Up a Montessori Homeschool Classroom
- Should You Use Unit Studies? (includes a list of my unit-studies posts)
- How to Be a Relaxed Homeschooler
Voting for the Top 25 Homeschooling Moms will go through June 27 at 4:00pm PST. You can vote once each day. You just need to scroll down to the blog you want to vote for and click on the orange thumbs up. Once your vote is counted, the circle will go gray until you’re eligible to vote again the next day. Once the thumbs-up circle is orange, you can vote again. You can vote for more than one blog.
I would LOVE your vote. If you vote for me, thank you SO MUCH! But there are many worthy homeschooling blogs. If you don’t vote for Living Montessori Now, please vote for another blog.
Whether or not you homeschool your children, thanks so much for supporting homeschoolers! 
UPDATE: Thanks SO MUCH to everyone who voted for me! I was very happy to end up #11 this year (was #12 last year)! There are so many awesome homeschool bloggers … I’m honored! I truly appreciate the encouragement!
Deb thanks for all the wonderful activities that you share. I look forward to your email each Monday to learn how with your help I can make a difference in the lives of the children.
Deb,
I remembered that you shared this post on we teach earlier this year. Would you mind if I used some of the links from this post for the homeschool resources page at we teach? http://www.weteachgroup.com/group/weteachblogswelove/page/homeschool-resources It will just be a picture from the post and a link to the post. You can email me or send me a message at we teach if it’s ok.Thanks!
Jackie
That would be wonderful, Jackie … I’d really appreciate it! Thanks so much for including my blog! 🙂
my vote is for u Deb
Thanks, Bilal! That’s so sweet of you, and I really appreciate it! 🙂
hi deb, about the nomination.. you’re welcome :), just kidding..
Anyway, I ran a small, some kind of a hobby site, about homeschooling and I wanted to interview some of the actual homeschooling moms about stuff about how they homeschool their children and homeschooling in general.
i was wondering if I can send you a couple of question for my blog post? Thanks very much!
Thanks for your comment, Janine! I’ve had so many projects lately that I don’t have time for much extra. I could answer a couple of quick questions, especially if they’re ones where I can give links to my posts which have more thorough answers. Have a great week! 🙂
Well done Deb, you done it again. I look forward to all your tips and information as it has helped to provide many activities at my home school. In South Africa at my school I have and will always use the information that I receive from your web page. God bless.
Sandra
Thanks for your very kind comment, Sandra! I’m so glad my blog has been helpful to you. Your support and encouragement mean a lot to me. 🙂
Voted for you! Carolyn
Thanks so much, Carolyn! I really appreciate it! Have a great week! 🙂
You certainly have my vote:))
Thanks so much, Cherine! I love your blog, too! 🙂
Every time you share a blog here i really appreciated so you will count my vote..
Thanks so much, Katherine! I really appreciate it! 🙂
Voted. I really appreciate your blog and all the effort you put into it. I don’t have a pinterest account of my own but whenever I need ideas I check yours because it is so well curated! I’m also not much of a commenter although I come here often so thank you for all the posts I’ve read and never said anything. Congratulations on the nomination.
Thanks so much for your vote and for your very kind comment, MoriahEsther! Your comment means a lot to me … I’m so glad you’re finding my posts and Pinterest boards helpful! 🙂
Congratulations. again! You are well deserving of your nominations, Deb!
Thanks so much for your sweet comment, Heather! I love what you share at your blog, too! 🙂