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One of the joys of homeschooling is the ability to work together on … well, almost everything. It’s fun to snuggle on the sofa and listen to someone read from this week’s book. If you like to cook, many hands together put dinner on the table in less time — even if it does create a mountain of mess that has to be cleaned later.

Some subjects lend themselves to cooperative effort. Poetry reading, art, some science experiments, reading aloud, music, and learning about the world in social studies can be tackled as a family group. (You could also tie everything together in a unit study. Read about them in Chapter 15.)

Outside of school hours, bringing everybody into family projects like bush trimming and weeding, painting the garage, or redecorating the living room (okay … which one of you wanted to paint all the walls purple and black?) helps to bring the family together. It’s a huge sigh of relief and accomplishment when you all stand together and look at a job all finished and well done — even if you did pull up all my raspberry bushes by mistake. Not that I’m pointing fingers at anyone.