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ave & Diane Ford are special friends of ours. I went to college with them and attended church with them for several years. Our husbands worked together for quite a few years. Diane was with me when our twins were born, and with me when our daughter was stillborn. Then God moved them far away [...]
College After Homeschooling, And Is College Right For Your Homeschool Children? - Homeschooling is becoming increasingly popular, but what about college after homeschool? This article discusses the issues and challenges facing homeschooled children and their parents. More: continued here Other Review: Dr. Brown’s Natural Flow Replacement Inserts - 3-pk. (Baby Product)
Homeschool Parents & Kids - Learn How to Find Others Who is Homeschooled in Your Area - There are over one million homeschool families in the US alone; finding other homeschooling parents and children is probably easier than you thought. This article will show you some ways to find homeschoolers in your area. More: continued here Other Review: A Sticky Situation: Character Billders (Hardcover)
ESTELLE LIGHTS IT UP WITH “SHINE”; BRITISH SENSATION CROSSES THE ATLANTIC WITH DEBUT RELEASE FROM JOHN LEGEND’S HOMESCHOOL LABEL; FEATURES UK #1 SMASH, “AMERICAN BOY (FEAT. KANYE WEST),” PLUS COLLABORATIONS WITH SUCH LUMINARIES AS WILL. I. AM, WYCLEF JEAN, MARK RONSON, SWIZZ BEATZ, AND CEE-LO; US CLUB TOUR CONTINUES, WITH MAJOR TV PERFORMANCES SLATED THROUGH EARLY MAY; “SHINE” ARRIVES IN STORES AND ONLINE APRIL 29TH
“Mom…I just love homeschool!” <sound of car brakes screeching to a halt>. These were the words my 7-year-old DS suddenly blurted out this past Wednesday afternoon, while in the midst of playing a home made math board game to reinforce his math facts.
“You WHAT?” I replied, not completely sure that the waxectomy one of my [...]
Margot at Sheltered Not Shattered has tagged me. So...here it goes... How do you think learning should happen? I think learning is happening all the time and if we are smart, we never stop learning. Do you want to teach...
LOL, I absolutely LOVE this parody!
"We are the homeschool kids who can't do anything"
Of course, this isn't nearly as funny if you don't know the "Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" song already. :-)
[Copyright notice this is my stuff and carries with it jws blogprint] Soo,
Its been awhile, etc. etc. Now that that’s out of the way here are two fantastic headlines that appeared side by side:
Elementary lessons on ‘gay’ issues now tied to reading, social studies, worried dad told: Butt Out!
Maine Middle School May Drug 11 Year Old Girls with Birth Control Patches
Here’s my platform when I run for school board:
Let’s teach all of our children to be gay as early as possible, that way we don’t have to worry about birth control and teen pregnancy anymore!
Oh and did I mention, HOMESCHOOL!
But I guess this means I’m still just a judgemental ol’ fuddy-duddy… and I hope I never lose the knack!
Praying for fuddy-duddy’s (and the
Built by student's: Notice the tape wrapped around pillar . That took team work and engineering.The student's: Notice the smiles. We all had the best school day and I was the greatest mom/teacher who ever lived!
By: Mimi Rothschild
The California Ruling that effectively renders it illegal to homeschool without teaching credentials has multiple ways in which it violates parental rights, limits education choices and marginalizes the religious convictions of American citizens. All of which makes the ruling dangerous for every American.
Firstly, the three judges in the California case, Justices Croskey, Klein [...]
By: Karlie Margaret Houser
Reading this article reminds me of why we chose to start The Grace Academy…to break from the norm, to share our faith and values with our children, and recognizing that not everything has to be the way society claims it to be.
I trust you’ll enjoy this read as much as I have, [...]
It’s not hard to recognize a homeschool mom out in the public. As if the harried, panic-stricken look across the woman’s face as she’s trying to corral a herd of children either into or out of her vehicle isn’t enough to recognize her as a homeschool mom, she’s guaranteed to be identified as the one bogged [...]
Tennessee (age 8 1/2): "What planet is this?"California (age 2 1/2): "It's MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARS!!!!"Tennessee: "That's right! Very good. Now what planet is this?"California: "Is it Venus?"Tennessee: "Yes. It's Venus. Good job!"California: "YAAAAAAAAAAY, it's Venuuuuuus!"Tennessee: "Ok, what about this planet. It has rings."California: "MAAAAAARS!!!!"Tennessee: "No, this is Saturn. Can you say Saturn?"California: "Saturn"Tennessee: "GREAT!!! You're cute. Can you say 'I'm cute'"?California: "I'm cute."
Snip, snip, snip. Clip, clip.
Well folks, I just experienced my first official act of “pruning the homeschool tree” otherwise known as the ”Mid-Course Correction”. And if truth be told, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be! In fact, I’m rather relieved!
Not a few months into this school year I was starting to feel as though [...]
The “Five W’s (and one H)”: in order for a report to be considered complete it must answer a checklist of six questions, each of which comprises an interrogative word: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
This post will be the launching pad to six other posts that will answer each of the questions above from the perspective of our [...]
Have you seen this video yet? Go now, watch, laugh, then come back here. It’s a great video satire of the homeschooling streotypes we commonly hear about. I giggled, a lot.
Though apparently not everyone is laughing about it. To some it is an offensive video about the stereotypes that most homeschoolers have to battle. Are they laughing with us, or at us? What is the intent of the video? And are they only feeding the flames of ignorance in what homeschooling familes are really like?
Personally I thought it was hilarious. I didn’t see it as offensive at all, but was poking fun at the stereotypes of homeschoolers. A little “Oh yeah, you got me” and an eye roll to those who assume if you home school you must be (fill in the blank). I would love to get to meet the family (or families) that created this video and get their thoughts on it. The whole thing seems rather tongue in cheek and I’m betting that the people who did put this together are a hoot.
I have
I’m not usually into celeb gossip but I really like Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. I liked them even more when I found out they were homeschooling. Not just for the typical “we’re rich and travel everywhere” reasons that most celebs do but because they’ve actually looked into educational choices and options.
In 2005, Jada Pinkett Smith told Essence that the decision to home-school was based partly on the family’s extensive travel schedule - but also on dissatisfaction with the other options.
“The school system in this country - public and private - is designed for the industrial age,” she said. “We’re in a technological age. We don’t want our kids to memorize. We want them to learn.”
Tammy posted that now it seems Will Smith is starting a school. Him and a handful of other homeschooling families are coming together to teach their children. (more…)
With classes over for the semester, I've been adding a homeschooling component to my interactions with the children. Although Pie is only two, I firmly believe that it's never too early to begin establishing basic scientific principles. This week we have focused on physics, particularly the law of gravity and the properties of solids and liquids. The following Scientific Facts have been
HOLIDAY EDITION -- ALL THROUGH DECEMBERMy link this week is for Easy Fun School and this particular link within the site is for a FREE unit study of 15 Christmas carols and hymns. We love music in our house and so this seemed to be a perfect fit for the Christmas season. I almost couldn't wait until today to share...LOL! It probably goes without saying that you will need a copy of the music for each of the 15 songs and I have included links to midi's and lyrics for each of the songs below. You may want to find different ones or use the ones you already have at home but this will give you a start.The songs in the study are: GOOD CHRISTIAN MEN REJOICE, O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL, ANGELS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY, THOU DIDST LEAVE THY THRONE, SILENT NIGHT, AWAY IN A MANGER, JOY TO THE WORLD, COME TH0U LONG-EXPECTED JESUS, HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING, O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS, IT CAME
Voting for the 2007 Homeschool Blog Awards officially TODAY! I am honored to be up for two of them! The two categories I was nominated for are:The Best “Live What You Believe” Homeschool Blog..... and.....The Best NEW Homeschool Blog.Please go and check out the other categories and nominees and cast a vote for me!You can VOTE HERE! or click one of the direct links above. Thank you to all of my readers! Thank you for your readership (is that a word??), Thank you for your comments and discussion, Thank you for your encouragement, Thank you for nominating me, and Thank you to those who go and vote for me!
Voting has begun for the Homeschool Blog Awards. When the nominations began, I never would have imagined the controversy that would ensue over two little words: family-friendly. Rule #9 on the nominations page states:
If your blog violates the rules (no cussing, no photographic nudity, your blog must be a homeschool-related blog), you will not be added to the nomination list. Only family friendly (G-rated) blogs, please!
I really thought this was a no-brainer. Apparently there’s a misconception that the HSBA team members had some kind of agenda that would result in the disqualification of certain blogs. In reality, I’d never heard of these blog who were disqualified by their content.
Next came the notion that the team members shouldn’t be allowed to participate in the contest. The following comment was left on the HSBA site:
Dear,
I want to be helpful, and due to some discussions on my blog, I wanted to pass on some comments/thoughts to you.
Have you considered t
This is going to b a bit of a rant. Feel free to go back to a sweeter post.
Yesterday I helped with my two nieces during the day. Their mother, a local teacher, called to say that her daycare provider called and was shut down for the day and her mother was out of town all day. Could I help? Sure!
Oh my goodness people, if I wasn’t convinced before hand I am now. I had to get up before the sun rose. BEFORE THE SUN! We’re a sleep til brunch kind of family, not morning people. So grumpy mommy is trying to dress two grumpy kids and drag them across town in freezing temperatures to get there before my sister-in-law had to be at her school.
I was exhausted! How do normal people do this? The getting up early, convincing kids to gt dressed and eat breakfast? Even my nieces, who are used to this, were grumpy and fighting.
“Oh they hate mornings,” their mother chirped. “If schools were built on kid’s schedules they wouldn’t start til 9 or 10.”
Yeah
Just came across this article about a grandma calling for parents to homeschool their kids in California. The reason is because of a new law in that state that says kids in school should be taught toleration of homosexuality. The only thing I agree with the law on is the anti-harassing aspects of it. No one, no matter who or what they are, should be harassed. But, that doesn't mean we should tolerate it or be taught that it's okay to be homosexual.
K-12 Free Homeschool is a sort of revolution in the tutoring field: despite all other similar services, K-12 Free Homeschool offers totally for FREE online courses that are available anytime, anywhere, 24/7, within the 10-month school year (from September to June). But how this is possible? K-12 Free Homeschool offers what other services offers under payment of a fee (about $250-$500) totally for free thanks to non-profit sponsors, corporate and people's donations. Take a look at the K-12FreeHomeschool.org Course Catalog: you will find interesting Elementary Home School Curriculum (American schools core courses: there are up to six different home school courses from multiple grade levels), Middle School Home School Curriculum and High School Home School Curriculum (hundreds of available courses, from grade 9 to grade 12).Each course has a detailed description, just click on it. Each course is composed by online and offline "experience": ebooks, video, workbooks, cd-roms and similar.Ob
There are a lot of review sites out there, blogs that review products and services. And quite a few of them are aimed at parents, or even more specifically at moms. But there aren’t many homeschool review sites. Are there? If I’m looking and just not finding them plase let me know!
The one that I do know of is LWH Reviews. Jo, of Life With Heathens fame, reviews games and products that are educational and fun. Like her latest review of the computer game Jumpstart World. Apparently her 5 year old was thrilled to be able to share in the reviewing fun. She also posts great EduLinks that share some of the best sites she’s found.
Homeschooling has the potential to become a huge business. As it bcomes more and more mainstream and the numbers continue to rise I am surprised that there aren’t more sites out there specifically for giving reviews of homeschooling products. One thing that pops into my mind is the 3Moms/Efantastic issues. It took searching the web for sm
The Nerd Family is hosting the carnival of homeschooling this week. I have a post in it about True Heroes and how you can write to Medal of Honor recipients (they don't like to be called winners). Click here to go to the carnival and check out all the other great posts. You can go straight to my post by clicking here.
I mentioned the other day about the Homeschool Blog Awards taking nominations. Anyone who was involved last year probably remembers the controversy that came up. Well as this year’s awards gets into gear the controversy is back.
I hesitate getting into it. I can see both sides of the issue. One hand those who host the awards gets to make the rules. On the other some of the rules are a matter of personal perception. It’s never as black and white as we want it to be. For instance some may feel that “darn” oversteps the no foul language rule, others feel that you have to try much, much harder than that to break the curse line. No photographic nudity is another rule. But where that line sits varies greatly. If I post a photo of myself breastfeeding my son some people will see it as a sweet family photo, others will see it as pornographic. Who decides where that line sits?
Dana has a much better post discussing this at her blog. And while you are there jump back a p
The Homeschool Blog Awards are now taking nominations for the 2007 awards. Who do you want to see winning this year? Head over there and nominate your favorite homeschooling blogs now!
You have from November 5th- 17th to get your nominations in. Voting will begin on December 3rd and end on December 15th.
Here are the categories that you can nominate blogs for:
1. Best Homeschool Mom Blog
Everyone is the best homeschool mom for their own children. With thousands of homeschool bloggers out there, please know that there will only be one winner online – but EACH OF US are winners in our own homes. If there’s a blogging mom out there that has been a particularly good example to you and you want to let her know… consider her for this nomination!
2. Best Homeschool Dad Blog
We love to hear what dad has to say. Especially if he includes homeschool posts off and on.
3. Best Blog Design
Here’s your chance to nominate your favorite blog design and give your favorite blogger a pat on the
It’s that time of year again! Nominations for the Homeschool Blog awards starts today, Monday, the 5th and will continue through Saturday, the 17th, after that, the voting will begin! Be sure to get your nominations in now for your favorite blogs so they will be included in the voting! In order for the blog you choose to be officially entered into a category, they will need 3 separate nominations!!! If you are so inclined please consider my blog and nominate me! CLICK HERE TO PLACE NOMINATIONS.This year’s winning categories:1. Best Homeschool Mom Blog2. Best Homeschool Dad Blog3. Best Blog Design4. Best Artistic Content Blog5. Best Crafts, Plans & Projects Blog6. Best Family or Group Blog7. Best Encourager8. Best ‘Live-What-You-Believe’ Homeschool Blog9. Best Unschooling or Eclectic Homeschooling Blog10. Best Geographical Blog11. Best Current Events, Opinions or Politics Blog12. Best Homemaking or Recipes Blog13. Best Teen Girl Blog14. Best Teen Guy Blo
It’s time to grab your keyboards, a pot cup of coffee, and some chocolate and head over to Homeschool Blog Awards. The nominations for this year’s blog awards begin on Monday and continue through the 16th. Voting takes place in the beginning of December and there are prizes for the winners. Prizes, fame and more prizes.
Look at this great list of winning categories:
1. Best Homeschool Mom Blog
2. Best Homeschool Dad Blog
3. Best Blog Design
4. Best Artistic Content Blog
5. Best Crafts, Plans & Projects Blog
6. Best Family or Group Blog
7. Best Encourager
8. Best ‘Live-What-You-Believe’ Homeschool Blog
9. Best Unschooling or Eclectic Homeschooling Blog
10. Best Geographical Blog
11. Best Current Events, Opinions or Politics Blog
12. Best Homemaking or Recipes Blog
13. Best Teen Girl Blog
14. Best Teen Guy Blog
15. Best Teen Group Blog
16. Funniest Homeschool Blog
17. Best Cyber-Buddy Blogger
18. Best Curriculum or Business Blog
19. Best Variety
20. Best Thrifty H
OK, you can read the categories HERE and then nominate people HERE. A nominee has to have at least three separate people nominate them so that means I am just gonna have to make some new friends real quick cause I'm not sure I've got three readers...LOL..So, go on over and nominate! I know YOU know someone you want to see win! I know I've already got my list ready :-)Tags: 2007 Homeschool Blog Awards, Nominations Open, Categories
Hey homeschoolers! I'm posting over at the Homeschool Blog Awards Site again today. And if you haven't heard by now, the nominations are starting November 5. Come on over and get the skinny on all the cool stuff going on.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Scripture is clear in the fact that parents are responsible for the education of their children. As Christian parents we are to do this in a way that brings honor and glory to God. As homeschoolers we all tend to have different methods. Some, like myself, use the classical approach following the Trivium, others like workbooks, some prefer Charlotte Mason, while there are those who like the unschooling approach. As Christians, no matter what our schooling method is, our main goal should be to raise godly Christian adults. This can be a very daunting and often thankless task. Sometimes parents even wond
I’ve been cool enough to get a few bloggy awards in my day. It is always fun to be noticed and to get a little recognition. It can sometimes feel like we are talking to ourselves when blogging, so knowing that someone out there is reading and enjoying brings a smile to my face.
So I decided I was going to pass on my own little love to the homeschool blogs out there. A way to say “You’re awesome!” to the homeschooling moms that I love to read. Now, you have to notice that this is the Weird and Wacky award. This isn’t for those too good to be true homeschooling blogs, the ones where the kids are always up and dressed by 6AM, do their chores without a fuss, and act like perfect little angels. Oh no, this award is for the other kind of homeschoolers. The ones who can have you rolling with laughter and realizing that your kids aen’t so messed up after all.
I hope everyone will take this and run with it. Even if you haven’t been tagged, if you know
Not everyone wants to share vidos of their children on the web, whicih is perfectly understandable. So for those not interested in the Laurel Springs video contest I’ve found another contest that you might enjoy.
LifeLearning.org is having a Logo Design Contest for Homeschooling Families. The contest is to design the logos for winners and nominees of the 2008 Homeschooling Awards. The winner will get a big, fat $100! And with more prizes possibly coming up soon. (hint to anyone who might like to add a prize to this great contest) The logos need to be 160 pixels x 100 pixels and contain the words “Homeschooling Award Winner 2008″ on one and “Homeschooling Award Nominee 2008″ on the other.
Thank you or your child have some Photoshop skills? Then enter your designs into the contest and see!
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It's another one of my Fridays over at this fine blog. I'm still convinced that any day now, they're going to kick my crazy behind out of there in hopes of filling my spot with someone with a little more sanity.
Nevertheless, you might like my post today if you frequent this blog at all. Just click the button to get there!
Laurel Springs School, a K-12 Distance Learning Program, is having an awesome contest right now! Why do YOU think Homeschool is Cool? They want homeschooler to make a 60 second video and host it on YouTube sharing why you love homeschooling. It is open for all homeschooling kids ages 5 to 18. The contest closes on December 3, 2007 and the winners will be announced soon after, so get your videos in soon.
The winners are selected by YouTube votes, so you will need to be creative and fun. Just be sure that you read over the Rules and Regulations for the contest and that you submit your video to the Laurel Springs Video Contest group. There are already a lot of great videos out there on YouTube that show homeschooling, so if you are feeling stumped at where to begin why not watch them and see if you feel inspired.
If anyone is entering this contest please let me know. I’d love to share the videos of my readers here. And who knows, it might even help you get more votes.
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A friend sent this news article to me via email. It is an older article, but the subject matter is still relevant. Please visit the link and then come back and share your thoughts in the comments section.I am astounded that there are teachers who feel it is okay to discuss this type of thing in the classroom. On one hand, I have had a couple of public school teachers tell me "It's not my responsibility to raise other people's kids and instill morals and values"...which I happen to agree with. But on the other hand, I feel that some teachers are just pushing the boundaries too far by discussing issues with such young children. First and second graders? This is the exact reason I am homeschooling...not because I don't want my kids exposed to this type of thing, because they'll be exposed eventually. You can't shelter them from all the issues of the world, but I homeschool because I want to present it from a Biblical perspective.And before some people go off on me about being "tolera
No, we’re not swapping kids.
Heather at the Homeschool Blog Awards is putting together a monthly swap for homeschoolers. It looks like it should be lots of fun, especially the more people join. It isn’t much, the max amount to spend is $5 plus postage. Each month you get to send a suprise to your swap buddy and get one in return. And since the swap is with other homeschoolers you can send the stuff that only another homschooler would get excited about: books, paper, rocks, etc…
And I hope evryone is remembering to make their list for their nominations. I mentioned back in September that they would be rolling out the nominations soon. If you know of a great homeschool blog that you want to win *coughcough* make a note of it so you can nominate them.
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Amy of In Pursuit of Proverbs 31 had her first week of homeschooling last week, and I am envious. She has some serious organization skills. We’re talking charts, colored folders, and neat piles of books in specific spots. I thought the first week was supposed to be insanity every year? Or is that just for me?
My problem is that I have no time management skills. I’ve been so used to being on someone else’s schedule my entire life (school, work, babies) that creating my own schedule is difficult. No, creating the schedule is fine. I actually have a great schedule that includes things like getting up early to get things ready and mopping every Wednesday. It turns out that sticking to it is the difficult part. Some call it lazy, I call it another part of my quirky personality.
I was catching up on the news over the weekend and read a blurb about how some states are lowering their standards on testing in order to have more students in school passing. Curious I did a little Googling and found an interesting article about this. Apparently, as many already could have told you, No Child Left Behind is not doing so well.
test-score improvement is largely the result of easier tests. America is spending billions on a k-12 education system - one that is supposedly data-driven - any success of which may be largely an illusion. [Easy Tests, Failing Program]
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I haven't posted about school in a while. I guess it's like the saying, "no news, is good news". Things are plugging along just fine. We've got a routine going and it seems to be getting the job done.
Spud is improving in his reading each day. Slowly but surely. He has mastered all of his short and long vowel sounds and can sound out just about any word you give him. He knows many, many words by sight, which makes reading more fun for him. We still struggle with the wiggles if he has to sound out several words in a row. I'm very proud of the progress he is making.
Sis is an all-around smarty-pants. She has no problems in the academic area and can do just about anything you show her. But getting her to do it without complaining first is a whole other story! She doesn't want to do anything that takes more than a few minutes to accomplish. For example: After spotting a large long division problem on her math quiz today, she asks how many points I would count off. When
I have put a new graphic in my left sidebar. ***I added several new items and rearranged the page so all of the extra buttons are now on the right. ***It is for the homeschool blog awards for 2007. These great ladies have been working hard getting ready for this year and the blog looks great! Please click on the image or here to go check out the new look and new ideas!! Oh, and yes, please put me on your notepad as a nomination...LOL.. shameless, yes, I know!!I have also added the Some Gave All graphic and link; the Frugal Hacker graphic and blogroll; and, the Family Friendly blogroll. I hope all, or at least some, of these links are helpful to my few readers. Tags: Homeschool Blog Award, Family Friendly Blogroll, Frugal Hacks, Some Gave All |
Well, not really, but close. This past week has been very draining. And very telling about my skills as a homeschooling mom and teacher.I'm afraid if we could hear the angels in Heaven while on any particular day school was in session this past week, we might have heard something to the effect of, "Woe! Woe! Woe unto them who are schooled by Karen!" Yes, it was that bad. I should be so much better than this, shouldn't I? After all, I spent copious amounts of time putting together lesson plans, coordinating schedules, checking and rechecking curriculum...not to mention, this ain't my first rodeo -- I have been homeschooling Katie now for four solid years. But no amount of preparation could have readied me for trying to teach my daughter how to write. Not just write, but write well. Move her from her childishly constructed sentences to actual prose. I have completely forgotten what it was like to be in 5th grade. My memories of school are a jumble...it seems I have placed such high ex
Sprittibee, who really needs to go to bed before midnight, has some news on the upcoming 2007 Homeschool Blog Awards. The site looks fabulous and is coming together quite nicely. Nominations should be ready soon so that you can add your favorite blogs to the line up (hint hint). Be sure to subscribe to their feed so that you can be kept up to date when the show begins. I wouldn’t want anyone to miss out on the fun!
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Homeschool Weblink WednesdayHere is another great homeschooling link. I am currently using this as a fun supplement for my kindergartner and my preschooler. They have such a great time playing and learning at the same time! Take some time and play around on the StarFall website.Weblink Wednesday Sponsored by: Valerie @ Just4homeschoolfamilies
Did you know that there was a cruise just for homeschoolers? Neither did I! (if you answered that yes, you did know, well why didn’t you tell me!)
It’s called Homeschool on the Sea, or HotS. I only learened about it recently after The Homeschool Mom wrote a review on the cruise she just came back from. And I have to tell you, I’m beyond envious! Check this out:
Your children and teens (up to age 18) will be provided with not only a fun trip with all the
amenities aboard Royal Caribbean’s amazing ships, but an educational experience that will
provide the basis for studies for years to come!
• Secular INTERACTIVE lessons and activities are structured to your child’s age group and
homeschool learning style, in Science, History and Current Events. Topics include: ecology,
threats to ecology, colonization, political climate, government structure, economy, and
culture.
• Our lessons and activities are developed and given by Homeschool moms with pr
Curriculum - What curriculum do you use? Where do you buy it? Have you found a "gem" that you must share with others? Was something in particular a complete failure for you and your kids? C urriculum is a word...
If I had only known . . . What have you learned on your homeschooling journey? What would you/did you change? This is an opportunity to encourage others who are just starting out or who are struggling with issues that...
Getting out there . . . Extra-curricular activities, community involvement, volunteering, sports teams, music lessons, making sure your kids have opportunities to be social, co-ops, etc., etc., etc... Since I have written on this topic numerous times, and becaue I...
How do you homeschool? Scheduling, classical education, unschooling, getting the kids to help with chores, how to be "mom" and "teacher" at the same time, special needs, teaching an advanced child, how to teach the tough subjects, teaching high school,...
What led to your decision to homeschool? Why do you do what you do? What brought you to homeschooling? What factors played a part in your decision? We began homeschooling the fall of 1992, fifteen years ago. It was probably...
Ever wonder what those crazy homeschoolers do all day? What are your assumptions on what they do all day? What really happens might just suprise you. I found this hilarious video on youtube on a homeschool girl’s day. And while it’s meant to be funny, there are a lot of true moments in it. And a lesson in buoyancy using root beer and ice cream. Now that’s a science lesson no child would forget!
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One of the dreams that we have around this house is to buy an RV and travel. Just drive back and forth across this country exploring every inch of it. Yes, I know how much gas that would take. That’s why it’s a dream and not a reality.
But someone else is making that a reality for them. Welcome to Homeschool Across America. Where one lucky little girl and her mother are taking to the open road to explore and learn about America from a hand’s on perspective.
Like millions of other children around the country, 9 year old Caroline Haroldson of Lake Oswego, Oregon will start school the day after Labor Day. But unlike most fourth graders, she won’t enter any school doors.
Instead, Caroline will begin a six week trek homeschooling (or “travelschooling”) across the contiguous United States with her mother in a quest to learn about our nation’s history, geography, and government. She’s on a mission to find the best learning adventures in the country for fami
My friend Obsteve has been encouraging me for more than a few weeks to elaborate on my previous post, 5 Reasons Why You Should Homeschool:
Hi Ed, I still believe that this article is misleading, both about teachers and about teaching.Essentially, I feel that 5 different reasons to homeschool could and should be proffered; I do not believe your following reasons stand up to much scrutiny-“children in public schools don’t learn to socialize at least not in a real-world sense”;
“many of the things that are taught in public schools that are simply wrong”;
“This brings me to one of the reasons I want to homeschool which is that frankly I am smarter than 99% of public school teachers”;
“Your child will never be molested, murdered, assaulted at homeschool”;
“We want to instill our values… If we send him away, whose values will he be receiving? Who knows?”
In an otherwise persuasive blog entry these comments, ranging from the misguided to the scaremongering, need to be
Thank you to all who voted for Principled Discovery Academy's tagline. How would this look painted on our homeschool wall?The security guards are a nice touch. After all, someone has to keep these hooligans under control. Ironically, the stereotype fits in its own way. After all, if I wanted my children socialized, I'd have to send them to school. Right?You can read the other choices here. Don't miss the comments. There were a few worthy write-in candidates, as well!Update: If I ever decide to add a school song, I am definitely choosing one of these!homeschool, homeschooling, socialization, humor
Between the excitement of "Back to School" and the pressure of No Child Left Behind, the topic of standards seems to be a popular one at the moment. Standards are important. Without them, we really do not know what we are trying to do or why. But in this era of standardization, I think standards are beginning to get a bad reputation.What is a standard? The word most likely comes from an Old Frankish word *standhard, which means essentially what it seems to say: "to stand fast or firm." Its first recorded usage was in 1138, in reference to a flag. According to Webster's 1828, a standard is:An ensign of war; a staff with a flag or colors. The troops repair to their standard. the royal standard of Great Britain is a flag, in which the imperial ensigns of England, Scotland and Ireland are quartered with the armorial bearings of Hanover.His armies, in the following day, on those fair plains their standards proud display. FairfaxThe image I have is the standard-bearer holding his
I will give you a quick introduction to my family, just in case this is your first visit to my site (Please make yourself at home!).
I'm Melissa and I have have two beautiful blessings, Sis (6th grade) and Spud (3rd grade). We have been homeschooling "officially" for 7 years. Neither of have ever been to public school.
We are very eclectic in our approach to homeschooling. I'm always looking for new and exciting curriculum, field trips, or learning opportunities. Both of my children are hands-on, visual learners.
We are fortunate to have a really nice space to use as "homeschool central", our schoolroom. This is where all of our "stuff" is kept. We may not always be learning in this room, but it's really nice to have a place for everything.
Have a look...
Here is a list of all the curriculum we are using this year:Sis (6th grade):
Abeka LanguageAbeka MathAbeka HistoryAbeka ScienceAbeka Creative Writing & PenmanshipTeacher Created Resources
Last weekend I said goodbye to my darling husband, adorable children and set off for the big city. Since we live in the suburbs this doesn’t have quite the dramatic flair it could have, say if we still lived out in the country. Ah well, we take our flair where we can, exaggerated if necessary.
I wrote about my search for beauty during the weekend (found it in my feet, of course) but I never blogged about the homeschool conference itself. I thought it was obvious that the conference was just an excuse to go away for the weekend, enjoy some time with an old friend and shop, but I guess I should at least write a little bit about the conference.
I would certainly be remiss if I didn’t mention one particular individual I saw at the homeschool conference - Lee Binz. Lee is an amazing woman I first “met” through an online homeschool e-mail group. Last year we visited over coffee with another loopie, Cynthia. My family has learned to accept the fact that a good
During our yearly trip to the Omaha Zoo, I stood captivated at the rain forest floor exhibit. The typically sedentary pygmy hippo was walking along the river bed and as we watched, an adjective came to mind I do not normally associate with the hippopotamus: graceful. It literally danced along the rocks at the bottom of his tank, as light footed as a ballerina. Smooth, fluid and beautiful, it was in its element, doing what it was created to do.The characteristics which make the hippo perfectly adapted to its underwater home have made it awkward and slow on land. Prior to my first encounter with the pygmy hippo at the zoo, however, I had only seen hippos lazily floating at the surface or lumbering on shore. Since only their weaknesses were visible to me, I have always characterized them by these same weaknesses.Since I tend to view my children's weaknesses as that which will hold them back in life, I tend to focus on them. I look at my daughter's school work and know she is weak
Friday's Topic: CurriculumWhat curriculum do you use? Where do
you buy it? Have you found a "gem" that you must share with others?
Was something in particular a complete failure for you and your kids?***********************************************************************Ooooo! I looooove curriculum! There is nothing like flipping through a new book or walking through my most favorite store, The School Box!
We use a variety of curriculum. As a matter of fact, I just posted a list of everything we are using this year. I mostly buy my curriculum online. It truly is my weakness. If I see something I would like to try or hear someone talking about something they like, I usually order it. I've found some really great things that way and some really not-so-great things too.
I guess my biggest curriculum failure happened when Spud was starting kindergarten. I thought I would need lots of time to spend alone with him (I guess that was the rookie in me). So I ordered
After deciding that I would indeed continue homeschooling past kindergarten, I began searching for curriculum. My husband wanted something classical. I was leaning toward Charlotte Mason. We both wanted something that was biblical. That is how I first came across the Biblical Principle Approach (BPA). It is not really a curriculum, per se. There are no text books, no workbooks and until recently no lesson plans. It is a more a method for "renewing the mind" in education and for giving you the confidence to teach your children accordingly.Because I have never really found a satisfactory way of describing what BPA is in any sort of brevity, I will borrow PrincipledMom's (my blog mom!) description:BPA is short for Biblical Principle Approach, a method of Biblical reasoning that places the Word of God at the center of every subject. It is a governmental way of thinking, that is: who or what is controlling, directing, regulating or restraining?It is a lifestyle of scholarship and
Thursday's Topic: If I had only known... What have you learned on your homeschooling journey? What would you/did you change? ************************************************************************No doubt, I have learned many things on our homeschooling journey. Here are some links to things I've written about homeschooling...
Sheltering Children
Time for Family
Homeschooling Advice
Customizing Curriculum
If only I had known...that my qualifications to teach my children rested in my parenthood, not in my education degree.When I started, we had a very rigid schedule and I made meticulous lesson plans. My daughter sat at a desk and I used an old car antennae as a pointer. We had a word wall that took over the entire ceiling of the room we were using as a school room and every bit of wall space was taken over by posters. My daughter was expected to raise her hand to ask questions, to answer them and to use the restroom.When I first got my materials for the Principle Approach, I turned the seven principles into objectives. To see what I was trying to do, take a look at this. Go ahead, I'll be here when you get back.I worked as an elementary school teacher in Texas before moving here to Nebraska and I knew my TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills). Every lesson plan required them to be written out, with TAAS objectives highlighted to ensure that we were covering the key tested ar
Wednesday's Topic: Getting out there...Extra-curricular activities,
community involvement, volunteering, sports teams, music lessons,
making sure your kids have opportunities to be social, co-ops, etc.,
etc., etc...************************************************************************This area can be a problem for our family, but not in the way you might think. We are constantly faced with too many choices for social and extra-curricular opportunities. I learned long ago to live by the rule..."Say no to the good things, and say yes to the great things."...My kids are seriously much more involved than I ever was. They have so many more opportunities to meet new people and make new friends than they ever would if they were in public school.
While I was living in Germany, one thing really stood out to me that I have never really experienced in the United States: the sense of community. There, when someone says "drop by anytime," they mean it and will be insulted if you never show up. Here, we make superficial invitations, accept them casually, but never would dream of actually following through. In the area where I lived, tea was served at 10, 4 and 8 and dropping in at these times was never an imposition.I've been reflecting on this a lot recently, because I have been feeling painfully isolated. My husband works for the railroad, so is gone a lot. We live several hours from my family. And we really have never made any real friends since moving here. Acquaintances, yes, but no one I feel comfortable just calling out of the blue to chat with.I've tried, but it really seems like I'm just in a different place than those with whom I should naturally connect. The homeschoolers in our church meet now and again, but t
Day 2 of Back to Homeschool Week. Is everyone enjoying reading all the great responses? I know I am. Today’s questions is “How do you homeschool?“
That’s a great question, but tough to answer for those are a bit eclectic in their approach. Or maybe just for me.
So how do I homeschool? With lots of playing, having fun, and following our whim. It’s a bit unschooling, which I adore, but with a bit of planning to help the “I’m going to fall apart without a plan!” mother. I’m a huge fan of Enki and use that to structure not just homeschooling but our life. I don’t view homeschooling as only between certain times on certain days. It is nonstop, every moment that we are awake we are learning. So I like having a home environment that suports that. Which is where Enki comes in for me.
We are very book focused, because the bookworm mother has been lucky enough to have bookworm kids. So curling up to read a good book or two suits us a
Tuesday's Topic: How do you homeschool? Scheduling, classical
education, unschooling, getting the kids to help with chores, how to be
"mom" and "teacher" at the same time, special needs, teaching an
advanced child, how to teach the tough subjects, teaching high school,
teaching with babies and preschoolers in the house, budgeting for
homeschool supplies, notebooking, etc., etc., etc...
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I think we are very eclectic in our approach to homeschooling. I like to keep an open mind to explore and try new things. We don't work by a strict schedule, because it seems to be a recipe for failure for us. However, we seem to function best with a tentative plan for the year and even for each day. Flexibility is the key for us.
I've never had difficultly with being "mom" and "teacher", maybe because we have always homeschooled, so my kids have never known the "other way
Essentially, how I desire to educate my children centers on a single verb: inspire. It comes from Latin in, meaning "in" and spirare, meaning "to breathe." Inspire literally means "to breathe into." I cannot help but think of Genesis 2:7 as God breathes the breath of life into Adam, and he became a living soul. That is what I desire for my children in their education and I seek daily to inspire them, to breathe life into them.In the ideal, I believe that education should flow naturally from the home. "School" should be an integral part of family life and something the entire family is involved with. As such, we do not divide up subject matter by age group. My children are 8, 4, 2 and 3 months but the older three are all directly involved in our studies. I seek to teach as Christ did, a sort of tutorial method in which I provide the model and challenge the hearts and minds of our children through our lessons. As Carole G. Adams so aptly describes in The Christian Idea of the C
Don’t forget that this week is Back to HomeSchool week over at i have to say. Each day she will be posting a new question for other’s to answer. It looks like a great chance to share with other homeschooling families and to explore your own reasons behind homeschooling.
Today’s question is “What led to your decision to homeschool?”
I’ve talked before about my reasons for homeschooling. For me, many of the reasons I wnat to homeschool are tied up in how I came to the decision to homeschool. Homeschooling my kids was something that I wanted to do for them since they were born. I was one who had a negative experience in school, and I mean beyond the typical bullies and peer pressure. Lessons were often rushed through to keep on schedule, entire days were wasted with busy work or by watching Disney movies. Often the books we read from were boring and dry, and the lessons were more of the same.
I knew I wanted something more for my own kids as soon as th
Monday's topic:What led to your decision to homeschool?
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I was first closely introduced to homeschooling through my sister-in-law. She had decided to homeschool my niece. Just to be honest, I thought that was a pretty crazy idea. Of course, I really had no knowledge of homeschooling, so my opposing views included all of the same ignorant views I now face daily...socialization, legality... blah, blah, blah!
Anyway, as my daughter grew closer to school age, I couldn't see myself dropping her off for someone else to raise. After all, she was only 6 years old! I had already kept her out of pre-school and had dealt with other parents telling me she would "fall behind" even though she was already expressing an interest in learning to read and was learning so much from our little "learning games".
What I didn't realize, was that I was homeschooling already. I had been teac
Why did we choose to homeschool? My husband says it was "impressed upon him that homeschooling was God's model for the family."I said,Homeschooling? You are nuts. Homeschooling is for over-controlling parents attempting to live their lives through their children. It is for people who place greater importance on spelling bees and academic success than the needs of their children as they force-feed them knowledge at the expense of childhood.So you might say we both had strong opinions on the matter. With me being the way I am, it is actually rather surprising that the discussion did not end there.I am not quite sure exactly what brought me from my initial reaction to my dubious agreement to "try it out" for a year. For kindergarten. Because it isn't required in Nebraska, anyway. But I can say that it was the most frightening decision of my life. Much more went into it than simply figuring out what curriculum to purchase and setting a schedule. I taught pre-K and first grade i
Randi over at I have to say... is hosting Back to Homeschool Week over at her blog. She has some great prompts lined up for the week and will have an auto-link in her entry so you can share your story and read some more.Looking forward to what you all have to say!
It's that time of year again. I just dropped off my paperwork for the state, and needed a name for our homeschool. Two years in a row, we have struggled with a name. For first grade, we were simply "Hanley Homeschool." Last year, you helped me in an online poll to discover a name. There was a nice selection of suggestions, but ultimately, you chose for us The George Bush Institute for the Standardization of Intellectual Output. I even came up with a mission statement. Obviously, that was all in fun (even if I did accidentally turn the paperwork in with an envelope on which I had jotted down all the names. Oops!)This year we have settled on an actual name for our homeschool. We are the Principled Discovery Academy. My husband's idea, and I liked it. But we still need a tagline, so I thought (just to be fair) I'd play with some of my favorite homeschool stereotypes:Please vote for your favorite, or feel free to add your own!
If I had $300 dollars I would buy________.
What would you buy with $300? Or even $200 or $100? Now is your chance to find out! Comment on any 451 Press site during the month of August and you could win! Three comments will be chosen at random to win a cash prize of $300, $200 or $100. The more you comment the more chances you have to win. So start reading and let those fingers fly.
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A husband and wife team combined their years of homeschooling, business and computer software industry experience to create the Homeschool Tracker program for the homeschool community. They have two versions - a Basic version which is FREE and a one...
A couple of weeks ago, I paused while drawing the curtains in my daughter's room and looked outside. The evening was just beginning to give way to night, and the fireflies were beginning to emerge. I thought about the hours I used to spend catching these little marvels, the countless jars filled with them and the inevitability that they would be dead in the morning. I thought about a girl I met on a picnic who showed me that disembodied firefly abdomens continue to glow. I stood somewhat horrified as she proceeded to press one onto my finger as a ring and then made a necklace for herself.Then I thought, "What kind of a mother am I?" Firefly season is so short, yet my children had not yet been out to enjoy it. Dusk falls right at bedtime and for some reason, our relaxed schedule had become suddenly rigid as 9PM loomed. "Sorry, but it is bed time," I answered as my children begged to go out. And there I stood. What kind of mother can't find fifteen minutes to let the children
[Editor’s Note: This entry was originally left as a series of comments on my discussion board as a response to my post “5 Reasons Why You Should Homeschool.” With the contributor’s permission, I have copied it, unedited, to the blog side of my site so that it can receive the attention it deserves. I intend to answer these points in a future entry. When I do I will add links from here and back to here. For now, I’ll just say that my original entry was intended primarily for readers in the States since my personal knowledge of the education systems in other countries is lacking. I would also like to comment, that “5 Reasons Why You Should Homeschool” has been my most popular post by a wide margin. It averages over 50 hits per day which, for my humble little blog, is quite a few.]
Hi Ed, I am writing to request that you ammend the homeschooling article, because I believe it is misleading, both about teachers and about teaching.
I understa
Picking up from where I left off last week with Koysdar's poem, To Know a Thing, I have been reflecting on how to encourage my children to "look closer." I found it interesting that in a quick google search, I found numerous sites discussing the benefit of observing children in education, including some research papers. I am yet to find anything about encouraging your children to observe. It is time-consuming, and seemingly unproductive. After all, how much more quickly can a teacher transmit information to a child through lecture than through even the best crafted opportunities in discovery learning? But as Professor Seymour Papert (pioneer of artificial intelligence) once said,You can't teach people everything they need to know. The best you can do is position them where they can find what they need to know when they need to know it. Trainingzon.co.ukIn other words, you give them the tools they need. And observation is perhaps the foundation of learning. More than simply
By Mimi Rothschild
Thirteen years ago, Jon Yarrington was on his way to way to work on the first day of school when his wife told him that she wouldn’t send her children to the local public school anymore. Yarrington was a skeptic of home schooling at the time, but 13 years later he is now the president of the Utah Home Education Association.
The Yarrington family is not alone in making the dramatic life-changing decision to home school. Parents all across the United States are choosing to home school their children. The U.S. Department of Education estimates that there are 1.1 million home schooling students in America while other studies, like that of Dr. Brian Ray, estimate there are between 1.7 and 2.1 home schooling students in America. The National Home Education Research Institute also says that home schooling is “growing at a rate of seven to fifteen percent each year.”
James Stoddard and Barbara Miller, both former public school teachers, chose to home school their c
My reflections on homeschooling this summer are focusing on ways to building a reflective homeschool and promote vertical learning. My biggest criticism of public education is that it tends to barely skim along the surface of a subject area, remaining superficial and relatively meaningless. Inspired somewhat by Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv comes my first reflection:The Treasure of ExperienceIt seems to me, we have packaged up and bubble wrapped the world. I remember hours spent outdoors, playing in a wooded area near our house, splashing in an old creek and playing with the tubifex worms which lived there. Since these can be a sign of extreme pollution, it probably wasn't a creek we should have been playing in. There are real concerns with turning a child out until the street lights come on, but there is a cost to that measure of safety as well.I tend to plan experiences for my children which meet my educational objectives and do not always appreciate the time they spe
I read a great post last night at Tookshire about creating the skeleton calendar of the coming year. It is looking to become a multi-post series on how they plan and prepare for the year ahead. With three teenagers in the home I am sure that there is a lot of planning going on to make sure they have great transcripts full of the things that impress colleges. It is certainly a great post to read and take a few ideas from, even if you have younger children to plan for. I personally love how the first two things she plans for are the important dates for the family (birthdays,holidays, anniversaries) and the already existing routine that the family has.
I have seen some families try to write a perfect schedule that looks great on paper, but falls apart in action. Often becasue they failed to look at the family’s normal rhythm first. Sure getting up early to take a family walk and them jumping into the math lesson may look great, but if your kids are naturally slow to get going in the
Pass The Torch has her Homeschool Tips and Advice post up. Everyone should rush over there now to check it out. And because for whatever reason my post didn’t save and I was in too much of a rush to double check it, here’s my post for it off the top of my head.
Relax.
No, seriously. That’s it. Relax.
I noticed a trend when I’m reading a lot of homeschool blogs, especially of families new to homeschooling. They sometimes get worked up into a frazzle. 30 different classes, constant educational field trips, trying to fit in this and that. Some spend more moeny each month buying toys/games/ resources than most spend each month on food. They feel that they not only need to have everything that the public schools have, they also have to have better. And their children are pushed to be fluent in Latin by 3, doing algebra by 7, and outperforming the local high school kids by 12. They worry that they have to have it all, be it all, and do it all every day or else they&r
Pass the Torch is calling for homeschoolers to share their best tips. Go to her blog on Friday, June 22 and add your link to the Mr Linky she’ll have up. I’ll be adding my own post to the collection and I hope you will too. It will be fun reading all the great posts submitted.
This is another of the reasons why I love the blogging community available for homeschoolers. We can connect and share with other families hundred, even thousands of miles away. We can exchange tips, advice, stories, and concerns. No matter what is going on there is usually at least one other family that has lived through the same situation.
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From Pass the Torch:She's asking all of you veteran homeschoolers to post your best tips and advice by Friday, June 22. Then just drop by her blog and add your link to the Mr. Linky she'll have set up. What a great way to share information! I've already posted my best advice, but maybe I can think of something else by next week. Thanks for the link, Sherry!
An editorial in the Intelligencer (out of Canada) raises up the "disadvantages" of homeschooling based on the same stereotypes we hear everywhere else. It starts out all right, but quickly moves into the common stereotypes:A significant example is the amount of time - not to mention money - it takes to prepare and teach daily lessons and organize activities. Parents who chose to home-school would have little time to themselves and would have to pay for most of the resources needed to educate their children. It is unlikely many parents can match the resources offered by a government-funded school system. Actually, that is an advantage. It takes less time. It takes less money.time + money ≠ success Look at all the time children waste in public education (scroll down past the blackness). Look at the amount of money dumped into the system. Look at the reports indicating that learning is going nowhere. And how homeschools, with no federal money and spending far less time on struct
My local homeschool group is hosting a bookfair next week and many families selling their old curriculum packages. For the family without a lot of money to spend, or the one just trying not to spend too much, buying used curriculum can be the way to go. You can easily find everything you are looking for at half the cost you would spend new.
Most people know about Ebay for buying used curriculum, but did you know there are many other places online you can shop as well? You can search within your local homeschool group and those around you. Check out your local craigslist and see what others have up to offer there. Or you can check out these sites that are just for curriculum. Happy curriculum shopping!
www.usedhomeschoolcurriculum.com
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www.vegsource.com/homeschool
www.thebackpack.com
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By Mimi Rothschild
Parents are dramatically pulling their children out of public schools to homeschool them instead. According to the National Center for Education Statistics the number of homeschool students in 2003 is up 29 percent from 1999. Just imagine the increase of homeschool students in America now in 2007.
Parents are discovering the benefits of homeschooling their children as public schools continue to be plagued with violence, drugs, bullying, and an overall failing approach to educating students. Some parents are still apprehensive about homeschooling their children, most often because of the myths that public schools have been feeding the masses over the years.
Ruth Olson of Newsweek sat down with Laura Derrick, president of the National Home Educator’s Network to discuss issues on homeschooling for high school students. Derrick tackles some of the theories non-homeschoolers have about homeschoolers, talks about her own experience with homeschooling, and why so many
Every summer a new wave of nervous parents enter the homeschooling debate. Maybe they had an unnerving year, or maybe it is the accumulation of several. For some the school year went by fine, but they wonder if it could ahve been better. Some parents don’t even have school aged children yet but are anxious about sending them off to outside schools. What ever their reasons they spend the summer biting their nails and trying to decide whether to take the leap or not.
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I found this fun meme over at Homeschooling with laughter & love and I had to share it.
1. ONE HOMESCHOOL BOOK YOU HAVE ENJOYED:
Rebecca Rupp - Home Learning Year by Year
2. ONE RESOURCE YOU WOULDN’T BE WITHOUT:
The internet. I can find everything and anything online
3. ONE RESOURCE YOU WISH YOU HAD NEVER BOUGHT:
So far I have been lucky and haven’t bought anything that I have come to regret
4. ONE RESOURCE YOU ENJOYED LAST YEAR:
All of the Williamson Little Hands Series. They are full of fun ideas that my boys love.
5. ONE RESOURCE YOU WILL BE USING NEXT YEAR:
A friend has graciously let me borrow her old Oak Meadow guidebooks to read and absorb.
6. ONE RESOURCE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUY:
I wish I could afford to buy the Enki Education curriculum, but it is a bit too costly for me
7. ONE RESOURCE YOU WISH EXISTED:
I don’t know. There are so many great ones available already
8. ONE HOMESCHOOLING CATALOG YOU ENJOY READING:
Oh, practically all of them!
9. ONE WEBSITE Y
