UNCRC—Uncle Sam in the Nursery?
Uncle Sam in the Nursery? How the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child May Soon be Disciplining Your Family Last week over 80,000 families in Great Britain received demoralizing news. Concerned about the legitimacy of homeschooling, government ministers disclosed plans to control and monitor homeschooling families by requiring them to register with local authorities, present learning plans, and undergo regular inspections. Part of these procedures wou
Homeschooling On The Cheap
I made a quick stop into the Dollar Store yesterday. I needed to pick up some items to use for homeschooling. I learned that when shopping at dollar stores you’d better grab it while it there. Cause the next time you visit it won’t be.
Homeschool Art Curriculum – The How, Ideas, Lessons & Classes
The choice of homeschool art curriculum that one can choose to teach to their children is just one great example of the flexibility that homeschooling allows parents when it comes to teaching their children what they want them to be taught. General Principals In general the homeschooling option allows parents to take control and teach their children the things they would want them to know, as long as in doing so they do also meet the district standards by also teaching everything that other
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: U.S. Homeschoolers’ Fears Confirmed in British Report
According to BBC News, the British government, following a report provided by former education chief Graham Badman, will force homeschoolers in England to register with the State and allow authorities access to their homes at least once a year. The stated purpose of this government oversight is to ensure that homeschooled children in England are receiving a “suitable education.” [1] If “parents do not meet certain standards,” according to the BBC, the children can be “sent back to school.” I
Raising Children to Live a Normal Life
While reading Little Homeschool on the Prairie’s review of the documentary Grown Without School , a quote captured my attention: There is a myth that through homeschooling you can achieve…more than a normal life. I want to raise the next George Washington, Albert Einstein, or, for a current example, Ravi Zacharias. In my dream, my children are famous, and make a positive impact as salt and light in the lives of multitudes. Maybe this will happen, but, most likely, they will live a nor
Creative Homeschooling: Lapbooking/Notebooking
Our family has become quite accustomed to building our own books. We do a loose combination of all of the popular forms of booking: lapbooking, scrapbooking, notebooking, altered booking, etc. We have actually simply started calling it “heartbooking © ” since our style fits none of these exclusively and because we base the foundation of our education on God’s word which teaches us that we must examine the condition of our hearts. Studying history, science, and the especially the bible can give u
Www.OSIR.org.in - Chemistry Projects FactMonster.com
science projects for all grades. Starting a science project What Makes A Good science project? Some advice from a science fair judgeSource: www.factmonster.comCSIP Student Inquiry Projects - homeWelcome to CSIP! Through the Cornell Science Inquiry Partnerships (CSIP) program, Cornell graduate students have collaborated with middle and Source: csip.cornell.eduFood chemistry - A to Z Home’s Cool Homeschooling chemistrychemistry experiments you can do with kids in your kitchen using food. Ideas
Homeschooling diplomacy
I write this post both to ask the question and also in the hopes that in writing it, I’ll be more sure of my own grasp on the big picture. To get to it, for those of you who are homeschooling your kids, how do you discuss it with family and friends? And the corollary to that is, how do you explain it to your kids? The reason I am asking is because up till now, our boys didn’t even realize that we were doing something different. But they’re now at the age to make the distinction and have latche
The Power of Narration
While there are several things we have done and do for language arts in our shrinking little homeschool (next fall I shall have only two students. The last time I had only two students was, my dears, 16 years ago. How strange it feels), the two constants have been good books and required narrations. I’ve blogged about narration before (a couple examples here and here ), oh, and here as well, and now Tim’s Mom at Bona Vita Rusticanda is sharing some great notes she took from a recent Char
A Short Vacation Would be Nice
Summer has come and gone and hubby and I have yet to take a vacation. Not that I am swamped with too much work but hey, being a special ed teacher , a homeschooling mother , a home manager (yes, that would be me) and a farmer (LOL!) makes me a very busy person. Yes, I need a vacation too. No, I didn’t consider having all three kids away for more than a month last summer a personal vacation. I want, no make that, NEED a vacation. Days spent at the beach would be nice. A cruise would
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