Homeschool Curriculum Helps Parents Prepare
homeschoolers Someone once said that a child can be educated well with nothing more than a well-stocked library of good books. This is certainly sufficient for some people, but most parents who are tackling the education feel better about having a homeschool curriculum that they can follow to be sure they cover the topics properly. For new homeschooling parents, it can truly seem a daunting task to try to choose the right home schooling curriculum for the needs of the particular family u
Homeschooling Critiques are Unfounded
Author : Art Gib The debate over homeschooling has been going on for years, and will continue to persist as parents look for viable alternatives to public school education Proponents of homeschool activities say that their children are allowed to work at a much faster pace, can receive much more individual attention, and are free from possible negative influences that may be present in a public school setting While those against home schooling say that it stifles creativity, socialization,
“Me” Time
Lately I have been thinking about how I don’t have enough “me” time. Being a homeschooling mom of three with a husband who works and goes to school, finding “me” time can be a bit of a challenge. Since I’m homeschooling, “me” time isn’t going to happen when the kids go back to “Me” Time
Scratch and HyperHomeschool
Two things. First, my wife started blogging. The best thing about this is that she can no longer complain about my blogging. Her blog is over at HyperHomeschool.com . Basically, she is keeping up with her homeschooling stuff online. I see great potential here. I guess this gets to the second thing. I made a little screen cast tutorial on Scratch . I figured this would be good material for her blog. In case you are not familiar with Scratch, it is a graphical programming language dev
UN Putting Education in Government’s Hands and the End of Homeschooling
Homeschooling is a growing trend in the United States today. Many thousands of parents wary of government indoctrination of their children, not to mention tired of the plummeting level of actual education threatening our kid’s futures, are taking their children’s education into their own hands and setting up homeschools. The trend is also starting to
What are “essential teaching skills”?
In my last post , I expressed incredulity at Pat Rogan’s statement that by limiting education degrees to no more than 30 hours of pedagogy courses, the state of Indiana would be “put[ting] educators without essential teaching skills into classrooms”. I brought up the example of one-room schoolhouse teachers and homeschooling parents as examples of people who teach successfully without anywhere near that amount of coursework. Another example I realized this morning was my own profession of colle
Homeschooling at the Speed of Life
“What’s for dinner, Honey?” “Dinner?” I avoid my handsome husband’s eyes. Yikes! I forgot all about dinner. I glanced around the house to find that somehow a tornado had invaded. School books were still on the dining room table along with today’s mail and several of my piles.
Homeschooling at the Speed of Life
“What’s for dinner, Honey?” “Dinner?” I avoid my handsome husband’s eyes. Yikes! I forgot all about dinner. I glanced around the house to find that somehow a tornado had invaded. School books were still on the dining room table along with today’s mail and several of my piles. Piles seem to multiply in my house. I don’t know where they come from. I stopped looking at the mess around me and met my husband’s eyes.”Dinner?” he asked again.”Domino’s has a special this week,” I stammered.”You forgot a
VBS: An Encouragement to Homeschool
There are a few questions that, if I had been paid a dollar for each time I was asked them, would have made me very rich by now. I’m sure you’ve heard the same: “Are you certified to teach?” “What about socialization?” “What about Physics?” “You’ll send them to real school at some point, right?” and if you have a larger family “Are they ALL yours?” But the real money-makers for me would be “You must be so organized” and “You must have the patience of a saint”. Right. Now, you ar
Mark Shea on why you may want to consider homeschooling. What is the NEA up to now?
You will want to check out a good post by Mark Shea: Reason #349572193487145243954872345498 to Homeschool Te Deum Laudamus! Home The obedient are not held captive by Holy Mother Church; it is the disobedient who are held captive by the world! “Unity must subsist in Truth!” - Fr. John Corapi
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