Wherever parents send their children is where the children will assume it’s best for them to be. Parents who do not take the time to think through the type of educational program they want for their children miss out on an integral decision for their children.
By the time you read this, the season will be half over. Summer vacation is fleeting, but it’s an important time, and is especially beneficial to the well-being of homeschooling families. I know there are some home educators who continue to hit the books all year long. Of course, if you live in a warm climate, then your family can enjoy warm-weather activities nearly 365 days a year.
Like many people, I began homeschooling by imitating the schools of my youth. I bought a boxful of curriculum, divided it into daily assignments, and taught my kids right out of those books.
You see them at the grocery, or in a discount store.
It's a big family by today's standards - "just like stair steps," as the old folks say. Freshly scrubbed boys with neatly trimmed hair and girls with braids, in clean but unfashionable clothes follow mom through the store as she fills her no-frills
shopping list.
Fifteen-year-old Jared Mongeau of Cumberland, Maine is off to join the circus this summer - with his parents' blessings! Jared's physical comedy, slight-of-hand, juggling, and clowning skills won him a spot on tour with the award-winning Circus Smirkus, the only youth circus in the country that tours with its own European-style Big Top.
Learning: The Stupidity of Evil by Dr. Reneé Fuller
Stan was a bully. There was no question about it. His classmates had learned to do their best to stay out of reach of his voice, his fists, and even his boots. Mrs. Kirkpatrick, the principal, was all too familiar with Stan’s bullying. He had been sent to her office on numerous occasions, each time for a progressively more outrageous offense against his fellow classmates.
From National Home Education Legal Defense
Home School Opportunities Make Education Sound Act of 2008
By Attorney Deborah G. Stevenson
Did you know? that once again, parents are faced with the prospect of yet another bill proposed in the United States Congress that would result in another federal law governing home schooling?
Homeschool Experience:Dump Truck Days By Jennifer Fink
For three days, my nine-year old son has been dragging himself around the house in a toy dump truck. He kneels in the dumper, hunches forward and uses his knuckles to propel himself. For three days. Around and around. Over and over. Three days, and it’s driving me crazy!
Homeschool Experience: Itty-Bitty Blessings
By Dawnelle Breum
Some days I feel like packing my kids off to school. I love baking cookies with my two boys, and listening to my daughter practice piano. Reading stacks of picture books from the library is a treat for everyone. And I enjoy the flexibility. But some days just don't go as planned.
Parenting: Tips for Getting Your Teen to Open Up By Nigel Lane (Teen Coach)
Many parents struggle to get their teenagers to open up to them and allow them into their lives. It can sometimes seem that they are a closed book - one of those locked diaries maybe even with it’s own guard dog! From time to
time it can seem impossible to get them to open up and allow you into their lives. Don’t give up!
Homeschool Student Wordsmith's Corner
Manhatten Mayhem vs Queens of Pain By Bellisant Corcoran-Mathé (grade 9)
On the tenth of May, in the basement gym of Hunter College on 68th and Lexington Avenue, the Gotham Girls Roller Derby League had their first official bout of the 2008 Season That night Queens of Pain faced off against Manhattan Mayhem. A large, vocal crowd, Jeerleaders, and mascots were on hand to support both teams.
Our Rooster (a poem) by Joel Davis Jr. (age 9)
Let's Write! Working with the narrative voice (Part II)
In the last essay (click here for Part I) we worked with the narrative voice option, number. If you are working with your children with these essays, you now have introduced to them two elements, person and number. If they understand these two options and how they work and can use their choices in their narratives, fine. This essay will introduce them to the function and use of tense. Most children in third grade understand tenses and how they work in stories. The major problem with tenses for young writers is with
consistency of use.
