It`s perfectly normal for parents to find themselves doubting their decisions sometimes and one of the decisions that can be a real anxiety producer is choosing to keep your kids home. Even if you are completely convinced that it`s the best thing . . . there will be days when you wonder.
I was homeschooled [...]
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If you aren`t sure what a podcast is, it`s essentially an online radio show. While you can listen to them live, they are also available for download and you can then listen to the show at your leisure. I personally like to listen to podcasts while I do a more mundane task like folding laundry [...]
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You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again. ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762
One of the things I appreciate the most about homeschooling is the [...]
It isn`t always math and writing that are the only important subjects to be found in a homeschool. This does depend on the family, since there are some parents who tend to focus almost exclusively on this, however, my personal view of homeschooling is that it is a method of preparing our children for life.
What [...]
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As a Physics major with a Mathematics minor, I have a few opinions about math. I enjoyed math and thought it was a cool puzzle to work through a problem to arrive at the solution. But for many children (and their homeschooling parents) math is not their “favorite subject.”
I came across this article (note, it’s [...]
Teaching your child begins at birth. Everything you say and do in their presence is a learning experience for your little one and while you might not make every moment a fascinating lesson in something deep, you can certainly choose what you are teaching them. One vital area is through reading.
Most parents read to their [...]
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No doubt when one first thinks of homeschooling, time spent is often the foremost consideration. While the time devoted to schooling your own children is time well spent, it isn’t the only cost of homeschooling. Homeschooling isn’t free.
When people talk about teaching their children from home in the
absence of any definite or structured curriculum, it [...]
There are learning experiences all around us. As homeschool parents, we have the unique opportunity to integrate our every day tasks right into school . . . even if it`s not formally a part of the educational process.
Kids tend to learn a lot better if they realize that there is actually a good reason [...]
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When you are first looking at getting into homeschooling, the sheer number of choices can be overwhelming. You`ll hear talk of classical education, unschooling, Montessouri . . . but what does it all mean? Which is the BEST method and how do you get started?
First of all, let`s get one thing out of the way. [...]
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