While my homeschool experience was one that followed the traditional school year, I discovered the idea of year round school when I began researching to school my own children. The concept makes sense to me, though it may not be for everyone.
What It Is
Basically, instead of taking 2-3 months vacation in the summer, you take [...]
At one point, not so long ago, homeschooling your children was against the law. In some countries, it still is, as we`ve seen with Germany.
Now, I`ve seen a lot of families turn to homeschooling because they felt it was a good idea or their children had trouble with mainstream schooling and I`m curious . . [...]
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Often we think of homeschooling as a time to teach our children, but you can end up learning just as much as they do! It`s great to embrace the fact that you can pick up new knowledge and show your kids by example how to learn.
There are so many opportunities for family learning that I [...]
Over the past few months, we`ve been hearing a lot about the strict laws in Germany against homeschooling. Families have faced jail time and even had their children taken from them because they were home educating their children. And more recently, entire families have been fleeing the country in order to continue with teaching their [...]
One of the best reasons, parent-wise, to school your children at home is the fact that you are going to be able to forge bonds that last a lifetime.
We are all too familiar with the concept of teens . . . angry, self-loathing adolescents who rebel in any way they can. We hear about their [...]
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