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Below we've linked to various articles and resources we've found on the Internet that touch on the subject of private education and homeschooling.
Homeschooling Video
Oh, the misconceptions and realities of homeschool life, from comedian (and homeschool dad) Tim Hawkins. view video
Winter Homeschooling
This is the time of year when homeschooling seems like the only reasonable and sensible way to raise children. read more
The Messy Truth About Homeschooling
Let's face it, homeschooling is messy! It makes for a messy house, messy kids, and an overall messier life. Don't we all, as homeschool moms, desire for the picture perfect day like in a Norman Rockwell painting. read more
Homeschooling Your High Schooler
Does the idea of homeschooling your high schooler sound scary and uncharted to you? read more
Decide to be a homeschool mom.
It's not too late to become more equipped, even while you are homeschooling your children. read more
What About College?
Colleges report that homeschooled students, in general, are well-prepared for higher learning. Homeschoolers typically demonstrate independent learning and leadership skills. The academic ability and uniqueness of a student is more important to colleges than the accreditation of the high school attended. read more
Ten Reasons to Homeschool Teens
Relationships are the most important thing in family life. When teens are away from home for six to eight hours a day, subtle changes begin to erode relationships at home. Divided allegiance or "serving two masters" can shake their foundation. The result is diminished family ties and parental influence. read more
Fast - Fun - Easy Ways to Teach Your Preschooler!
So many mommies seek to find the most efficient preschool curriculum for teaching their precious preschooler. read more
Gearing Up for School
Since all the neighbor children are going back to school, it's time to think about this year's home school. read more
Homeschooling Teens
The Whys, and the Must-Haves read more
Ten Step Plan to Back to Homeschool Bliss
Back to School means a lot of things to a lot of people. At my house it means: decluttering, donating, reorganizing, cleaning, discussing, planning, purchasing, scheduling, record keeping, and (most importantly) involving my entire family in the process - and even making it fun and rewarding for us all. read mre
Tweak Your Child's Imagination…and Yours Too!
Children seem to use their imaginations instinctively, but we adults are sometimes too busy to allow ourselves this luxury. Here are some ways you can help your child tweak his imagination and yours too: read more
28 Ways to Teach Beginning Math Without Textbooks
All you need are ordinary items found in most homes read more
Homeschool Success Stories
Bill Cosby once said, "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." read more
Top 10 Gems - "What I wish someone would have told me during my first year of homeschooling."
Linda Dobson lists the top 10 gems that homeschooling parents have contributed when asked "What do you wish someone would have told you during your first year of homeshooling?" read more
Have Public Schools Become a Criminal Enterprise?
There is no doubt that American educators are engaged in a criminal conspiracy to dumb-down the American people. read more
Homeschooling: The Best Education Reform
This educational quagmire is driving parents to choose the educational alternative known as homeschooling. read more
Gardening with Kids. The world of make believe.
Adults with gardens in their youthful backgrounds remember that gardens are full of flowers and plants important to make-believe play. read more
Homeschooling Fathers
Children need more of their fathers and fathers need more of their children. read more
Socialization: A Great Reason Not to Go to School
Many people who consider the issue of parents teaching their children at home ask, "But what about socialization?" read more
Unschooling, Yet We Still Eat with Forks
It is a misconception that typical unschooled children run about all day unclothed, never learn table manners, and open books only to rip out pages. It s also a misconception that unschooling parents never provide guidelines, make schedules or assign distasteful work. read more
Training Children in Responsibility
Character training is, in some senses, the more important focus of a good home school. read more
A Question of Excellence
It's all a bad dream. I'm surrounded by a mob of skeptics. The future of homeschooling hangs in the balance. "Why are you doing this irrational thing to your children?" read more
Learning from the
The idea that there is little or nothing to be learned from "Old Dead Guys" is a pretty ridiculous notion. read more
A Different Look At The Socialization Of Homeschoolers
We are all sick of hearing the socialization question, I know. read more
Homeschooling is God's Way of Opening Your Heart To Unlimited Knowledge
The institution of the homeschool works on the faith of the mother, the father, and in the Lord above. read more
Home-schooler wins Ala. spelling bee
Nearly five hours into the state’s 80th annual spelling bee, the word “sempiternal” — defined as eternal, everlasting — took on a special meaning for the audience. read more
A Short Incomplete List of Do's and Don'ts
A Helpful List. read more
5 Homeschooling Mistakes That Are Easy To Make, And Easier To Avoid
Before the Public Schools
Not surprisingly, the education and opinion cartels claim that the demise of the public school system would mean the demise of education. read more
J.R.R. TOLKIEN and C.S. LEWIS:
Middle-earth and Narnian Addenda to the "Good Books" List read more
The Sacrifice of Homeschooling
All of us have heard this response when we tell friends we homeschool: “Oh, I could never do that.” read more
Ten Questions About Homeschooling
Question: I have ten basic questions about homeschooling I wonder if you could answer. read more
Catholic Home Education
-Which Approach to Choose? read more
Are You Missing Something?
One of the items at the top of nearly every homeschooling parent's list of hand wringers is a concern that their children will "miss something," presumably something important. read more
The History of Public Education
Most Americans assume that we've always had public schools, that they came with the Constitution and are an indispensable part of our democratic system. But nothing could be farther from the truth. read more
Scheduling & Planning Lessons
It is possible that the biggest hardship that a homeschooling parent faces is how to make a schedule for homeschooling. read more
Why Reading Aloud To Your Child Is Important
Most parents would also love to see their kids participate in more constructive activities -- like reading children's books -- but the trick is to get your little ones to actually sit down and crack open a book a few times per week. read more
The Importance of Rote Learning
Repetition, in fact, is not only the easiest way to learn something, it often is the only way to learn something. read more
Breathing Room
There's home schooling to do, soccer practice for two or three of the kids, and somewhere in there naps, dinner, and maybe nursing the baby have to happen. Help! read more
Getting It Done
I am going to do is give you three ideas that might help you manage life on the days when everything is piling up to the point that public school seems like a nine-month-mom-retreat. read more
David and Goliath Revisited . Will California outlaw homeschooling?
The legality of independent homeschooling, and therefore homeschooling itself, is being challenged by the Berkeley Unified School District. read more
What About Socialization?
I believe I am an outsider to modern American culture. At times I feel as if I and my family are like the boy in a bubble, protected by a cocoon of some substance I can’t describe. read more
Homeschool Civics Lesson
California homeschoolers took an emotional roller coaster ride this spring and summer when Berkeley Unified School District officials made a bid to outlaw homeschooling in our state. read more
Why I Plan to Train My Children At Home
For five primary reasons, I plan to train my children at home: it allows liberty, it gives control over unlimited social interaction, it encourages redeeming the time, it promotes an integrated lifestyle, and it enables the provision of true teaching. read more
The "Chicken Pox Christmas" of '87
Sometimes holiday celebrations don't turn out as we hope or plan. read more
Make Your Holiday Classic.
The Christmas holidays abound with opportunities to expose your children to some unique learning situations and environments. read more
Home Instruction Questions and Answers
Home Education New York State read more
Diploma Question.
The whole issue of diploma. read more
Homeschooling: Back to the Future?
The victory of homeschooled 13-year-old Rebecca Sealfon in the 1997 National Spelling Bee brought new attention to the growing phenomenon of homeschooling. read more
Defending Your Homeschooling Decision
When people come out with judgmental questions, innuendos, or even accusations, how do you handle the situation with grace and dignity? read more
Crazy for Calculating! Making Math Fun
I determined that we would have fun with math. Surely there must be a way of learning without resorting to workbooks and flash cards. read more
Everyday Equations
It would be accurate to say that I viewed mathematics as my childhood nemesis. Nothing roused a greater sense of dread, defeat and hopelessness in me than being handed a page of math homework. read more
New to Homeschooling Part 2
This is the second article in a series by Melissa Pinkley, designed to help new homeschoolers get started in the adventure of home education. read more
New to Homeschooling Part 1
This is the first article in a series by Melissa Pinkley, designed to help new homeschoolers get started in the adventure of home education. read more
THE SOCIALIZATION QUESTION
Being involved with other people (socializing) is one of the strengths of the home schoolers. read more
Teaching A Subject You Don't Know
Fortunately, the homeschooling parent need not be an expert in every subject matter area. Homeschool instruction goes beyond the classroom setting and takes in the entire world! read more
How to Succeed With Math
Math can be taught much more quickly and effortlessly than almost anyone believes today. read more
Research Facts on Homeschooling
Reasons for Home Educating, Academic Performance, Social, Emotional, and Psychological Development read more
Whole-Language Boondoggle
Sam Blumenfeld explains why "look-say" reading never works. read more
Basic Tips for Getting Started
Home Schooling! This topic seems to be a hot one in the news, lately. read more
The Benefits of Home Schooling
Parents considering the best method of education for their child. read more
You Can Homeschool.
As long as there have been parents and children, “homeschooling” has been happening. read more