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It's one size fits all when it comes to traditional school curriculums.
They are tailored for mass numbers. Not for the select few.
"When a student is outside of the norm it can be challenging for parents or the school to help them," said John Watzke, chair of the department of education studies at Saint Louis University. Parents want the context of subjects to be understandable for their children. When it isn't, some believe in different approach.Mary Lois Sennewald, a 65-year-old Southwest Garden resident, was a parent who opted for the hands-on, real-life approach. Read more...
Tables charting the chemical elements have been around since the 19th century - but this modern version will have a short video about each one. Read more...
Welcome to the 133rd Carnival of Homeschooling at the Red Sea School. Life is moving slowly here in the humid Midwestern plains, so this is the Summertime-and-the-livin-is-easy edition. Try not to worry about the white ring the sweat from your iced tea glass is going to leave on your desk, and consider that if you sit very very still in front of your screen, you just might start to cool off.
A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
Amen I say! Carnival founder Henry Cate describes his family’s more laid back style in Summer Homeschooling posted at Why Homeschool.
A common theme in these posts, however, is that parents are still keeping busy looking for great resources for this summer or next fall. Read more...
Cathy and Mark Suggs' life has taken a few sharp turns, none more than when the couple decided to live off their savings and build a house with almost no prior construction experience.
It was the latest in a string of adventures that included living on a boat and leaving well-paying jobs to home school their three children. Read more...
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The court's effectual ban on homeschooling in California later was dropped when the same panel agreed to rehear the case, and oral arguments on those issues were held last month, with parties ranging from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the state's fire marshals and superintendent of public instruction supporting homeschooling parents. Read more...
KinderBach is a bright and fun interactive music theory and keyboard/piano introduction program geared toward preschool children. The online program that I reviewed combines professional video instruction and printable PDF's (there is also a DVD format as well as a classroom music curriculum available). The instructor is a bubbly, smiling lady who has a couple of friendly sidekicks, Do-dee the donkey and Frisco, a young boy who help out in the lessons. Read more...
Earl Wilbur is an overweight, asthmatic, middle-school aged kid (fifth grade?) who lives with his mom (his dad, who is English, left the family to return to England). Many of the other kids tease him, but a bullying fellow class-mate, Eddie McFee, has been taunting him and even beating him up until one day Earl pays Eddie a dollar not to hurt him, and now Eddie demands a dollar each week to leave Earl alone. Read more...
In this inspirational romance/adventure novel, young Emma Lee is sent from her Miami home in 1904 to live with her Aunt Augusta on the Little Island of Merritt. The Island sounds like a tropical paradise, but Emma has no clue why she is being sent away in the first place. Her aunt is the village schoolteacher and a bit the prickly type. She expects Emma to be very studious and hardworking. Read more...
Secular Homeschooling is a non-religious quarterly magazine dedicated to writing about homeschooling and those who homeschool for diverse reasons, not specifically for religious convictions. This non-glossy, black and white paper publication has some great articles and editorials that any home educator will find informative, and encouraging. It was easy for me to get sucked into just lounging on the couch while I read the issues cover to cover, I thought the material well-written and absorbing. Read more...
California natives Hannah and her brother Alex move to Snipesville, Georgia, a place they find where life is slower and a bit too dull. A trip to the library should spice things up for them. I always find the library has the power to take away the boredom for us. But, Alex and their new friend Brandon weren't expecting to walk out of the library and transport smack into WWII England. Seems a professor they met in the library had something to do with their catapult to the past. Read more...