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Friday, May 23, 2008
Homeschooling voices from the past
Apparently Mother Earth News had recently posted their entire archive of articles online. I found a few old articles onthe nascent practice of homeschooling
Two Generations Of Home Schooling from November/December 1980 and Home Schooling from August/September 1993. They are very lengthy articles and I haven't finished reading yet. But I expect a lot of familiarity and maybe some big differences. For one thing, homeschooling wasn't widely accepted or even heard of yet. And both these dates were before the internet was on most people's radar.
The decision to teach me at home was not an easy one — Mother and Dad discussed the options for more than a year before finally reaching it. You have to realize that, at the time, this was uncharted territo ry. In those days before home schooling was a cause célébre — complete with its newsletters and national associations—nobody taught their children at home. The only exceptions were those kids whose parents were stationed overseas, lived far in the backwoods, or were born to millionaires who hired personal tutors for them. Read more...
Labels: homeschool, Homesteading
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Homesteading: Down on the farm
SHANNON HAYES makes her own soap, composts her garbage and plans to home-school her unvaccinated daughters, who have grown huge and pink-cheeked on unpasteurized milk from the cow she milks herself. Read more...
Labels: homeschool, Homesteading
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Homesteading's new Carnival
Jocelyn just left a comment that the very first Carnival of Homesteading was posted yesterday.
Homesteading families embrace the ideas of simplicity and self-sufficiency. Obviously, this overlaps with homeschoolers but also may include home-based businesses and living off the grid. Not all homeschoolers are homesteaders nor vice-a-versa, but I think many may find common interests and goals. Could you be a homesteader and not know it? Read more...
Labels: Homesteading
