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Thu 3 Sep 2009Life at Home , Parental Watch Issues , Good Things about Homeschooling , Universal Preschool One creative way to go sledding on a school dayFrom the Humor ArchiveA son sent along this link, with the note:”talks about unschooling further down.” (He wasn’t unschooled in anything but science. Unschooled as I understand the ~ definition anyway.) Peter Gray’s thoughts in his Freedom to Learn blog [The roles of play and curiosity as foundations for learning] are intriguing. Here’s w

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Elephant in the Room: “Children don’t like school because they love freedom”

Although homeschooling allows families the freedom to teach and learn in a flexible environment, it is still beneficial to create a structured atmosphere for the more formal aspects of the learning experience. Regardless of your style of homeschooling, for it to be most effective, there still needs to be an element of discipline. Related Articles: Curriculum Planning For Homeschool If your child is computer savvy, you should introduce online… How Many Hours a Day Should You

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Setting Up Your Home Classroom

10-year-old’s ‘vigorous’ defense of her faith condemned by judge By Bob Unruh © 2009 WorldNetDaily A 10-year-old homeschool girl described as “well liked, social and interactive with her peers, academically promising and intellectually at or superior to grade level” has been told by a New Hampshire court official to attend a government school because she was too “vigorous” in defense of her Christian faith. The decision from Marital Master Michael Garner reasoned that the

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Court orders Christian child into government education

While homeschooling gives you many freedoms, it’s not always the easiest thing to do.. there are however many things you can do to make homeschooling easier. Below are some tips to make life easier for homeschool parents.

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Homeschool Tips – Help on Making Homeschooling Easier for Parents

My daughter requested some more audio books for her MP3 player, so I did a search for “girls’ classics”. I was surprised and disappointed to see that most of the links on the Google page were for classic CLOTHES! *gag*Here is a list of the children’s audio books that we found online for FREE! Lots of audio books for both boys and girls:http://parentingfreedom.com/2009/04/13/childrens-audio-book-collection/Explore my sidebar links ”Homeschooling by Grade” for titles to lots of classic books for b

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Girls’ Classics

Michael Jackson’s nurse was interviewed on Greta’s “On the Record” this evening. I appreciated the lovely comments she made about Michael and his family. She said very positive things about Michael’s children and homeschooling and how intelligent the children are.http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=6636741&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/ontherecord/Earlier today, at the memorial service, it was heartbreaking to hear Michael’s daughter, Paris,

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Michael Jackson’s Children and Homeschooling

My brother sent me this link (thanks):The Quick 10: 10 Famous Homeschooled Peoplehttp://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20302.htmlI can certainly relate to #6 (except I stayed in public school and “hate” is too mild of a word to describe how I felt about school).“Robert Frost hated school so much he would get physically ill at the thought of going. He was homeschooled until his high school years.”The list reminded me of a collection I had on my old website. I am sure some hardworking

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Famous Homeschoolers

Many of the lessons that I have learned along the path of homeschooling have been taught to me by my children. Can I say that the most important ones have actually come from them and they have often been the hardest ones to learn? This has been especially true when it comes to understanding what grace really looks like as we put it into practice. When we began homeschooling in the early 1980’s, we homeschooled for a year before we joined the Advanced Training Institute, Bill Gothard’s homes

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giving our children the freedom to be different ~ grace in parenting, part three

A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on How Vouchers Affect Public Schoolshttp://www.friedmanfoundation.org/friedman/downloadFile.do?id=357Study Proves School Voucher Program Improves Public Schoolshttp://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/mar/09030504.htmlFriday, March 06, 2009 9:59 AM in » Homeschooling Controversy, Public School | Post a CommentName (required)E-mail (will not be published) (required)WebsiteComments for this post will be closed on 16 March 2009.

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School Vouchers

I told L4 we were going to get ready to go outside. He said, “But I can’t play video games until I do some school.” (That’s technically the big kids’ rule, not his.) I said, “We can do school outside.” L4 on a Snow Bank N15 Shoveling the Deck Beginning the Trek C7, N15, B10 Snowshoeing, L4 on the Sled Writing Letters in the Snow They Spy a Plane Airplane Overhead Squirrel Tracks Crossing Rabbit Tracks Almost HomeJust as we were getting in the door, two school buses went down the road. Every time

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Homeschooling in the Great White North