Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Pros and Cons of Educating Children at Home - Honest Commentary

By Lynn SchottHomeschsooling is growing by leaps and bounds as more and more families are choosing to educate their children at home.Our family chose to homeschool for fourteen years, and we graduated all three of our students from high school homeschool.The...
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Monday, January 10, 2011

The Scientific Method: Home Schooling Parents Can Teach It Correctly

By Tony LacertosaTraditionally the scientific method is taught as a sequence of steps to be completed in order to answer a question. Not only is this an incomplete description but, when taught this way, students do not experience the excitement of science...
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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Teaching Poetry to Children - 3 Easy and Effective Ways to Teach Poetry to Child of Any Age

By Dana Susan BeasleyYou can easily and effectively teach your children poetry reading and writing. You will know the secrets I know as a poet and student of poetry!But as homeschooling parents you may be saying, "I don't have time" or "there's too many...
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Saturday, January 8, 2011

A Morning Routine For Homeschooling Families That Works

By Donna Pravel One of the biggest challenges facing homeschooling families is trying to get everything done. Time management and home organization are probably the two biggest concerns for homeschooling mothers outside of actually teaching in a home...
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Friday, January 7, 2011

Homeschooling - The Foot Equalizer

By Camille Rodriquez Have you ever stuck your foot out from under the blanket at night, just to cool off a bit? Sometimes, we like to be cozy under the blankets, but we also need to level off the heat a bit by sticking out our foot and exposing it to...
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Thursday, January 6, 2011

How to Make Learning Fun When Home Schooling Your Children

By Lynn SchottOver our family's fourteen years of homeschooling, we were, at times, sorely in need of some fun in our routine. At first I resisted having fun. Seriously. I believed that having too much fun got in the way of real learning. Wow! I can't...
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

5 Tips for Enriching Your Child's Education

By Amber L Bishop You have to feed your kids good stuff. Not just good food, but good life experiences too. I love homeschooling but realize it is not possible for every family. Lately I have been getting emails of admiration from non homeschooling Moms...
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