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Home Education Magazine
Below is a complete listing of articles and columns from the July-August 2004 - Articles and Columns
Columns Ask Carol - Making the Grade, by Carol Narigon ..... page 14
Parents seek reassurance regarding grade-level learning, and advice for wrangling the kid-quizzers and nay-sayers of the family.
Questions & Answers - Starting a Support Group, and Supporting a Prodigy, by Laura Weldon ..... page 16
Readers share their experiences with starting a homeschooling support group, and offer perspectives on living with a particularly gifted child.
Taking Charge - - Why Legislation to Prevent "Unqualified" Families From Homeschooling Won't Work, by Larry & Susan Kaseman ..... page 20
Recent media reports of alleged child abuse by families claiming to be homeschooling have reopened the question of whether stricter regulation of homeschooling is needed to prevent "unqualified" families from homeschooling.
Publisher's Notes - - The Other Side of Homeschooling, by Helen Hegener ..... page 3
What we learned by homeschooling our children - patience, acceptance, how to learn what we needed to know - is being brought into play as we face the challenges of our aging parents.
News & Commentary - Baby Whips, K12, Connecting the Dots, by Ann Lahrson Fisher ..... page 34
Ann reviews highlights from her weekly news updates.
Good Stuff - Water Water Everywhere, by Becky Rupp ..... page 37
Becky runs through resources that help us look at water from its properties to its uses.
Homeschooling Books - - The Homeschool Reader, Taking Charge, by Elizabeth McCullough ..... page 42
My Word! - The Frontier Spirit of the Heart, by David H Albert ..... page 44
Although he can't bring himself to actually read the books, this writer certainly appreciates the author's success... however it is defined.
Unschooling - Playing, by Sandra Dodd ..... page 46
Sandra explores the idea that toddlers' play would naturally progress to other levels of learning.
Road Less Traveled - A Letter to Young Parents, by Linda Dobson ..... page 50
A heart-felt missive to Young Parents considering the adventure of homeschooling
Articles Traveling Around the World One Postcard at a Time, by Dawn Adams ..... page 23
Dawn Adam shares her family's trip around the world through a postcard exchange.
Summertime and Geography's Easy, by Dianne Wilton ..... page 24
Dianne Wilton shares fun activities for painlessly learning geography over the summer.
Grown Without Schooling, by Marsha J. Ransom ..... page 25
Peter Kowalke's documentary film, Grown Without Schooling, presents an overview of the lives of several grown homeschoolers. Marsha Ransom interviews Peter and shares snippets of the film with HEM readers.
Sold on Charlotte Mason, by Penny Gardner ..... page 28
As Penny Gardner explains, educator Charlotte Mason's ideas can be useful for all homeschoolers, including unschoolers and those who use more conventional methods.
My Lesson in Semantics - , by Melanie Lien Palm ..... page 30
What is the difference between judgment and discernment? Melanie Lien Palm says it's learning to ski in the open spaces.
Writing Group Strategies - , by Karen Kirkwood ..... page 32
For several years Karen Kirkwood taught a writing class for unschoolers that enriched all of their lives.
Departments Letters and Discussions, ..... page 10
HEM Notebook, ..... page 6
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