HEM’s Questions & Answers – May-June 2010
“Our oldest daughter is stubborn and acts lazy even though she’s smart. She’s the reason we got into homeschooling in the first place after a lot of difficulty in school. And it was much better for awhile but now that she’s close to 13 she’s worse than ever. She [...]
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HEM’s Questions & Answers – May-June 2010
“The financial meltdown has caused my daughter (11) to panic and hoard every penny but caused my son (14) to figure there’s no use saving and just spend anything he gets. Any time I explain economics it makes it worse. Any ideas?” – unemployed in Pittsburgh
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HEM’s Questions & Answers – March-April 2010
“I never thought I’d be homeschooling through high school, but here we are. My oldest is 16. I hear people talk about tests and college visits but I don’t know what steps to take when. At what age do we start? Any helpful hints?” -nervous mom
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HEM’s Questions & Answers – March-April 2010
“Subscribing to lots of publications (daily newspapers, weekly science magazines, lots of monthly magazines) is a highly enriching part of education in our house. But economic realities mean that we have to cut way down. This doesn’t make the avid readers in our family of kids from 9 to [...]
HEM’s Questions & Answers – January-February 2010
Deadline is Nov. 25th for replies to these questions, which will run in the January-February issue of Home Education Magazine. You can reply to either or both questions in the comments section below:
Teaching Grammar?
I haven’t found any way to teach grammar that keeps the interest of my ten-year-old son. [...]
HEM’s Questions & Answers – January-February 2010
We were told that our little girl, age 8, is suffering from ADD by her teacher and guidance counselor. They told us that a doctor can put her on drugs to help her concentrate. My neighbor is the teacher to her children at home and she tells me that [...]
