Helen on August 11th, 2009

Ree Drummond, aka the Pioneer Woman, shares a journey into plein air in this beautifully illustrated post from last fall:
“One of my favorite things to do during days of homeschooling is to throw down the books, forsake our studies (that’s actually my favorite part), and take the kids outside with their travel watercolor sets. My [...]

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Helen on August 11th, 2009

Dayna Martin, mother of four and a radical unschooling advocate, author and speaker, has published Radical Unschooling: A Revolution Has Begun (Tasora Books, 2009) about her family life and the radical unschooling philosophy. Dayna Martin’s approach to radical unschooling incorporates the ‘Law of Attraction,’ which was popularized through the movie The Secret, and by [...]

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Helen on August 11th, 2009

In a post titled “What is the priority for HSLDA? Homeschooling or politics?” Valerie Bonham Moon examines the strangely spiraling-out-of-control situation involving HSLDA and the U.S. military:
“I’ve already commented on the inappropriate connection the National Guard has with the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA): National Guard and HSLDA. The connection seems to [...]

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Helen on August 11th, 2009

Linda Dobson’s name has long been associated with homeschooling – and with this magazine. She was an early and vocal supporter – in these pages – of the National Homeschool Association. She wrote The first article on homeschooling to appear in a national magazine: Good Housekeeping. She has been News Editor for this magazine since [...]

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Helen on August 10th, 2009

A sing-song romp through the alphabet as it relates to homeschooling!

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Helen on August 8th, 2009

“Greetings, wherever you are . . .
“Military homeschoolers are a subset of two subsets. As military family members we walk like Americans, we talk like Americans but, despite having American citizenship and, for the most part, having been raised as Americans, we’re not your run of the mill citizen. [...]

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