The March-April, 2010 issue of Home Education Magazine features Mary Nix interviewing her youngest son, Jake, home from college on his first year living away from home. Jake tells us homeschooling, and more specifically interest based learning, helped him to realize that his education was his own responsibility: “Following my own interests from a young [...]
That’s the question posed at the popular How Stuff Works site, which provides easy-to-understand questions to some of life’s most puzzling complexities. The answer to ‘How does homeschooling work?’ is an interesting one for anyone interested in the topic, whether they might be a longtime homeschooling veteran or just looking into the option:
If you have [...]
Homeschool support groups and the individuals who build networks between homeschooling families are the glue which holds the homeschooling community together. Through their newsletters, conferences, websites, discussion lists, weblogs and more, homeschool support groups and active individuals keep the lines of communication open, while offering information, resources, news and perspectives on homeschooling.
Finding support for your [...]
In the November-December 1999 Home Education Magazine, favorite author Linda Dobson explored homeschooling and young children in her column titled Early Years Child’s Learning Assets:
The early-years child’s energy is as impressive as it is amazing. As I would fall into bed exhausted after a full day with my own three early-years children, I often wondered [...]
Comments on Homeschooled Kids
In an opinion piece for the Holland, Michigan Sentinel-News, Jennie Woehl offers commentary about an unfavorable piece which had earlier appeared in the paper, noting “I am stunned with the antipathy Boyce has toward home-schooling and would like to present a unique perspective that I have on home-schooled children.” Jennie continues:
“As a family nurse practitioner, [...]
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