Helen on December 2nd, 2009

In the September-October issue of Home Education Magazine, Carron Armstrong shared an article which discussed some of the issues facing parents teaching financial responsibility to younger children, such as whether to offer an allowance, and discussed some resources to make that job a bit easier, like money-oriented games. In the current Nov/Dec issue, Carron shares [...]

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Tracy on December 2nd, 2009

hat tip Cheryl M.
In the November/December 2009 issue of Secular Homeschooling, Deborah Markus’s article, “Staying Sane at Holiday Gatherings” has some humorous but helpful tips for dealing with the complicated situations which frequently arise during holiday gatherings.
excerpt:
Here’s something you might like to teach your kids to say, in case you’re not there to cut the [...]

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Helen on December 1st, 2009

The trailer for a new film titled The War on Kids includes quotes from longtime homeschooling advocates Patrick Farenga and John Taylor Gatto, and it’s been raising reviewers’ eyebrows across the nation, as evidenced by this paragraph in the Nov. 18th New York Times: “Arranged in sections that range from merely interesting to downright horrifying, [...]

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Helen on November 30th, 2009

Why don’t we get the best out of people? In this TED video presentation Sir Ken Robinson argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. “We are educating people out of their creativity,” Robinson says. It’s a message with deep resonance.

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Helen on November 30th, 2009

Christine’s Favorite Websites for Homeschooling Information, Support and/or Encouragement and Information about Teaching Children – a marvelous collection:
Thinking Mother’s Favorite Websites for Homeschooling.

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Helen on November 30th, 2009

“I am sure my children learned to read by osmosis. I certainly didn’t teach them. It wasn’t for lack of materials, understand. I had phonics books and some anthologies accompanied by thick spiral bound teacher’s guides detailing ways to incorporate literature into science, math, and social studies. What I didn’t have was time enough to [...]

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