“Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat…” -from the old nursery rhyme and carol
“Christmas is filled with the very best kinds of learning: Caring, giving, sharing, togetherness, love… And the learning isn’t just limited to the youngsters; if we keep our hearts open this season we’ll learn new ways of celebrating, if we pay [...]
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 [...]
Radical unschooling advocate James Marcus Bach was interviewed by Helen Hegener for the Nov-Dec issue of Home Education Magazine. A high school dropout who coined the term ‘buccaneer-scholar,’ James is an internationally recognized expert in the field of computer software testing, and has taught critical thinking and software testing around the world at places [...]
The Book Arts Bash is a writing contest for homeschooled authors. The Book Arts Bash celebrates untrammeled creativity, and promotes the integration of writing across the curriculum. We put homeschooled students’ best work on the desks of literary agents, best-selling authors, and other industry professionals, to encourage young writers and connect great minds.
The first Book [...]
