A discussion of the reasons to homeschool, asking questions such as: How does a person learn to think clearly and effectively and to make reasoned decisions? How do you learn – or teach someone else – to gather enough information about a situation to become familiar with the pros and cons, the advantages and disadvantages, and then, being informed, make a decision about the best course of action to take?
There are twelve years of archived articles and columns from Home Education Magazine right here at the HEM website, free for the reading and right at your fingertips!
A friend and I were discussing homeschooling recently and she mentioned an editorial I wrote many years ago titled “On Jumping Through Hoops,” and said that although it’s still available on the HEM site, I should make it more easily available for new readers, especially as we were headed into the “not-back-to-school” end of summer [...]
I was looking through our March/April issue last night, as we get ready to send our May/June issue to the printer this week, and I came across my publisher’s note in the HEM Notebook section. I thought some of my blog readers, who may not all be subscribers, might enjoy reading this short essay on [...]
Watercolor Children
by Helen Hegener – July/August, 2002
As a writer I work with the precise meanings of words. Control and mastery are important when one is trying to convey an idea, an emotion, or an experience. Realizing many years ago that writing was a very controlled activity, and seeking an alternative which might help me loosen [...]
