Helen on November 16th, 2009

The Nov-Dec issue features an interview with James Marcus Bach, who writes of being “dedicated to a certain lifestyle of mind. I call it intellectual buccaneering. I call myself a buccaneer-scholar. Just as the original buccaneers would not submit to authority in their pursuit of worldly riches, neither do us modern buccaneers yoke ourselves to [...]

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Helen on November 14th, 2009

In the November-December issue of Home Education Magazine our featured writers address homeschooling children of different ages, helping children become interested in and respectful of the natural world, learning history by producing a short drama, helping older kids and young adults learn about financial management, using writing contests to encourage kids to write, and how [...]

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Helen on November 11th, 2009

As teenagers, our kids seldom did grammar exercises and never wrote reports and term papers. According to some in the educational establishment, they ought to be poor writers. Not so. Both got “A’s” in their college freshmen English classes. Friends now often ask them for help editing assignments. Both enjoy writing and produce credible pieces [...]

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Helen on November 5th, 2009

Arithmetic, computation or mathematics … no matter what it’s called in school, the subject often adds up in a child’s mind as plain old boring. Kindergarten worksheets display clusters of objects for children to color and count. By third or fourth grade word problems sneak into the curriculum. I don’t know about you, but when [...]

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Helen on October 19th, 2009

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series at Salon.com. To read the first installment, Confessions of a Homeschooler, click here.
Home schooling: How we do it
By Andrew O’Hehir
It all started with the hero of “Cars,” Lightning McQueen.
As I wrote in the first installment of this series last month, home schooling sneaked up on us, [...]

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Helen on October 17th, 2009

BetterPhoto.com is a safe and fun place to discuss photography, and BetterPhoto for Kids and Teens is dedicated to kids and teenagers interested in the art of taking pictures. Whether your kids have been snapping pictures for a while or they’re just picking up a camera for the first time, this site will help them [...]

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