Helen on August 1st, 2009

We noted the passing of author and unschooling advocate Ned Vare last week, and we’re still coming across reminders of the good work Ned and his wife Luz Shosie did for homeschooling families, like this interview with Luz and Ned which Mary Nix did for HEM last year:
“Homeschooling does not need to be schooling-at-home. Real [...]

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Helen on July 24th, 2009

At the HEM News & Commentary, Mary Nix addresses Escalating Home Visits by Authorities in Japan and elsewhere. In Japan, longtime homeschooling advocate Kyoko Aizawa has legitimate concerns, and there are alarming comparisons in the United States.

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Helen on July 24th, 2009

In the July/August 2009 Home Education Magazine, Mary Nix interviews long-time Texas unschooler and founder of the international Rethinking Education conference, Barb Lundgren

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Helen on July 20th, 2009

Mary Nix has collected a delightful mix of articles from past issues of Home Education Magazine under the heading ‘Homeschool Seasons,’ and it includes writings on children and learning by Amber P. Keefer, Helen Hegener, Linda Dobson, Larry and Susan Kaseman, Barbara Theisen, Joyce Kurtak Fetteroll, Karen Vogel, and Tamara Orr. As Mary notes, “…as the seasons passed, I learned to relax as if it were summer all year and I enjoyed seeing what the freedom to learn, live and explore offers a child…”

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Helen on July 9th, 2009

Barb Lundgren, long-time Texas unschooler and founder of the international Rethinking Education conference, in the July/August Home Education Magazine:

“Over the last few years I have seen an exciting, noticeable change in the hundreds of fathers that attend. Where I used to encounter much anxiety, stress and fear of child-led learning, I now commonly see confidence, joy and even exuberance in embracing the uniqueness of self and children.”

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Helen on July 4th, 2009

HEM Resources Editor Mary Nix has gathered a delightful collection of links to Independence Day-related resources, including a terrific “History of the Fourth” from PBS (“When in the course of human events…”), and a “create your own fireworks” feature complete with music!

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