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Homeschool Support Resources
Websites:
http://sherylmaxey.com/ (clickable links for resources listed)
http://www.home-school.com/ (lists articles, groups, events related to homeschooling)
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/magazines/Magazines_and_Publications.htm (a list of homeschool magazines)
http://www.nathhan.com/index.htm ( homeschooling special needs children)
http://www.homeschool.com/ (has message forums, resource lists and Podcasts)
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com (huge variety of homeschool information)
http://groups.yahoo.com ( search for groups that interest you. If you type in “homeschool” you will get over 7000 results,… »
Audio Books: A Great Way to Forget the Winter Chill
At our house it has become tradition to spend the cold days of our Iowa winters listening to books on CD. We are often finished with our schoolwork shortly after lunch which leaves the long afternoons to work together on a jigsaw puzzle while we listen to a book on CD. We have listened… »
What I’ve Been Reading
You would think with the busyness of the holidays that I wouldn’t have time to read. Wrong! I always have time to read. It is definitely my sanity safety net. This month I have been reading a variety of things. Sometimes whole books, sometimes just portions of a book. Either way, I have found some… »
Creation Science Resources
This year marked the 100th birthday of Charles Darwin. With that fact drawing attention again to his work, there has been a renewed interest in the age old conflict - Evolution vs. Creationism. My older boys have shown an interest in this topic and have read several books about the subject. We have had an opportunity to discuss… »
Do You Geek the Library?
From a homeschoolers perspective it goes without saying that the library is a vital part of daily life — at least at our house. I don’t know about you, but for our family the library is actually our main source of curriculum. I use the word “curriculum” loosely. It isn’t uncommon for me to have… »
Mama, Let’s Color!
One of my favorite activities, especially on rainy or snowy days, is to color with my kids. Now I’m not talking about the box of crayons and the dime store coloring book sort of coloring. I am talking about artist quality colored pencils and Dover Publications coloring books. Dover Publications has hundreds of coloring books… »
Ways to Avoid Summer Brain Drain
I know a lot of homeschoolers do some sort of formal schooling all year round. For a long time I started each year with the intention of continuing through the summer but as April rolled around and then we got into May, my resolve always crumbled — by then we all needed a break.
The research… »
Homeschooling Hinders Assimilation?
While browsing the internet the other day, I ran across this letter to the editor in the Tennessean that really ruffled my feathers:
“Home schooling in America has doubled in the past decade. What’s wrong with this picture? Students attending public schools, by necessity, associate with others who are different from themselves. This enables children to… »
A World View of the Family Meal
We just finished reading a fascinating book called What the World Eats. This book is a photo essay with photographs taken by Peter Menzel. He also wrote a book back in the 90’s called Material World: A Global Family Portrait which is also worth your time, but I’ll get to that in a minute.
What the… »
School’s Out!
We officially ended our school year on Friday. Then we counted…108 days until we officially start again on September 8th. We try to take Memorial Day weekend until Labor Day weekend as our Summer break. You’ll notice I said “officially.” That’s because we never stop learning. We are “officially” finished with this year so the… »
