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INAUGURAL MICHIGAN HOMESCHOOL PROM "CRUISE"
Last Friday the Inaugural Michigan Homeschool Prom took place on the Elegant Detroit Princess Riverboat.Kazz is 16 years old, considered a Junior, but is about to graduate from college with an Associate of Business Degree; so the standard "Senior" pr...
FOX AWARDS LOCAL HOME SCHOOLED TEEN IN SCHOOL CONTEST
One of our local homeschooled teens won the "My School Is Cool" contest from our local Chevy Dealer and News Broadcast Station.Congratulations Nicole!!Click Here to see the news broadcast....
WHY HOMESCHOOLING WORKS
The knowledge our children gain from using Computers, watching television, movies and clips online is more than most of us gained in all of our years of K-12 public schooling.This is the new age. This video explains why homeschooling, with multi-med...
BRISAN TURNS 12 TODAY or THE TANUK DANCE!
Kazz found this fun song on Youtube a few months ago. I don't know if it's Turkish or Indian or what, but I do know it's fun and our kids love to dance to it.Today is Brisan's 12th Birthday so we took the day off school and decided to watch movies a...
HOME EDUCATION VS PUBLIC/PRIVATE EDUCATION
I've been asked repeatedly for some hard data regarding Homeschooling vs. Public/Private schooling. I have posted the findings below. I believe that it all comes down to one-on-one teaching versus mass teaching. Somehow, humans just learn better w...
OUR SON GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL LAST WEEK....WHO KNEW?!
Many people believe that homeschooling families stop homeschooling when their children reach High School age. They believe this because "Everyone knows" that if we don't enroll our children into an "accredited" school then they will not have high sc...
OUR GREAT WOLF LODGE WEEKEND
Whoever said blogging doesn't pay was mistaken. Whoever said that starting a homeschool group doesn't pay is mad!I and my family were given a FREE weekend vacation to The Traverse City Great Wolf Lodge this past weekend. We were asked to represent ...
THE DEFINITION OF HOMESCHOOLING
A friend told me recently that they are "homeschooling" after school. She told me they are doing something called "Afterschooling." I believed her to be very confused. Then, not 2 weeks later, I was told by another parent, that they "homeschool du...
