Recent Posts Tagged With 'homeschooling'

• STUDENT PICTURE ID CARD WITH PERKS

  Posted on Sunday April 12th, 2009 at 11:29 in homeschooling

  In the homeschooling community there has been a long standing issue in obtaining a valid picture Identification card. A student ID is quite useful in many circumstances, but in Michigan especially the issue of a picture ID has become an obstacle tha...

• RESTRUCTURING OUR HOMESCHOOL DAY

  Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 at 16:15 in homeschooling, family life

  Every now and then, in a homeschooling household, there comes a time when the current system has to be rearranged. As with most things in life, things change. Kids grow older, a parent's role in their educational life changes and the system of yes...

• SCARY HOMESCHOOLING QUOTES or ANOTHER REASON WHY WE HOMESCHOOL

  Posted on Wednesday April 1st, 2009 at 16:06 in education, homeschooling

  On average, home school students in grades 1–4 perform one grade level higher than their public and private school counterparts. The achievement gap begins to widen in grade 5; by 8th grade the average home school student performs four grade level...

• HOMESCHOOLING A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 11:28 in education, homeschooling

  I recently had the pleasure of finding Lori over at Special Connection Homeschool. She is a Christian mother who is home educating her daughter who has Down's Syndrome.Her blog highlights wonderfully imaginative lessons. They are direct, fun for th...

• WEB HOSTING CLASS IDEA: WEB 101

  Posted on Thursday August 28th, 2008 at 17:04 in homeschooling

  Here is a service that looks like it could be very useful. This site has articles about the best web hosting and services.This would be a great site to use for a Website Development 101 course in our homeschools. Teens especially could get some use ...

• VOTE: SHOULD PARENTS BE CERTIFIED TO TEACH AT HOME?

  Posted on Thursday August 28th, 2008 at 15:25 in homeschooling

  COSTCO has asked its members if parents should be certified to teach their OWN CHILDREN at home! (page 16)You Can Vote "NO" Now My Homeschooling Friends! I would hope that everyone would want to keep their rights as parents instead of handing over th...

• I WILL SURVIVE! THE HOMESCHOOL SONG!

  Posted on Monday August 25th, 2008 at 19:17 in homeschooling, family life

  I saw this video and knew it belonged on my blog! It's the best representation of our homeschooling adventure that I've seen yet! The park day included. Every Wednesday we are there hanging out with our friends and my fellow homeschooling parents...

• THE DEFINITION OF HOMESCHOOLING

  Posted on Friday August 15th, 2008 at 16:35 in Rant, homeschooling, homeschooling rocks, homeschool days

  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...