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Deschooling

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Deschooling

Deschooling is the word that describes the transition from school to a life of educating ourselves. It is usually the parents who need a helping hand in trusting their own children. That is because we have all been told that children need to be forced to learn, that school is the only place it...
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Learning to write

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A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought, and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used. -Oliver Wendell Holmes Many new homeschool parents often ask when their child  will learn to write?   Just...
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Games

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Many homeschool parents know that games are not only fun, but that they are also a great learning tool. We played games almost daily when my children were young. They loved playing Husker Du?, Chutes and Ladders, hide and seek, marbles or games that they had invented themselves. When we purchased our first computer,...
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Closer Look: Learning Methods and Styles

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“Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul.” – Plato When I first became a mother, I started reading child development books to help me better understand this new little person who had entered my world. Similarly, when we...
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Homeschooling Older Kids

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“Go light on the teacher aspect of home education. Don’t be the nightmare homeschooling parent, the one who insists on researching the country of origin of every piece of produce in the grocery store. Yes, it can make you – the parent – feel good to point out the educational aspects of everyday life....
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  • The Nov – Dec 2012 Check out excerpts
    Keeping the Parent-Teen Connection Strong Through Unschooling by Laurie A. Couture The natural state of adolescence is to be joyful, playful, social and connected to parents and community. Read to Me  by Jennifer Walker The kids are still. They are silent. They are listening. They are beyond listening; Co-Parenting and Co-Schooling: by Michelle Barone Homesc […]

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  • North Carolina School Hopes to Draw in Homeschoolers
    North Carolina School Hopes to Draw in HomeschoolersThe Statesville Record & Landmark reports –  I-SS hopes to draw home-school students to district’s first virtual high school by Preston Spencer. Interesting win-win argument from the Board of Education member. The idea received unanimous backing from school board members for a trial run next year. Blatt […]

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  • Hands On Science Kits
    Hands On Science KitsTumblehome Learning, helps kids imagine themselves as young scientists or engineers and encourages them to experience science through adventure and self-guided discovery. Exciting mystery Adventure Fun experiments Hands On Science Kits All carefully designed to engage students. Learn more about how to engage and satisfy your kids scienti […]

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  • Unschooling, what is it?
    Unschooling, what is it?Unschooling, Un schooling what is it? Defining unschooling is a little like describing a color, and every bit as elusive. You can rely on commonly-held descriptions; for example, we generally all agree what blue looks like, but what about cobalt, aqua, navy, cyan, sapphire, azure, indigo, cerulean, turquoise or cornflower? It’s the sa […]

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