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This site presents homeschooling information, support, encouragement, resources, reviews, newsletters, networking forums, discussion lists, and over 12 years of archives for Home Education Magazine. Explore homeedmag.com with the navibar at the top of each page, or check out the current issue below:
HEM November-December 2008
Features Interviews - by Mary Nix
Interview with the Five Browns
Keith and Lisa Brown's five children were the first family of five siblings ever accepted simultaneously to Julliard - they also happen to have been homeschooled.
Articles Learning Through Card Playing - by Carol J. Alexander
Carol Alexander describes how her family uses card playing as part of homeschooling, with the kids learning real academic skills while having fun playing games.
Self-Inspired Learning - by Karen Vogel
Karen Vogel tells how her kids find exotic interests to stimulate their learning despite living an unremarkable suburban lifestyle.
The Other Writing Process - by Karen Hollis
Karen Hollis explains how her daughter copes with the writing challenges of dysgraphia by focusing on the sensory processes of writing, including the physical form and materials of writing, contrary to current educational trends which emphasize content, drafting, and revision.
Coming Home - by Jennifer L.W. Fink
Jennifer L.W. Fink provides readers with a look at her son's last days of school and first days of homeschooling as she reveals the decision-making process facing those who are considering home education.
Columns Learning 101 - by Tamra Orr
Unchained Memories
Lessons in tolerance, patience, respect, and humor are as close to children as their parents' marriage.
Taking Charge - by Larry & Susan Kaseman
Keep Homeschooling Nonpartisan
This column discusses why we should keep homeschooling nonpartisan, how to gain support of both Democrats and Republicans, and what we can do to keep homeschooling nonpartisan.
Book Reviews - by Jeanne Faulconer
By Heart: A Mother's Story of Children and Learning at Home
Jeanne reviews Kathleen Melin's By Heart: A Mother's Story of Children and Learning at Home
Good Stuff - by Becky Rupp
Board Games
Whether commercially available or kid-inspired, based on literature or logic, board games offer active, fun learning.
My Word! - by David H. Albert
Olympic Epigenetics
Epigenetic research, still in its infancy, suggests it is nurture that may actually enhance genetic potential and its expression.
Hands-On Learning - by Kathy Ceceri
Economics and Recycled Crafts
Kathy Ceceri shares ideas about how your kids can learn how to make good choices ... AND how to get creative when money is tight.
The Homeschool Kitchen - by Christine Gable
Cookies
Christine Gable writes, "No matter which way you celebrate this season, I thought it fitting to share some of our tastiest family traditions. Enjoy!"
Road Less Traveled - by Linda Dobson
A Gift at the Fork in the Road
Linda shares her own family's experinece when her kids brought her face-to-face with the 'continue to homeschool' vs. 'take the school path' question.
Questions & Answers - by Laura Weldon
Laura shares readers answers to questions about Dealing with a Disability and Coping With the Economy.
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News & Commentary
Enrollment Data on Homeschoolers
Some states gather data on homeschoolers, some do not. I live in a state that does not, so I?ve been curious about the numbers that some in the media and elsewhere throw out occasionally about homeschooling?s continued explosive growth.
Homeschool Family?s Ordeal - Lorain County, Ohio
According to the suit, the search interrupted eight small children in the middle of a home-schooling lesson.
The Stowers have eight children with the oldest serving in Iraq and the rest living at home, the suit says. A daughter-in-law and three grandchildren also live there.
HEM Editor's Blog
Twelve Years of Great Reading!
There are twelve years of archived articles and columns from Home Education Magazine right here at the HEM website, free for the reading and right at your fingertips!
HEM Takes a Closer Look
Older Kids - Less is More
Many homeschool families are familiar with Cafi Cohen's books on homeschooling. Not only is Cafi the author of several homeschool books, she was also a columnist for Home Education Magazine for a few years and many of her excellent articles can be accessed online.
Guide to Homeschooling Resources
Earth Talk
From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: With all the talk of rising seas, what could happen to the rivers that flow into the oceans? Will they reverse flow? Will rising seas back up into fresh water lakes? And what happens to our groundwater should saltwater flow backwards into it? – Sandy Smith, [...]
HEM Site Notes
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