Posts Tagged ‘ short-term homeschooling ’

Homeschooling is Changing

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Laura Brodie, Ph.D., author of Love in a Time of Homeschooling, writes a parenting column for Psychology Today with the same title, and subtitled ‘Insights from my uncommon year educating my daughter at home.’ In her March 17 post, ‘Short-term Homeschooling: Why Bother?’ she gives a fairly balanced overview of the now 30+ year...
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Kiddie Sabbaticals?

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Jay Matthews writes in the Washington Post: “When it gets too bad, a family may pull a child out of school to let everyone calm down and see whether another approach can be found. The pause in schooling doesn’t usually last long. The student reads on his or her own for a while —...
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Short-term Homeschooling: Why Bother?

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Psychology Today blogger, Laura Brodie, decided to give her daughter a break from the school routine: Many lifelong homeschoolers will wince at the thought of short-term ventures. For them, homeschooling is a way of life, not a year off. The potential benefits of home education (strong family ties, increased academic achievement) develop gradually over...
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Short-term homeschooling

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The front-page of the website for the magazine Brain, Child features an article on short-term homeschooling. (hat tip to Henry Cate at Why Homeschool) The article is easy on the eyes, perhaps because the magazine focuses on a literary approach. I like the observations made by someone who is outside mainstream homeschooling, but who...
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    Student loan consolidation is a major problem in our society today.  Several years ago one of our writers wrote a good article about teaching your kids how to manage their money and make a budget.  Please take a look at this great family oriented article about smart money management. http://homeedmag.com/home-education-magazine/stop-student-loan-consolidatio […]

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