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Why Drama is Important in Homeschooling

As I mentioned in the last homeschool blog post, Carnival of Educators -Drama Club Edition, I am in the middle of tech week for my kids Drama Club which is an extention of their once a week homeschool program. As a quick refresher, my kids attend Artios Academies which is a once a week homeschool program where kids learn about a different time period each year through the arts. (This post explains the program in more detail. You may notice there was a name change for the “school” my kids attend.) They study visual art, music, drama, dance, etc, of … Continue reading →

Dealing With Homeschool Inconsistencies

In a past article on the Cons of Homeschooling, I responded to stereotypes that people see as cons of homeschooling and also mentioned some of my own ideas about possible cons of homeschooling. I mentioned problems such as parental capability, responsibility, financial, life circumstance issues, and the attitudes of others. There is another major con that I would also like to mention. It is lack of consistency. I am not saying that homeschoolers are by nature inconsistent with their children. What I am saying is that each homeschooler is so focused on their own children, that we can be inconsistent … Continue reading →

Homeschool Resource Review: Learning A-Z (FREE TRIAL)

Learning A-Z is a group of websites designed with the purpose of supplying developmentally appropriate books to school children. Learning page, a site that provides free printable was soon followed by Reading A-Z a reading subscription website. In addition to Reading A-Z, the site of series of sites have evolved into what is now Learning A-Z which includes the sites Raz-Kids.com, Vocabulary A-Z.com, Reading-Tutors.com, writing a-z.com and science a-z.com. In honor of teacher Appreciation week, Learning A-Z is providing the opportunity for prospective users to try a different site each day. This promotion, which is running one week and one … Continue reading →

Good News for College Bound Homeschoolers

This year has been tougher than every for high school students competing to get into college. Students have to apply to numerous colleges and hope that one of their favorites sends an acceptance letter or at least puts them on the waiting list. According to saycampuslife.com, college rejections are at an all time high this year. Reasons for increased rejections by schools include that the fact that online application processes have made applying easier, and that colleges seek a greater demographic pool of students from which to choose. Harvard, for example, rejected 93 out of 100 applicants and Yale rejected … Continue reading →

Getting a Late Start on Homeschooling

A great many homeschoolers these days began their education in traditional (public or private) schools and then moved to homeschooling out of frustration from school issues. In the early elementary years, new homeschooling parents seem to jump right in without much trepidation. As students approach high school however, prospective homeschooling parents tend to feel it is too late to homeschool their children. The truth is, it is never too late to homeschool your kids. Even high school dropouts through homeschooling. While many homeschoolers turn to public and private schools for the high school years, those homeschoolers who go all the … Continue reading →

Knowing You have Found the Right Curriculum part 2

In part 1 of Knowing You have Found the Right Curriculum, I talked about our personal journey in choosing our first curriculum and then transitioning over to a new curriculum as the kids got older. Our first curriculum was an online program, and our second curriculum is through a local homeschool program called Masters Academy of fine arts. When it was obvious that our kids needed a change, we started taking them to the History and Fine Arts program that was available one day a week. As their academic needs grew, we also put them in the programs academic program. … Continue reading →

Knowing You have Found the Right Curriculum part 1

Choosing homeschool curriculum is hard. It is heart wrenching. It is agonizing. It is confusing due to the hundreds of choices available. If fills even the most secure homeschooling parents with feelings of dread and fear of making mistakes. Eventually, however, you will make the curriculum decision and KNOW for a fact that you have made the right decision. For some families it happens faster than others. For some families, they still find themselves adjusting after a few years when for many years they knew they had chosen what was right at the time. But whether you find your right … Continue reading →

Homeschool Week in Review March 17-22

Monday 17 Mar 2008 New Hampshire Homeschoolers and SB 337 by Andrea Hermitt In a month busy with unwanted and unwarranted homeschool legislation, New Hampshire finds itself in the fray. SB 337 was voted into law on Thursday 13, 2007. Has the California Verdict Affected Your View on Homeschooling? by Andrea Hermitt I cannot say I have ever seen as much conversation about homeschooling as I have this past month. It started, of course, with the California verdict declaring homeschooling without credentials illegal. This ruling has been followed with a literal flood of articles, opinion, and comments. Homeschoolers Competing in … Continue reading →

You Call That Homeschooling? Part Two

About six months ago, Valorie wrote a blog called You Call That Homeschooling. It’s excellent. Go read it. Well some messages from the last couple of days have me in a place where I am defending my mode of homeschooling. While it is a bit odd to turn someone else’s post into a series, this discussion was only fitting to put under the same category. If you read my post from this morning, Homeschool Resource Review: The Masters Academy of Fine Arts, then you know that someone has challenged the way I homeschool my kids as not really counting as … Continue reading →

Homeschool Resource Review: The Masters Academy of Fine Arts

I hate to gush and gush about the main resource I use to teach my kids because I figure people are thinking “ok, enough already, we get it”. But I received a private email today that accused me of not practicing what I preach as they were under the impression that the Masters program very similar to public school, and even possibly funded by public school, so I want to set the record straight. What is Masters Academy of Fine Arts? The Master’s Academy of Fine Arts is a fine arts school for homeschooled children ages 5-18. They meet once … Continue reading →