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Homeschool Blog Focus: Brighton Park

  Brighton Park is a 2012 Circle of Moms Top 25 Homeschool blog, a Siemens Top 50 Farm Blog, and was recently featured in the Jan/Dec 2013 issue of Hobby Farm Home Magazine. Meet Katie Katie is the face behind Brighton Park.   Katie is a pediatric speech language pathologist.  Her homeschool curriculum is a hybrid of Catholic/Waldorf, or as her kids call it “Crafty Catholic”. She is a mom of five beautiful children, including twins with special needs. In addition, she is a yoga teacher, crafter, gardener, decorator, and backyard chicken keeper.  She loves inspired homeschooling and artful homemaking. You … Continue reading →

Shaping a Hybrid Homelearning Experience

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I’d like to introduce myself – here is a virtual handshake for you! I’m the mom of our lovely just-turned-five-year-old, and we’re embarking on our educational journey. Yes, I realize that learning starts from birth, and that’s one of the reasons that I want to continue the life that we’ve led so far. I love spending time with my daughter and she is somewhat of an introvert. Home and family are our safe and happy places. While we live next door to a school and may yet attend it in the future, we’re one of those new families who is … Continue reading →

Homeschooling to save money

It seems that interest in homeschooling is growing as families with children in private schools began to make budget wise decisions. For parents who chose private over public schools for academic, religious, and safety reasons, lack of money is not enough reasons to re-enroll children into public school. It seems that homeschooling may be the only option. Of course there is the problem that many of these parents see themselves as teachers, or ever planned on teaching their kids themselves. Fortunately there are many hybrid homescchool programs that will partner with parents that can help them homeschool their kids with … Continue reading →

A Warning for Hybrid Homeschoolers

Some time ago, I explained that the best label for our family in the homeschooling realm is hybrid homeschooling. Hybrid homeschoolers work in the middle ground between school and home. While the majority of us do not utilize public school resources, we do find other resources to help homeschool our kids. There will be co-op classes, tutors, and even programs that mimic school very closely, though it will very likely be for less than 5 days a week. I have noticed a large influx of hybrid homeschool programs in my area. The latest has fully loaded days, just like in … Continue reading →

Reports of Homeschooling are Greatly Exaggerated

Las Vegas Eyewitness News reported that more students are hitting the books online. They called it homeschooling. To be more specific, the report said, “Until recently, parents choosing to home school their children felt isolated — alone not only in their belief that it would be a better choice for their family, but also because there were precious few resources to help them. But that’s not the case anymore” And “Fifth grader Pierce and third grader Sierra are enrolled at the Nevada Connections Academy. NCA is an online public charter school accredited by the Nevada Department of Education. …”We have … Continue reading →

Meet a Families.com Blogger – Andrea Hermitt!

I’m a homeschooler, and I bop over to the homeschooling blog quite a bit. I find the encouragement I need to keep going from the fun and informative blogs there, and Andrea Hermitt is largely responsible for that wealth of knowledge. Andrea, thanks for taking the time to join me today! How long have you blogged for Families.com? I first began blogging for Families.com in December of 2006. In July 2007, I left to pursue other opportunities, but I could not keep my distance. I returned to Families.com about a week ago. I’m not surprised you couldn’t stay away – … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Week in Review July 22-28, 2007

Last week on the homeschooling blog we talked primarily about teaching language, or the lack of teaching language. I also completed the distance learning glossary. Here is the homeschooling blog week in review for July 22-28, 2007. 22 Jul 2007 Homeschooling Week in Review July 16 – July 21, 2007 by Andrea Hermitt Last week’s families.com homeschooling blog was fueled by news items such as year round homeschooling and conversations about when to start language instruction. I also added to my distance learning program glossary 23 Jul 2007 False Supporters by Andrea Hermitt In a paranoid but justified moment, I … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Week in Review July 16 – July 21, 2007

This weeks families.com homeschooling blog was fueled by news items such as year round homeschooling and conversations about when to start language instruction. I also added to my distance learning program glossary. Here is the homeschooling week in review for July 16-July 21. 16 Jul 2007 Homeschooling Week in Review July 9 – July 14, 2007 by Andrea Hermitt I started the week with a review of the previous week, which was busy on a personal level, but also informational and included lists of distance learning programs as well as news and opinion pieces. The Statement of Faith by Andrea … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Week in Review July 9 – July 14, 2007

This was a busy week, in my personal life anyway. However, in spite of a big, big, family wedding, I still managed to provide nine blog posts for you. Subjects ranged from my continued listing of distance learning programs homeschoolers could use to problems homeschoolers might encounter like teaching subjects kids do not want to learn and divorce. Here is the families.com homeschooling week in review for July 9, July 14. 09 Jul 2007 Homeschooling Week in Review July 1 – July 8, 2007 by Andrea Hermitt This list of last week’s blogs begins with a review of the previous … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Week in Review July 1 – July 8, 2007

I hoped to write a lot more in the families.com homeschooling blog last week, but the week was overwhelming. Home schooled kids sure can keep you busy. Nevertheless, I managed to squeeze out a bit of information that I hope you will find useful. Here is the Homeschooling blog week in review from July 1- July 8, 2007. 02 Jul 2007 Homeschooling Week in Review June 25, 2007 – June 30, 2007 by Andrea Hermitt I discussed the blogs of the previous week of which the main topic of conversation was homeschool “schools” and the emergence of Hybrid Homeschooling. That … Continue reading →