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2006 in Review: Homeschooling Blog at a Glance

As a new homeschooling blogger at Families.com, I wanted to know everything that has been discussed to date. In response to my own curiosity, and in an effort to make perusing our articles easier for you, our readers, I have compiled all of the blogs for the year 2006. Deciding to Homeschool Why homeschool Am I qualified for this? Reasons that Homeschooling Works! My Most Important Advice for Homeschoolers. The Cost of Homeschooling Instead of standing up for their own kids, why not stand up for all kids? Disclaimer: I am hardly an expert in education. Did You Know? ‘Empirical … Continue reading →

Proving it can be done in Australia

A comment made in response a recent homeschooling post really spurred my curiosity this morning. LEC23 said Many of the kids are taught by radio in Australia or go to boarding schools, but my friend decided to homeschool. I had to know more. Apparently, school at home is not an original American Idea. In places like Australia and even Alaska, when geography makes traditional classes impossible, creative and inventive ways to educate the masses has been found. In Australia, School of the Air is the solution to the distance problem. The first on air lesson was in 1950 and by … Continue reading →

Mental Toughness

It’s that time of year again when tennis takes over the television sets with the Australian Open. We’ve been watching bits and pieces of the tennis, according to what else we’re doing, who is playing and the time the match is on. Sometimes it’s been over lunch, other times at night, so long as it’s not starting at around midnight and finishing at 4.33 like the recent Hewitt/ Baghdatis match. Much as I would have liked to watch it, it was simply too late. Earlier in the evening we had been watching the Federer/Tipsarevic match. The thing that strikes me … Continue reading →

The Sunday Evening Review–December 17

We have been busy here in the homeschooling blog, and despite the upcoming holidays, we have been writing up a storm. Here’s this week’s Sunday Evening Review–in case you’ve missed something. Last week Andrea started what I hope will be a regular feature: the vocabulary word of the day. This week she shares four new words with us: syncretism, autodidact, extreme and mediocrity. Not sure how to use one of those in a sentence? Then you must check out the blog!! In Homeschoolers Control Their Children’s Environment, Andrea shares with us some things that we as parents can “control” such … Continue reading →