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Mouse in the House: ABCMouse

Looking for resources for your kindergarten and pre-K home learners? There are so many web-based services to choose from. ABC Mouse is an educational web site with a vast scope, and we checked it out over this Thanksgiving weekend. ABC Mouse has a huge number of activities. There are activities for toddlers to kindergarten children. Most activities are under five minutes long. There are reading and math activities and there are also areas that focus on science, social studies, and art. For under $8 a month, your child gets access to hundreds of web-based lessons, games, puzzles and printable worksheets. … Continue reading →

The Most Talked About Homeschooling Blogs in 2007

This is my annual list of the most talked about blogs in 2007. We love comments, and the more the better! If you have been wanting to peruse the homeschooling blog but weren’t sure where to start. . .this is the place to be! My Top 5 Math Curriculum Picks In Defense of Teaching Creation Too Much Information Homeschooling or Housekeeping? Why We Are Not Testing Our Gifted Son Reason #2 Why Tax Credits Are Wrong for Homeschoolers You Call That Homeschooling? The National Lunch Association Takes Aim at Those Who Dare to Eat at Home It Has Been a … Continue reading →

Setting Up a Space for Homeschooling

I have a friend that swears that everyone needs to have a homeschooling classroom. She has one and her kids do all of their school work in their basement in the homeschooling classroom. We do not have a home schooling classroom so obviously I don’t think it’s a necessity. Or at least it’s not as important to me as everyone having a place to sleep! Last week I wrote an article about the Smiths. . .friends of mine who set up their house so they’d have a couple of rooms for school. Someone asked for photos and I’m sad to … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Week in Review January 22- January 28, 2007

It has been a busy house here are the homeschool blog at families.com. Here is what we have been up to: Monday January 22, 2007 We started the week talking about homeschooling for others and hiring homeschoolers with I Want to Homeschool Your Child, I Want You to Homeschool My Child, and Homeschool Tutors must Manage Expectations, by yours truly (Andrea Hermitt). Karen Edmisten wrote Read-alouds: The best and biggest benefit, which speaks to the benefits of reading aloud to children. This article was part of a series on read-alouds started the previous week. Learning with Food Network by Karen … Continue reading →

Sick Days… What Sick Days?

We slept in a bit this morning, so I have fully recovered from yesterday’s funk, which by the way; ended once I soaked up enough light from my full spectrum lamp. The Project Night performances were awesome. Some funny were, some were entertaining, some were serious, and were some educational. It was amazing to see how each child internalized what they learned so far this year, and presented such a large array of different and complicated projects. The kids studied the modern time period, so projects included everything from an oldies black and white film to the Star Wars Theme … Continue reading →

When the World is Your Classroom, It Can Wear You Out

Right now, I am sitting with my true Spectrum light pointing at me trying to gather enough energy to get through the rest of the day. When the world is your classroom, sometimes it is quite exhausting, and right now, I am dog-tired. I have spent the morning so far getting all the laundry processed so that the cleaning lady could do her thing (I know, waaa, waaaa, waaaa). I know I am blessed, but that does not make me any less tired. I also had to be available to answer curriculum questions from my kids. Next, I have to … Continue reading →

Fulfilling Homeschool Requirements through Hobbies

Today, guest homeschool blogger Julie Gentry wrote about homeschooling and scouting. She described how scouting fulfills many academic requirements. Not only can your child fulfill homeschool requirements through scouting, but also through just about any hobby. My daughter, for instance, competes in pageants and is on a step team. (Step is the dance competitions in which African American fraternities and sororities participate.) Pageant activities eliminate any question of socialization. It also forces her to develop her musical talents. She is learning how to write and recite speeches as well. (Language Arts). While all of these are not standard core curriculum, … Continue reading →

My Introduction

I thought it would be appropriate to start my very first blog here at families.com with an introduction. I am Traci and I have been an “official” work-at-home mom since 2003. Prior to my various work-at-home “gigs”, I was a youth counselor, victim’s advocate and child abuse investigator. I am a self-proclaimed expert in the work-at-home world for a few reasons. First, I am fairly certain that I’ve tried just about everything under the sun to make a living from home (all legal and ethical, of course). Second, because I have have a severe aversion to pantyhose and the stereotypical … Continue reading →

Protect your Special Needs Child from Bullying

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Once upon a time, there was a bully. He was rough. He was tough. He was mean. He was obscene. He was large, and in charge. He thought he was cool, and he ruled the school. Although this is the image that comes to mind when we think of “bullies,” in reality, bullying takes many forms. In most cases, bullies look like any ordinary student at your child’s school. And they often strike in groups, where several kids encourage and feed off each other. A bully doesn’t wear a sign on his chest. And many of them (rather vicious at … Continue reading →