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Too Many Books, Too Many Activities
A wise woman (my friend Robin) once said, ''We are training our children in busyness.'' This time of year, as we begin to plan what we will do in the fall and as we buy homeschooling materials, it would benefit our children and ourselves if we took some time to pray and seriously consider what we are doing. Perhaps some of you who stumble upon this don't need to hear this admonition, but I do.
It is easy for me to become greedy about providing materials and experiences for my children. After all, they are good things I want for them. But do they really need to experience all of them before they are eighteen? Am I leaving them time to ruminate, contemplate, and process what they are taking in? Do they have time to dream? To initiate home-bound activities for themselves? To create? To observe the world outside their back door?
Do I? | | evy |
Homeschool helps
Parade Magazine Asks: Is Homeschooling Illegal?
Parade Magazine (which appears in our Sunday paper, but I think it is a national publication) is asking people to share their thoughts about the following questions:
--Should homeschooling be illegal?
--Should only certified teachers be allowed to teach students?
--If a judge ruled that homeschooling was illegal in your town, how would it affect your school?
If you want to ''share your thoughts,'' please email them at
paradeclassroom.com and tell them what you think about homeschooling. | | home4school |
Marriage & parenting
Teaching Our Children How to Choose a Mate
Talk to your children when they are very young about what to look for in a mate. Teach them to not get involved emotionally until they examine the family up close. How does the husband/wife in the family treat his/her spouse? What are their beliefs? How does my potential mate treat his/her parents and siblings?
This will give an idea of what your child is getting themselves into. Also, it is so important to not get hearts intertwined too quickly until all has been resolved and the relationship is heading definitely in the direction of marriage. | | raeroh |
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Another Use for Homeschool Catalogs/Magazines
Rather than recycling your old homeschool textbook catalogs or magazines, condsider giving them to homeschool friends, leaving them on the back table at church, or giving them to people interested in homeschooling. I also leave them at doctor's offices, the laundry mat, and the library (though items over three years old are probably worn out or outdated). I also keep the catalogs and magazines I need for my own reference and use in a clear plastic bin. When it starts getting overfilled I know I need to give some away. | | switchfoot52 |
Foreign language
Rosetta Caution
Everyone who is thinking of purchasing Rosetta Stone should be aware that the new version #3 is coming out in April 2008.
There are ''Homeworks Coonsultants'' who are trying to sell the non-homeschool (saying it is the homeschool set) older version for only $10.00 less than the Rosetta Stone website sells it for. I thought everyone should be aware of this because I find it a bit unkind of someone to take advantage of families like this. | | fallingforcavs |
Homeschool helps
A Full Life
The question is not, how much does a youth know when he has finished his education, but how much does he care? And about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? And, therefore how full is the life he has before him?
Charlotte Mason-School Education, p170 | | evy |
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