The
best thing about homeschooling - it's TIME
Time to laugh together. Time to play games together.
Time to just sit with a child and be quiet together. Time to
call your own.
By Marty Layne.
Empowered
by Homeschooling
I was prepared to sacrifice my own career and become a stay at
home mom. We started working right away toward my resignation
from my job. I was a little nervous about coming home. I feared
people would no longer respect me. By Jennifer Miller, HEM J/F
03.
Homeschooling:
A Valid Option
New Zealand mom of preschoolers, Jackie van Oostrom, decided
that unschooling was the best educational option for her children.
Here's what convinced her.
Homeschooling
Moms Find Their Own Paths
Do homeschool moms become obsolete when their kids grow up? Marjorie
Rolleston shows us they absolutely don't! HEM J/F 05.
Homeschooling
Re-Affirmation
Faced with a friend whose child excels in every schoolish activity,
Susanna talks about sticking with her feelings that homeschooling
is right for her son. By Susanna Wesley, Home Education Magazine,
July-Aug 98.
How
can you stand having your kids around you all day and not be
out there seeking your own fulfillment?
Teaching the children at home has enabled us to become good friends
with our children. We talk about things, and we as parents are
the first port of call in difficulties rather than their peer
group. by Carol Munroe of Auckland.
I
Can Read This, so I Thank My Mother
Research may be revealing even more chilling damage perpetrated
by institutionalized education than just a ridiculous focus on
grades. By Linda Dobson, HEM M/J 07
I,
too, Cry in the Night
I remember the first time of many times I cried, certain that
I was ruining my son's life with my oddball ideas and non-traditional
approach. I think Thumper was 2 years old at the time. By Gail
Nagasako. (Thumper made the Olympic rollerblading team in 2004.)
The
Love of Reading
Where reading is welcome, a nurturing quality settles over the
homeschooling house. For housewives, especially those with large
families, it is sometimes the only means of solitude and relaxation.
By Cay Gibson, HEM N/D01.
Maggie's
Homeschool Page
I was one of those parents, fascinated by how much children can
teach themselves, yet at the same time, encouraging them to learn
the basics so they would pass the yearly evaluation which would
enable them to continue homeschooling. Lots of nice photos.
Most
Likely to Succeed
When the class valedictorian goes off to college and grad school
and then decides to stay at home and teach her kids, does that
qualify as success? By Amy Hollingsworth, HEM J/A 2000.
Questions
& Answers
Personal Time: How I can be a full-time parent without
being stifled!
Living in a Fantasy World: My husband wants my first-grader
to grow up and get out of the fantasy roles she enjoys.
Homeschoolers have great advice for a mom who is afraid homeschooling
her child will stifle her, and for a parent whose child virtually
"lives" in the storylands of books. By Laura Weldon
- HEM S/O 05
Reasons
To Homeschool
When we started homeschooling, I felt as though I had tucked
a child under each arm and jumped off a cliff. Imagine my surprise
to discover we have wings. By Maura Seger
Reflections
of a Homeschooled Homeschooler
Rebecca Bangs Amos was homeschooled herself and is now homeschooling
her children in rural Vermont.
Revelations
of a Homeschooling Mom
Thirteen years ago when my kids first talked me into trying this
homeschooling thing, I was like everyone else who thinks about
trying it- scared. by Carol Wanagel, HEM J-F 95.
The
"Right" Way to Homeschool
Before I pulled my eight and ten year old children out of the
school system, I had become friends with a neighbor who was already
homeschooling. I asked her if I could come over one day, to "watch"
so I could "see" how they homeschooled. By Leslie
Murgatroyd.
"So,
What Do You Do?"
My mind raced. Just what is it that I do? I could feel my smugly
employed-for-money husband chuckle to himself. It was one of
those "this is going to be fun to watch" chuckles.
Lisa Bugg, HEM J/F 2001.
Taking
Care of the Caregiver
One of the things that I learned through my early years of homeschooling
and being a full time mom was that I had to take care of MOM
first. By Amanda Bennett.
That
Crazy Mother
What is it about becoming a parent that turns a reasonably polite,
discreet woman into a guerrilla warrior for her child? By Peggy
O'Mara, Publisher/Editor, Mothering Magazine.
Top 5 Reasons to Homeschool
Throughout our 16 years of homeschooling I've periodically added reasons to my list, such as avoiding bomb threats or outbreaks of lice. by Kristin Podemski, HEM J/A 2008.
Unexpected
Benefits of Homeschooling
Heather Madrone explains how all the unexpected benefits began
to seem more important to her than the original reasons for homeschooling.
What
do you find most surprising about home education?
Cafi Cohen enumerates: 1) There are many ways to succeed; 2)
Home education is extremely flexible; and 3) Homeschooling radically
changed our lifestyle.
What
My Children Taught Me
I learned the value of learning, and I think it's a lesson my
kids will need to learn for themselves. Like so many things in
life, it's not something you can just tell someone else and expect
it to have any meaning , it really needs to be experienced, to
have a context all its own. by Helen Hegener, HEM J/F 04.
Why
Are You Homeschooling?
A friend and fellow homeschooler asked recently what my answer
was when people inquired why I homeschool. By Blythe Pelham.
Why
Homeschooling isn't Just for Kids
Since I started homeschooling, I have learned much that I didn't
cover in my formal education. Engela E.
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