Handling Homeschool Legal Challenges
Above all . . . Be calm. Be polite. Be respectful. And Know Your Rights.
Brought to you by the attorneys at Homeschool Legal Advantage, a ministry of the Christian Law Association
In the early days of homeschooling parents feared the “knock at the door” from truant officers or [...]
By Jessie Wise and Dr. Susan Wise Bauer
Suggestions, Recommendations, and a Useful (We Hope) Chart
Although we discuss briefly in The Well-Trained Mind how to follow the program we recommend with several children of different ages and abilities, we still receive a great deal of mail asking how to do classical education with multiple [...]
By Dr. Susan Wise Bauer
A month after we sent our proposal for The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education to our publisher, W. W. Norton, our agent called us with good news. “They really like the idea,” he said. “But they need you to come up to New York so that they can [...]
Continue Reading →By Christine M. Field
It’s time to stop teaching subjects. It’s time to begin teaching children.
- Joyce Herzog, author
One of my best homeschooling investments has been a mini-trampoline.
I purchased this fantastic learning product at Wal-Mart for twenty dollars. We use it for “bounce teaching.”
Kids get bouncy at some point [...]
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1. First Principle: Know Why You’re Homeschooling . . . This Year!
When I go to the grocery store without a shopping list I often buy too much, or I forget to buy the items we really need . . . or both! But when I’ve got my list (usually [...]
Continue Reading →By Virginia Vagt
Questions we ask our kids tend to include these words: “Have you finished . . . (your math, your chores, or something or other!)” But we also ask ourselves many questions. Here are 20 questions I often ask myself. If you have the answers please feel free to write in and tell [...]
Continue Reading →By Christine M. Field
Whether your style is free-flowing or highly planned, making a yearly scheduling decision will help you in many ways.
This decision is easier than it sounds. It’s a picture of the whole year – a picture of when, not what.
Having a yearly schedule is a “Mom-helper.” With a yearly schedule [...]
Continue Reading →By Christine M. Field
Remember when you were first married? Sure you do! Didn’t the two of you spend days together, totally focused on each other? Even if you had jobs or school classes, when you were together, the rest of the universe vanished.
The lovers described in Song of Solomon 2:15 capture this focus [...]
Continue Reading →Christine M. Field
All parents dream dreams for their children. Will my children earn early admission to Harvard? Will they become National Merit Scholars? Will one or more of them be gifted in music, or athletics? But we rarely ask ourselves, will my child learn to read?
Has your child been given a special needs [...]
Continue Reading →By Susan Lemons
*From Susan Lemons’ wonderful book and resource: Homepreschooling and Beyond: A Comprehensive Guide to Early Home Education.
What Young Children Learn Through Art
Art is more than “just for fun”, and more than an “extra” subject. It should be an important part of every preschooler’s life, and an important part of older [...]
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