... So, she is going. I don't think we will have moved to Norfolk by May, but we have to be there by July (by June really, but nobody is coming to see our...
... I rarely listen to the radio in the car, but yesterday I happened to, and they were advertising summer classes ("academics, arts and sports") at...
-=-The researchers show that the lead ant in the tandem pair could reach the food stash four times faster when not slowed by a follower. -=-But the follower...
Some library systems will order a book if a patron requests it. Makes sense to use patron requests to help inform their buy list. It couldn't hurt to ask...
... Thanks, Schuyler! That's a very nice offer. If current plans hold, I'll be there only in April, and Chloe will come home on her last day of term in July....
Hi folks! If you're planning to attend the Northeast Unschooling Conference in Peabody, MA (outside Boston) May 26-28, keep in mind that the Earlybird Deadline...
I'd like to thank those who have repeatedly recommended this book: "Parent-Teen Breakthrough: The Relationship Approach, by Mira Kirshenbaum, Charles Foster" ...
So, I guess it's very strange to have an eight year old that doesn't write, even his name! Usually my family has been very supportive of homeschooling. BUT I...
... I would wonder whether he -can't- or whether he simply has not yet seen a need to bother with it. There's a big jump from "doesn't" to "can't" that they...
... Can he copy it if you write it down? Holly didn't write for the longest time, and was 11 when she read, but she would copy words others would write down...
I think this that Sandra said is really important. <<<Can he enter his name with a videogame remote control or a keyboard? There are adults who can't. The...
... I, on the other hand, did make the NHS, but my father insisted that I go straight to the principal's office the day after we got the congratulations letter...
<<Nowhere in there, I think, did they talk about learning—about the ants being smart enough to learn, and needing to learn.>> I googled several articles...
... Probably teachers liked you because you're smart and honest. I was blackballed by a single teacher, I heard later, because I hung out with dope smokers....
... I had the exact same experience, except for IL State Scholar. I got called to the office one day and my first thoughts were, "Uh oh, what am I in trouble...
... I couldn't agree more!! There probably isn't a day that goes by that I don't appreciate unschooling (if not consciously then certainly on some level), but...
Thanks for the replys. He does have some writing issues. On his own he has copied words from books around the house fine. He wanted to learn how to write...
... Try to avoid thinking of things in terms like "3rd grade level." It will make a difference if you can undo those thoughts and phrases, even if it seems...
Since this comes up alot, I thought I'd throw this out there. About half an hour agoI headed outside to clean the van. The kids brought out scooters and bikes,...
... I think the language is stymied because it is jargon. Probably (not having read the articles, so entirely supposition on my part) the researchers are...
... But that "efficiency" argument, they seemed to forget, doesn't hold. She's not being paid by the load. She's not gathering her own personal food....
I have a book called "Right Brained Kids Living in a Left-Brained World", that states (talking about schooled kids), that their should never be a concern about...
No, I don't mind! Thanks! He vacuumed til he was tired of it, then the girls took turns til they tired of it, and I finished the rest of it. No takers on...
After reading John Taylor Gatto's Underground History of American Education, where Gatto talks about how child education became a thing of government and...
... His book and point of view are very industrial-NE-U.S. and there is a lot of the country for which his "facts" aren't true. That book frustrates me. Had...
Our school posted the list of who got into NHS on a bulletin board, after giving it a big build up for weeks in advance, so we all had to go stand around and...
... Kinda harsh, but at least the dramatic dragging out of the public tapping ceremony in the gym is avoided. Sheeeeesh... And it had never occurred to me...
http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/03/02/homeschool.growth.reut/ index.html?section=cnn_latest HEY! A kinda decent article on homeschooling, which mentions ...
