Homeschoolers and Poetry

Homeschoolers, teachers, and poetry lovers will appreciate Susan Thomsen’s Poetry Foundation article, “Home Appreciation,” about how homeschoolers are using poetry in their studies. The article includes recommended titles as well as suggestions for how to develop and nurture children’s interest in poetry. It also includes a few quotes from yours truly.

Unshelved Starts Homeschooling

Unshelved (an online comic I bet a lot of you are already reading) is running an arc on homeschooling. Cool.

Interview with Carol Barnier

I first became aware of homeschooling mother, author, and speaker Carol Barnier when I attended a presentation she gave on a game she developed to teach children how to read at the 2006 LEAH Convention at the NYS Fairgrounds in Syracuse. I was struck by her commonsense, easygoing, and humorous approach to speaking and educating [...]

Interview with Valerie Moon, Part 3

Adrienne: You said that you used a boxed curriculum when you first started homeschooling and that things evolved from there.
Valerie: Yes. I liked the idea of unschooling, but it seemed too radical for me. I looked at the materials available at the time, and went with a mainstream provider.
Adrienne: What grades were your children in [...]

Interview with Valerie Moon, Part 2

Adrienne: Wow — an interesting story that prompts a few questions. Were your children in a DoDEA school?
Valerie: Yes.
Adrienne: What kind of legal requirements were there when you pulled the kids out of school?
Valerie: None. DoDEA has no “jurisdiction over all military kids.” The schools are a benefit, not a requirement.
Adrienne: My understanding is that [...]

Interview with Valerie Moon, Part 1

I first became aware of homeschooling mother Valerie Moon via her excellent website, The Military Homeschooler. Homeschooling families in which a parent is an active member of the military face particular challenges as they deal with homeschooling laws in different states and even different countries as the family moves from station to station. Even though [...]

Selected Electronic Discussion Lists for Families Homeschooling Children with Special Needs

HomeschoolingExtraordinaryKids: Thinking Outside the Box
This electronic discussion list focuses on homeschooling children who have learning disabilities or giftedness or some combination of the two. It encourages the sharing of resources and ideas for creating specialized learning programs and materials for unique children.
Homeschooling Special Needs Kidz
This active electronic discussion list is for parents homeschooling children who [...]

Leave It to the Unitarian Universalists….

Today I’ve been exploring Unitarian Universalist Homeschooling and found HUUmans on the Web, a site for UU homeschoolers and “kindred spirits.” Nestled in its wealth of useful information, they have a handy (and unique) listing of fully inclusive homeschooling groups (sometimes a challenge to find!). The site isn’t 100% up to date, but, still, some [...]

Carnival of Homeschooling

One great way to start learning more about the big, diverse world of homeschooling is to read homeschoolers’ blogs. There are thousands of homeschoolers out there giving us a little window into what they and their families are learning and doing day-by-day. If you’re new to the homeschooling blogosphere, you might want to try following the Carnival [...]

Homeschool Library Connection

HomeschoolLibraryConnection is a Yahoo Group that gives members suggestions of books they might want to consider asking their local libraries to purchase and also gives some excellent advice about how to best go about getting a library to actually purchase a book.
This is interesting on a number of levels. Reading the list of advice (”Don’t [...]