Interview with Kristin Madden, Part 5

Adrienne: Last questions for you: How did you come to write Pagan Homeschooling? I know you’ve written other books on Pagan topics, but have you done other professional writing on homeschooling?
Kristin: As I did my own research and developed a curriculum for my son, I needed to pull together so many different things. I realized [...]

Interview with Kristin Madden, Part 4

Adrienne: I have a close friend who became a Pagan many years ago now. Since I’ve become more aware of Paganism, I’m continually shocked at how much people misunderstand it and how much my friend has to worry about how people are going to react to her faith. Your Peace Kids group sounds like a [...]

Interview with Kristin Madden, Part 3

Adrienne: As you know, I contacted you after finding and reading your book Pagan Homeschooling. There is so much attention focused on conservative Protestant homeschoolers, but there are sizable groups of homeschoolers of any number of faiths – and there are probably more Pagan homeschoolers out there than many would guess. What kind of role [...]

Interview with Kristin Madden, Part 2

Adrienne: How would you describe your homeschooling philosophy/methods? Have they changed at all as you’ve gone along?
Kristin: My methods have not changed but my comfort level and trust in the process have increased quite a bit as I have seen the learning happen naturally and those Ah-Ha moments occur. 
I do a combination of school-at-home and [...]

Interview with Kristin Madden, Part 1

Paganism is a largely misunderstood religion in the United States. A lot of people are unaware of the Pagans in their own communities, partially because Pagans often choose to maintain a low profile to avoid confrontation. Thus, their numbers become underreported and they wind up underserved by institutions like public libraries. A lot of homeschoolers [...]

The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas by Linda Dobson

Dobson, Linda. The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas: 500+ Fun and Creative Learning Activities for Kids Ages 3-12. Roseville, CA: Prima Publishing, 2002.
In The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas: 500+ Fun and Creative Learning Activities for Kids Ages 3-12, Linda Dobson offers readers a compendium of ideas and activities she compiled from homeschoolers worldwide. Chapters [...]

The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook by Raymond and Dorothy Moore

Moore, Raymond, and Dorothy Moore. The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook: A Creative and Stress-Free Approach to Homeschooling. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1994.
Researchers and educators Raymond and Dorothy Moore played an important part in popularizing homeschooling in the 1970s and ‘80s, particularly among conservative Protestants. Their star has faded in the homeschooling world, but their contribution [...]

“When You Are in a Subculture of a Subculture, You Often Get Painted as the Freak Family”

Here’s an article on unschooling from The New York Times.
It’s a weird piece to come out of the Times, more like filler than actual news. Personally, I’ve never met an unschooled child who didn’t strike me as bright, curious, and interesting, and I hate to see such a superficial article from a major news outlet [...]

An Interview with Mary Griffith, Part 5

Adrienne: What can you tell me about Viral Learning? I love the title, and it sounds like it’s going to be an interesting book.
Mary: After I’d finished the 2nd edition of The Homeschooling Handbook, my then-editor asked me what homeschooling book I wanted to do next, and at the time, I simply had nothing else [...]

An Interview with Mary Griffith, Part 4

Adrienne: Did the girls ever want to try institutional schools?
Mary: When Kate was 12, her best friend, a homeschooler, decided she wanted to go to junior high because she was tired of her current friends. Kate seriously considered going to school then, but it only took her about five minutes, she said, to decide [...]