Posts belonging to Category 'homeschooling'
August 24, 2010 | Posted by Mark Z
Previously, I addressed concerns that homeschooling might conflict with work schedules. There are many reasons why this should not be a problem. Here are a few more: Homeschooling works well with conflicting schedules because the process of taking responsibility for one’s own education is educational in itself. One of the most valuable skills any successful [...]
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August 22, 2010 | Posted by Mark Z
If you’re considering homeschooling your children, but worry about how to fit supervision into your schedule, try a simple experiment: Tell your child’s school that she will likely need to stay home from school for a month. Tell them this will happen in two weeks, and request a list of school work so that your [...]
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May 14, 2010 | Posted by Mark Z
Aly, our “unschooled” daughter, received word in April that she has been accepted in the Alaska Summer Research Academy (ASRA) a summer program for high schoolers, offering college level instruction. She also received a scholarship covering all costs including transportation. She was one of nine students chosen in the state of Alaska! ASRA received a [...]
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October 22, 2009 | Posted by Kristen
I’m going to do a series of posts elaborating on the benefits of homeschooling, and after that (or perhaps alongside of that), I’ll also address some of the arguments against homeschooling. I thought I’d start with the positive, though. I think that a lot of children today are in sore need of free time to [...]
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October 17, 2009 | Posted by Kristen
Have you ever wondered what homeschooled graduates think of the way they’re educated? And have you ever wondered how well a homeschool education has served its graduates? I’m part of the first crop of kids that graduated from homeschooling, and today, I’m going to share about my experiences being on the student side of homeschooling [...]
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October 17, 2009 | Posted by Mark Z
Our daughter crouches on a windswept beach, carefully steadying a digital camera. Below her, a family of river otters chuckles and pipes to each other as they swim past. She adjusts her headphones, listening as an otter dives near the hydrophone she has suspended in the water. Aly is unschooling; the world is her classroom, [...]
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October 16, 2009 | Posted by Kristen
I could probably write a whole website about the benefits of homeschooling, but for today, I’ll just give you a taste of the reasons I love homeschooling so much. One of the main ways that I incorporate self-reliance into my life is by homeschooling. Instead of depending on government or private schools, I educate my [...]
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