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In an anonymous survey, 45% of teachers admitted to having bullied a student. In another survey, up to 2% of teachers admitted to bullying on a regular basis. So, How do you handle it if your child has become the target of a teacher bully?
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Do you remember playing for hours on end as a child? I remember playing outside imagining complex stories and situations that would last for days on end. It doesn’t seem that kids do that anymore does it? The days of play in today’s youth have been shortened by longer school hours, organized events and clubs, [...]
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If you are homeschooling on a budget, the chances that you can afford every fancy curriculum item is rare. If you are like my family, you are constantly finding ways to be frugal and save money on educational purchases. We don’t use a lot of curriculum anymore, but when we do make the occasional purchase [...]
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When you are new to homeschooling the task of organizing, planning, and recording your learning experiences can be daunting. Part of the problem is the idea that homeschool records and schedules have to look like those of traditional schools. Homeschool records don’t have to be a boring sheet of recorded grades. One of the easiest [...]
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When I share my passion with others about alternative education, they usually assume I am talking about homeschooling and unschooling. While those are included in the topic, alternative education actually encompasses a wide variety of methods and scenarios. Defining Alternative Education When we talk about education, we are most likely referring to the compulsory education [...]
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Shortly after we started making lapbooks in our unit studies, I discovered notebooking. I loved the idea that you could use notebooking with any subject, topic, and age group. I started out by printing free pages from various online sources. Eventually I was making my own notebooking sets and sharing them. Notebooking is sort-of like [...]
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I am always on the look-out for fun websites and games that will keep my kids’ interest and provide some educational value to the experience. Usually I think of online games in terms of two categories. First, you have the games that kids love to play that have no other purpose than pure entertainment. That [...]
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We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven. ~Henry David Thoreau Camping brings families together. There is just something about experiencing the rawness of nature, the warmth of the fire, and the closeness of a tent or RV that bonds hearts and minds. If you [...]
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Even if you have narrowed down your wish list of homeschool resources according to your philosophy, children’s learning styles, and content, you most likely will still have a number of options available to choose. I am going to share some tricks you can use to help you find the best homeschool resources out there without [...]
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Does shopping for homeschool resources cause you to get anxiety? Making choices about what to buy and what to pass over can be hard. For me, shopping is not a pleasant experience. I hate making decisions on the fly. If you already have your list written up of what you want to be looking for [...]
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Unlike early homeschoolers, who suffered from a lack of exciting resources, people that are educating their children today get overloaded with choices and programs. Today you practically have to swim through a sea of resources- both physical and digital- and figure out what you should use. How can I find the right resources? There are [...]
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So far we have covered the legal aspects of homeschooling, as well as the right attitude you need going in. Now it’s time to get down to the nitty gritty! What physical resources will you need to start homeschooling? My list is going to disappoint you. When I started homeschooling my oldest we were very [...]
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