Reviewed By Kelly Benedict “The opportunity to educate our own children at home is a tremendous blessing and an exciting challenge. However, despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of families have blazed the trail before us, our journey can still be fraught with difficulties and discouragement.” Author Virginia Knowles is the wife of Thad, and veteran home school educator of eight children ages’ teen down to baby. She doesn’t pretend to be a super mom, or to even have extra ordinary children. She doesn’t claim to be an expert on education or psychology. Her qualification...
By Dr Alicia Holland Johnson Math within itself can be a challenge, but it does not have to be. Individuals who choose to homeschool their children can make math less of a challenge and more fun. Depending on their child’s learning style, parents can choose learning activities that cater to their child’s learning needs and preferred way of learning. There are three strategies that parents can use to make teaching math more enjoyable, which are the following: 1. Hands-On Learning: Parents can use math manipulatives to help their child understand math better. For example, most children...
Search “John Adams” and locate his biography for a unique and spirited reference book of the United States History. Our family loves reading biographies of various presidents as a source of history, because the biographies ad a dimension of personal reality to the usual governmental caterwauling. John Adams, the first President to inhabit the current White House (date: November 1, 1800), on his second evening in it’s damp, unfinished rooms wrote his wife, “Before I end my letter, I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit...
As a single mom, putting together a list of home school resources, developing a plan of home school presentation, and making the process of home schooling kids, working for a living and survival come together is often more difficult than it may appear to those outside the circle. But… I want you to know home schooling can be done – successfully. Of course, maintaining a sense of humor is paramount to accomplishing this task of educating your children, but once you’re working the plan and getting the job done, you’ll find it much easier to compete in the real world and...
