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Part Five of Seven

Part Five of Seven: “Students in my class have my undivided attention all day long. . . . I don’t really believe that a mom with children of many school...

Part Four of Seven

Part Four of Seven: “When you say no one needs to really start before age 8. That is crazy!” When I say that you don’t really start homeschooling until 8,...

Part Three of Seven

Part Three of Seven: “You can only shelter your child so long before he/she becomes deprived of many wonderful activities and experiences that can’t be replicated at home alone with...

Part Two of Seven

Part Two of Seven: [Children] “need to be given the chance to learn from a variety of people who are specialized in their areas.” I completely agree with this statement...

Part One of Seven

Email of the Day: Hello, I have a quick question. We are doing our own curriculum and not using Homelink or any other programs in our school district. But I...

Money for Homeschooling

Email of the Day: Hello, I have a quick question. We are doing our own curriculum and not using Homelink or any other programs in our school district. But I...

Record Keeping: A Cautionary Tale

Email of the Day: Hi Jen, what do most people typically do for record keeping? Answer: The law requires you to keep the annual test/ assessment scores, and, if you...

“You don’t need to be qualified.”

Email of the Day: A dad on my local homeschool group said this: “My wife home schooled for twenty three years in four different states our seven children never did...

I have measured out my life in coffee spoons

Well . . . it finally happened. I answered one of those “what year did you graduate? fill in posts” and got back, from a homeschool mom, “That’s the year...

Money for homeschooling

Email of the Day: Hello, I have a quick question. We are doing our own curriculum and not using Homelink or any other programs in our school district. But I...

Curriculum Show and Tell

Email of the Day: I am looking for a ___ curriculum for my __ grader. Do you have any suggestions? Answer: Yes! It’s time to organize a Curriculum Show and...

PPP, ALEs, Homeschooling

Email of the Day: Every time a newbie comes on our local homeschool list and asks about support groups and co-ops, she’s greeted with a chorus of “Here’s our ALE,”...