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Part time Homeschooling

Email of the Day: I want to homeschool my public school student for 1 or 2 classes only. Can I do this? How can I do this? How do I...

Sports and Immunizations

Email of the Day: My sons are participating in sports at Local HS this year, which has seen an influx of such students this year. They are telling us it...

CPS Threats

Email of the Day: My daughter is 7 and we are new to homeschooling. We haven’t done much because of personal issues going on this school year. My daughter’s counselor...

Cast off the old, dead leaves that are smothering the lawn of your homeschooling.

Autumn is “basically the time for trees to reevaluate their priorities and start anew” . . . this might be true for you, and your homeschooling, too. Don’t be afraid...

Letter from a school about the DofI

Email of the Day: Hello, I am the School Secretary for the School District. I hope I have reached the correct e-mail address to make a suggestion to your *Declaration...

Homeschool before Hogwarts

For your consideration: “Hogwarts’ young witches and wizards usually start their first year when they’re around 11 years old. So how do they get an education in their first decade?...

What’s a good, quick response when people ask me about socialization?

Email of the Day: What’s a good, quick response when people ask me about socialization? Answer: “What is it that you feel *he’s missing?” (And then continue that line of...

Part time attendance and/or ancillary services

We are not the only state whose laws allow part time attendance and/or ancillary services for homeschoolers and private schoolers, but we are one of a few. Here’s what it...

Unschooling and the 11 Subjects

Email of the Day: As an unschooler how do you make sure you cover what your child is ‘supposed to know’ each year? Is there a master list or something?...

Unschooling in WA?

Email of the Day: We are looking at moving to Vancouver USA and we have unschooled our son for the last year, in Nevada. Can you give me any insight...

“I could never do that.”

Another Homeschool Secret: It’s really hard to say this to parents of public school kids who think they might want to homeschool, but think they couldn’t stand being around their...

Required hours per subject?

Email of the Day: Are there a required number of hours per subject the kids are mandated to do a day/week/year?? I just ordered grade 5 CLE for my 8yo...