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In The News:

The road increasingly traveled: Homeschooling
By Sandra L. Churchill/ Back To School Tuesday, July 25, 2006 -
Updated: 12:02 PM EST
Amid the sundrenched days and salty spray of summer, thoughts of backpacks, report cards, and school buses may still be packed away in your mind, but September’s apples and school days are just around the corner. For one segment of the population, however, the balmy pre-autumn month carries a different set of images. Rather than shopping for back-to-school clothes and stocking the house with pre-packaged, lunch-friendly snacks, these families are more often leafing through curriculum catalogs and scheduling upcoming community field trips. They vary face-to-face, house-to-house, and run the gamut from PhDs to high school diplomas: we call them homeschoolers. These folks have opted-for the short- or long-term, for one, or for all of their children-to explore the alterative educational path of educating their sons and daughters independently.

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Featured Article:

Home Schooling Information for the Parent
By Chris Milller Platinum Quality Author
Home schooling can be a difficult decision. Many believe that home schooling can not prepare a child to deal with real life situations. By attending a public school, the child is more likely to be involved in school team sports, drama clubs, band activities, after school clubs, and be more socially interactive with others. Many of these activities are fundamental for the growth and emotional well being of a child. Alternatively, an argument can be made that there is just as much social stimulation at home as there is in public school. For a large number of home schooled children, many have friends that live within their neighborhood that they can play and interact with. After school sports programs are available for in many areas, typically at community centers. These programs can prove to be a great source for social interaction.
A good way to obtain additional home schooling information is to ask parents of other home school children. More than likely they can share what activities they do, as well as inform you what type of approach they use; a facilitated self study approach or lecture oriented approach.

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Homeschooling Resources and Tools:

Make Science Come Alive Quality microscope provides years of fun without killing your budget!
Literature-Rich Homeschooling Make learning exciting and fun with Sonlight Curriculum's literature-based homeschool packages.
3Moms.com offers the Curriculum-Fair In-A-Box. It's a collection of actual samples from the major curriculum publishers. Plus there is some other good stuff too! This product was created to first help myself figure out the confusing curriculum mess out there. Then I did it for friends as well. The most important is that the right curriculum can light up your child, and make learning fun and effortless. This product is designed so you can actually take a taste-test to find out which curriculum will light up your child! You can taste samples from all the major curriculum companies right in the comfort of your own home.

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Homeschooling Tips:

This weeks Homeschooling Tips, is found in Genius Denied: Read these Tips Click HERE

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