Week 16 of the Carnival of Homeschooling is up over at about homeschooling. If you haven’t seen a carnival before, be sure to head on over. It’s a sampling of what homeschoolers on the blogosphere are talking about and can be a great way to find new, interesting blogs. My post “My kitchen table’s under-used (and I think I’m OK with that)” is included in … Continue reading This week’s carnival of Homeschooling is up!
Over at the new blog “Robin’s Blue Skies”, there is a wonderful post about how kids learn in the real world vs. workbook learning. I know people who are “school at home types” and I know that some of them think the idea of not having the kids sit down to do their school work for several hours every day seems crazy. However, if my … Continue reading What if they learn without doing the worksheets?
This week’s Canival of Homeschooling is up over at Tami’s Blog. For those of you who may not be familiar, the Carnival is a weekly round-up of what homeschooler’s are blogging about. It can be a good way to find out about what homeschoolers in the blogosphere are doing and thinking as well as a good way to find blogs which might interest you. I … Continue reading 15th Annual Canival Of Homeschooling
We’ve heard a lot lately about boy’s lack of success in our education system. However, in today’s Washington Post, writers Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Chait Barnett say, “hey, don’t worry – the boys are fine.” According to them, we shouldn’t worry because the only boys who aren’t doing well are the poor, minority, rural and urban boys. The boys who really matter, you know, white … Continue reading I wonder if spinning so hard makes them dizzy
The other day, I realized that I had a problem with my 6 year old’s math. You see, a year ago, when I ordered a pre-algebra workbook for his brother, he asked for his own workbook. So I got him the first Miquon Math book on the recommendation of a reasonably like minded friend. Collin loves his math workbook because he can flip through and … Continue reading My 6 year old’s math problem
This is almost a year old, so perhaps some of you have already seen it, but if you haven’t read Steve Jobs’ 2005 graduation address at Stanford, you should. His brief description of dropping out of college to learn seems especially pertinent for those of us who are homeschooling our kids. My favorite part though, because it speaks to where my family is right now … Continue reading Words of wisdom from Steve Jobs
Earlier this evening I had a very interesting conversation with my 10 year old son in which I was forced to flesh out and defend my ideas regarding the television as an educational tool. I thought I would share what I came up with here. First of all, my 10 year old son LOVES television and always has – it’s one of the things he … Continue reading TV and learning
In the past, I have posted about a column proposing that colleges no longer receive funding directly through the government, but that money be given directly to students to purchase educations and about the state of Colorado’s attempts to do just that. While I’m sure there are still many, many hurdles left, it appears that this may be an idea which has a chance of … Continue reading Funding Higher Ed
I came across an article from the Fall 2004 issue of the Journal of College Admission which summarizes the research which has been done on homeschooled students for college admissions officers. It was Written by Dr. Brian D. Ray, the president of the National Home Education Research Institute. It is written from an obviously pro-homeschool point of view, but Dr. Ray has the research to … Continue reading Research on Homeschoolers
There was an item in our local newspaper which caught my eye because I thought it was so very odd. The headline was “Recess thrives in Wisconsin”: The national PTA reports many schools in Wisconsin grant 30 minutes for recess during the day, half at mid-morning and half in the afternoon. That’s the maximum allowed by state law. (Emphasis mine.) But nationally, the PTA says … Continue reading RIP Recess
The Upside Down World 