Archive for March, 2010

Last time I wrote about a lesson that I was giving my boys on leadership and reports.  Well it turns out that they both did quite well.  Roger chose some interesting and unique names and the one we chose for him to do was on Joseph Campbell, a philosophy professor who influenced many great people.  Jackson chose mostly presidents, inventors and the like, and we asked him to do his report on Benjamin Franklin.  I was very pleased with both of their reports. Read the rest of this entry »

Time4Learning has created a great new resource for new homeschoolers, Welcome To Homeschooling A Guide for Families.  You can download the entire booklet for free from their website for FREE!  I love free stuff!  This guide is for people thinking about or new to homeschooling.  It is written by Time4Learning and some homeschooling moms that work with Time4Learning.

Here’s some of the things you can find in the booklet:

• Learn Your Reasons for Homeschooling
• Understand Your Child Academically
• Plan Your Year/Day
• Homeschooling Glossary
• And more…

This is a PDF download, and inside there are plenty of links to great websites and resources that are clickable.  This is definitely a good resource to have on hand.  although not as in depth as other books, it’s a good introduction.  Of course you’ll find plenty of advertising for Time4Learning within the booklet, but considering I find them to be a good curriculum, I’m ok with that.

Deciding to homeschool is not an easy decision for parents to make.  I often find myself at a loss for words, specifics, and examples of why I homeschool when I’m in the middle of a discussion (or as sometimes it feels with family members, and intervention).  Of course every day I hear about more stories about what’s happening in our public schools that make me go “THATS another reason I homeschool!”  Here are a few of those such articles!

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I always think its so funny to read on different forums that there is a huge misperception that homeschoolers are some how “wealthy” because they can “afford” to have one parent stay at home to do the schooling.  LOL!  I’m sure there are some homeschoolers out there that have little financial worries, the more common situation is that we scrimp and save as much as possible, and sacrifice where ever we can so that we CAN homeschool our kids.  “Rich” or “Wealthy” are very seldom synonomous with homeschoolers.  With that in mind, here are some FREE (I love that word) resources for your homeschool!

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I have to say one of the great things about living here in Las Vegas is the extremely large and active homeschooling community.  Not only are there tons of great homeschool support groups, but the laws here in NV are very friendly to homeschoolers!  There are also tons of various city wide homeschool events for kids of all ages.  I love them so much, that I thought I’d list a few of the great things going on here in my area.

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