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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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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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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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.

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 »

Sometimes they are just too much of a “public school”.   One of the reasons I liked the idea of using Odyssey Charter High School for Roger’s high school because of the interaction with other kids… as well as some interaction with teachers.  I also really didn’t feel like I had the time, being that I’m working on growing a small business in todays economy, to do my own curriculum.  I needed something that was ready made!  Well.. the down side to having something “ready made” and using a public charter school, is that it’s still a public school and all that that implies.

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Wright On Time Utah by Lisa M. Cottrell-Bentley

About The Book

Announcing the second book in a series about an RV living homeschooling family. Each month brings the Wright family to a new state with a new educational theme to explore and play with. They prove that learning can happen all the time, anywhere, and that being with family is fun! Meet Aidan Wright, age 7: Boisterous and joking all the time, this sporty boy knows how to have fun! Meet Nadia Wright, age 11: Curious and fiery, this intellectual girl can always find out answers to even the most difficult questions. Meet their parents, Harrison and Stephanie: Ready to take their kids on adventures of a lifetime. Meet Prince Pumpkin III, turtle extraordinaire: This 50 year old little guy is holding on tight, as the family RV and mysterious device take him on an adventure no turtle has ever gone on before. Explore a dinosaur dig with the Wrights as they roadschool in Utah. What will Aidan and Nadia discover about the mysterious device they found in Arizona? This series is Wright on Time. Read the rest of this entry »

I realize I”ve been a way from this blog for a while now.  I kept meaning to update people and write about our adventures in High school and Jr. High. but really my business has grown to the point where that’s taking up most of my time now.  However, things have been going really well for both of the boys in school.

Jack has been doing his work with Time4Learning, and is almost done with all of the 7th grade work and will be going onto 8th grade work shortly.  He may even be able to go on ahead into High School in the fall.  If he does, then he’ll more than likely start using Odyssey Charter with Roger because I really like the way things are done at that school.

Roger has been doing PE two days a week and going to campus one day a week.  This has been giving him a lot of independance and he’s been making friends and doing really well.  He’s even got a girlfriend now and they will be going to the Las Vegas Homeschool Prom next month.

So basically everything is going really well, if a little hectic because of the business.  I feel a little guilty because I haven’t been doing a whole lot “school” with the boys, but they’ve been doing their schoolwork on their own.  Maybe I don’t “feel” much like a homeschooler right now because I’m really not doing much.   But they are both doing really well and are very independent in their learning… which is more like the way things would be in College anyway.  Or at least that’s the way I feel.

Here are some great free resources for homeschoolers that I found throughout the internet.  Just click on the links and it will take you to the site for more information on the free resource.  I hope you enjoy!

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Did you watch it?  Did you watch it with your children?  I watched it with Steve, but haven’t watched it with my sons yet.  I”m planning on it though.  I realize there’s been a lot of controversy over this speech to our children, which has made me glad that I’m homeschooling and the choice is totally up to me and not the school district.  However, I do think it’s important for our children to see this speech.

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