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Homeschooling Families Are Solving the Problems of School Socialization
Homeschooling Families Are Solving the Problems of School Socialization By Linda Dobson Bonding is a nonverbal form of psychological communication, an intuitive rapport that operates outside of or beyond ordinary rational, linear ways of thinking and perceiving. - Joseph Chilton Pearce in Magical [...]
Homeschooling: What Happens When Your Child Is Freed of the Degrading Grading Experience?
Homeschooling: What Happens When Your Child Is Freed of the Degrading Grading Experience? By Linda Dobson OK, it's bad enough that school's myopic attention to the intellect creates damaging imbalance. But insult is added to injury when they place an extraneous value on your child's work; a value which routinely considers only the end [...]
The Difference Between a Teacher and a Homeschooling Learning Facilitator
The Difference Between a Teacher and a Homeschooling Learning Facilitator By Linda Dobson The idea of a homeschooling parent who is facilitating learning turns attention toward the one being helped, whereas teaching, "to impart knowledge or give instruction to," shines the spotlight on the helper. With the homeschooling facilitator, the [...]
Homeschooling Parents are INVOLVED Parents
Homeschooling Parents are INVOLVED Parents By Linda Dobson Whoever first said, "Actions speak louder than words" was a very wise soul. As a homeschooling parent, you can be a living model of the enjoyment of learning for your children, not simply its loudest cheerleader. "Kids are talked to death," says Carol Narigon, a homeschooling mom [...]
Create Quality Experience for Your Child
Create Quality Experience for Your Child By Linda Dobson Scientists have confirmed what anyone who has ever watched a child grow already knows: Nature and nurture are inextricably intertwined. Nurture is that which the environment contributes to the whole that is any of us. The environment includes the influence of home and family and [...]
