Posts Tagged ‘homeschooling books’
Planning on Homeschooling Just Like They Did in That Book?
Planning on Homeschooling 'Just Like They Did in That Book?' By Linda Dobson In the early years of our homeschooling, one of the few available first-person accounts of homeschooling I read was the Colfaxes' Homeschooling for Excellence (Warner, 1988). While I may have been uncertain about exactly how and what I was doing, I now knew at least [...]
More What I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me During My First Year of Homeschooling
More What I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me During My First Year of Homeschooling By Linda Dobson Wow, there sure are a lot of families considering homeschooling this summer - great for you and your kids! I've spent a lot of years now offering encouragement and information to help make starting homeschooling easier for families just like [...]
Easy Homeschooling Starting Points: Simply Supply the Materials
Easy Homeschooling Starting Points: Simply Supply the Materials By Linda Dobson When a carpenter builds, a seamstress sews, or an EMT rescues, day's end brings accomplishment she can see and touch. Not so with your child. After a day of family learning activities, your youngster is still the same size [...]
Parent at the Helm’s July 2011 Book Giveaway!
Parent at the Helm’s JULY 2011 BOOK GIVEAWAY! First, hearty hearty happy happy congratulations to Kay D., the winner of our June, 2011 Book Giveaway, What Really Matters by Joyce Reed and David Albert! We'll make arrangements for Kay to receive her book as soon as possible from the book's wonderful publisher, Wendy Priesnitz. Thank you to [...]
School Mind and Education Mind Are Two Different Things – Part 2 of 2
School Mind and Education Mind Are Two Different Things - Part 2 of 2 By Linda Dobson When we compare public school attendance to homeschooling, we tend to focus on the external and obvious differences. The differences, however, begin at a deeper level, strongly influenced by how we think about learning. This two-part post looks at [...]
