Posts Tagged ‘homeschooling’
The Best Thing about Home Is That It Isn’t a School At All
The Best Thing about Home Is That It Isn't a School At All By Linda Dobson I know. You’re inundated with the hoopla of “going back to school” for most of the summer. Maybe you picked up some new learning supplies recently, thanks to the sales. Your kids have watched their friends disappear into the big yellow bus. It’s time to start [...]
Building a Strong Family
Building a Strong Family By Ann Lahrson Fisher, author of Fundamentals of Homeschooling: Notes on Successful Family Living Families with children in traditional schools can enjoy many benefits of the homeschooling life. Why? Because living and learning with kids is amazingly natural for most of us, almost instinctive. After all, isn't this [...]
Are Standardized Tests Destroying Lives?
Are Standardized Tests Destroying Lives? By Linda Dobson UPDATE! The adult who took the standardized test felt this is important enough to reveal his identity! Please visit here! Over the last few decades, our public school system has devolved into a standardized test driven nightmare for children, families, and our society. More [...]
Would You Sit By and Let Your Children Slowly Starve to Death?
Would You Sit By and Let Your Children Slowly Starve to Death? By Linda Dobson I can almost hear what you're thinking. Linda's flipped her ever-lovin' lid. Why in the world would she ask parents if they'd watch their children slowly starve to death? Of course they wouldn't. Their love for their children would cause them to instantly [...]
It’s Only Natural that Kids Hate Schooling
It's Only Natural that Kids Hate Schooling By Linda Dobson On the heels of Dr. Peter Gray's blog post about the evolutionary roots of children protesting going to bed alone in the dark, he shares with us "Why Children Protest Going to School: More Evolutionary Mismatch." Basically, according to Gray's post: "Most children in our society [...]
