Posts Tagged ‘how to homeschool’
R*E*S*P*E*C*T: Find Out What It Means to Your Child
R*E*S*P*E*C*T: Find Out What It Means to Your Child Respect means to be mindful, to pay attention, to show consideration, to avoid intruding upon, and to avoid violating. ~ The University of Main Cooperative Extension By Linda Dobson Rodney Dangerfield became a rich man making jokes about how he doesn't get any respect, from his [...]
Homeschooling Baptism by Fire
Homeschooling Baptism by Fire By Linda Dobson Bringing a child home from school, especially under emergency circumstances, can leave you feeling as unprepared for your new "job" as if you just walked into the local hospital and volunteered to perform brain surgery. It happened to Shannon in 1991. "Not to worry" is her sound advice. "I [...]
12 Facts of Life to Help You See Why Homeschooling Can Work for Your Family
12 Facts of Life to Help You See Why Homeschooling Can Work for Your Family By Linda Dobson It was 1984 for this ordinary mom. My eldest of three children, one of the sweetest little boys I'd ever had the pleasure to know (and, lucky me, the pleasure to spend life with), had reached the ripe old age requiring - or so I thought - kindergarten [...]
Do YOU Believe In Genius?
Do YOU Believe In Genius? By Linda Dobson Many parents of the approximately forty-seven million school-aged children in America today have long assumed that everything educationally necessary was occurring in the classroom. Many also dream their children will grow as “geniuses,” ultimately contributing to society something wonderful [...]
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 [...]