Posts Tagged ‘Linda Dobson’
What I Learned as a Homeschooling Parent: Linda Dobson
What I Learned as a Homeschooling Parent: Linda Dobson By Linda Dobson I wish I'd had the opportunity to learn what I've realized through homeschooling much earlier in life. That's probably why I look at homeschooling children, including my own, with awe and respect and optimism. I emerged from high school confused and unsure, told to [...]
Solutions to Midnight Panic Attacks and Other Fun When You Start Homeschooling
Solutions to Midnight Panic Attacks and Other Fun When You Start Homeschooling By Linda Dobson I know, I know. All of those homeschooling moms you know seem so cool, collected, and self-assured. Lean in; shhh. I'm about to let you know what they went through when they started homeschooling. You know, just so you know they're human...just [...]
Your Child Deserves Better: Standardized Tests
Your Child Deserves Better: Standardized Tests By Linda Dobson Despite public outcries against the utility and efficacy of standardized tests as a measure of "education," and despite a growing movement on the part of informed parents to have their children skip test administration days, like an invading army of zombies from a second-rate [...]
Homeschooling: The Butterfly Approach to Learning
Homeschooling: The Butterfly Approach to Learning By Linda Dobson As I begin work on this book, leaves rapidly falling from the trees swirl in wind guests, delivering the unmistakable scent of autumn. Yet the monster marigolds outside my large picture window remain amazingly vibrant, attracting a monarch butterfly slowly flitting from [...]
Homeschooling: Give Your Schedule a Spring Cleaning!
Homeschooling: Give Your Schedule a Spring Cleaning! By Linda Dobson What could be better than finding more room in a closet after a spring cleaning. If you're like many homeschooling parents, you just might say finding more time in your day! Let's see how a homeschooling family who went before you learned to stretch the clock and save gas [...]
