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Homeschooling Starting »
Homeschooling Starting Points: Simply Watch the Dust Settle By Linda Dobson You've just finished tonight's chapter [...]
ED NEWS & POLITICS
4 Top Homeschooling »
4 Top Homeschooling Performance Indicators By Linda Dobson I know I say this a lot, but I have [...]
National School Choice Week: »
National School Choice Week: January 22 - 28, 2012 By Linda Dobson Since the organizers of National [...]
Congrats Homeschooled Miami »
Congrats Homeschooled Miami Dolphin Jason Taylor Part One By Linda Dobson Because of the wonderful [...]
GUEST VOICES ON BOARD
Homeschooled Voices: Listening to »
Homeschooled Voices: Listening to the Teens By Sue Patterson Everyone's aware that homeschooling gains popularity each year. Still, many parents have [Read More]
SIMPLE FRUGAL LIVING
Frugal, Conscious »
Frugal, Conscious Holiday Gifts By Linda Dobson As hard as it is to believe, the [...]
The Unschooling Put »
The Unschooling Put Down: Economic Privilege A guest post by Pat Farenga When [...]
Survival of the »
Survival of the Frugal By Linda Dobson “We are such spendthrifts with our lives. The [...]
HOMESCHOOLING LIFESTYLE
Homeschooling: The Temporal Nature »
Homeschooling: The Temporal Nature of Messy By Linda Dobson When our older son first moved out of the house, we wound up rearranging everyone's sleeping quarters to create space for a much-needed office. On the appointed day, the bed and dresser were moving out (look [Read More]
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BOOK REVIEWS
Book Review: The Art of »
Book Review: The Art of Education: Reclaiming Your Family, Community and Self By Beth [...]
Book Review: Suddenly »
Book Review: Suddenly Homeschooling By Beth Balmanno For some families, choosing homeschooling is a [...]
Book Review: Earn It, Learn It »
Book Review: Earn It, Learn It By Beth Balmanno When it comes to chores and allowance, our family [...]
NEW TO HOMESCHOOLING?
What Did You See When »
What Did You See When You Imagined a Homeschooling Family? By Linda Dobson Some years ago, I worked with Barnes [...]
HOMESCHOOLING RESOURCES
Homeschool Australia on The Art of Education
Homeschool Australia on The Art of Education By Beverley Paine My life’s passion is summed up in Linda Dobson’s opening to her anniversary edition of The Art of Education: “I’m forever a homeschool advocate, because I know life and learning beyond the confines of school make for happier, healthier, saner adults with a strong sense [...]
These Six Scientist Traits Will Help Your Homeschooling
These Six Scientist Traits Will Help Your Homeschooling By Linda Dobson Homeschooling is an on-going experiment in which individual families try different methods, resources, schedules, locations, mentors, and heaven knows what else in an ongoing journey toward the best education for each individual child. Since homeschooling is like [...]
Great Books for Parents to Find Under the Tree
Great Books for Parents to Find Under the Tree By Linda Dobson If you still haven't gotten your Christmas gift wish list together - and you'd like to learn a bit more about how children learn and homeschooling - here's a short list of possibilities for your list, in no particular order of importance...just plain ol' (and in some cases, pretty [...]
Feeling Boxed In?
Feeling Boxed In? From box to box, from cradle to grave. It's healthy to step outside the box. Stepping out may even save your sanity one day. Home birth and homeschooling are great ways out of the box.
The Happy Home Education Glossary
The Happy Home Education Glossary By Linda Dobson As with all professions, educators have their own lingo. Here for your handy referral is every homeschooling family's "Home Education Glossary." You might also find it helpful to provide to extended family members, neighbors and friends who support your home education efforts. Have several [...]
Parent at the Helm’s October 2011 Giveaway Winners
Parent at the Helm's October 2011 Giveaway Winners I just love sharing good news, and today's good news are the names of the TWO winners of Parent at the Helm's October 2011 Giveaway! From Family Time Fitness we have TWO annual subscriptions for fun family fitness! See also "Resource Review: Family Time Fitness" May I have a drum roll, [...]
The Learning Curve Radio Program
The Learning Curve Radio Program Earlier this month I had the pleasure of being a guest on The Learning Curve with hosts Roger Boswarva and Virginia Koenig. This WebTalk Radio program is on a mission: The Learning Curve All of life is a Learning Curve. The ability to learn is vital to the success of all of us—particularly our children. But [...]
Transitioning To or From Homeschooling
Transitioning To or From Homeschooling by Linda Dobson Because education is a personal experience accomplished in myriad ways, and because scientists are still struggling to understand how it actually occurs, it is impossible to assume that any one child's transition to or from homeschooling is representative of all. It is important, [...]
Parent at the Helm’s October 2011 Giveaway!
Parent at the Helm’s OCTOBER 2011 GIVEAWAY! First, happy, hearty congratulations to Melissa (Shilohgirl)! She is the lucky gal who won our September, 2011 Book Giveaway, Earn It, Learn It by Alissa T. Weinstein. We'll make arrangements for Melissa to receive her book as soon as possible from Alissa. Congrats, Melissa! Many thanks to [...]
Parent at the Helm’s September 2011 Book Giveaway!
Parent at the Helm’s SEPTEMBER 2011 BOOK GIVEAWAY! First, happy, hearty congratulations to Carol A! She is the lucky gal who won our September, 2011 Book Giveaway, the updated hardcover edition of Don't Know Much about History by Kenneth Davis. We'll make arrangements for Carol to receive her book as soon as possible from the publisher. [...]































