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the easy and fun way to get vital homeschooling information and homeschooling news you need for homeschooling and learning-at-home activities with your children. Grandma Linda Dobson welcomes aboard homeschoolers, after-schoolers, teachers, parents of the gifted, special needs, unmotivated, bored and stressed, families and everyone who knows parental involvement is essential to educational success and homeschooling success. We’re a parent’s one-stop source of vital information, news, and commentary for parents and caretakers of school-aged children.

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Schools Closing; Public Ed Iceberg Is Melting

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Lots of interesting, education-related news and resources have hit over the last few days, so here’s a round-up of some [...]

ED NEWS & POLITICS

Proof Is in the Failure for »

Anyone who has dived into American education beyond surface level has run into prolific author, mother, [...]

A Response to School Spycam »

While the following is based on observations made fifteen years ago, the words are still applicable to [...]

PA School Spycam Case: »

SPECIAL REPORT PA SCHOOL SPYCAM CASE: COMPUTERS RIGGED TO SPY; PROTOCOL IGNORED Seems folks who [...]

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SIMPLE FRUGAL LIVING

Libraries Still Keep Homeschooling »

When I was homeschooling three kiddos, we loved our library in Saranac Lake, New York. I'd keep track of the grand total of books we checked out - only by [Read More]

GUEST VOICES ON BOARD

Five Money Myths »

By Carol Topp, HomeschoolCPA.com Myth # 4: Homeschooling is Expensive: Tim [...]

Five Money Myths »

Five Money Myths that Trip Up Homeschoolers by Carol Topp, HomeschoolCPA.com Myth # [...]

Five Money Myths »

Five Money Myths that Trip Up Homeschoolers by Carol Topp, HomeschoolCPA.com Myth # [...]

HOMESCHOOLING LIFESTYLE

A Brief History of American »

Many regard homeschooling as a new educational phenomenon, but that is simply a reflection of the bias of our times. If somehow we could help our caveman see into the future, he would regard government-sponsored schools as the variant, as would the majority of his [Read More]

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Blog Carnival of Homeschooling Party Edition

This week's Blog Carnival of Homeschooling - the Party Edition - is hosted by "Homeschool Bytes." The Blog Carnival gathers together one post from a wide variety of homeschool blogs for your reading pleasure. This week, Parent at the Helm shared "Homeschooling: The Gift that Keeps Giving." Lots of great reading ahead! Sail on over to the [...]

Grandma Wisdom at the Helm

We never know the love of the parent until we become parents ourselves. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Michael Pearl Laughs at Critics

Folks, I'm sharing this here so you don't have to go to the Pearls blog page to see their response to public concern about their child beating methods. This response is incomprehensible. (I deleted the picture of their laughing faces that was included.) MICHAEL PEARL LAUGHS AT CRITICS 2:50 PM The following was posted on No Greater Joy [...]

SPEAKING UP for Those Who Cannot Speak for Themselves

Provided in memory of Sean Paddock and Lydia Schatz; Provided in hope that it ends here. In response to yesterday's post containing links to information related to the deaths of children Sean Paddock and Lydia Schatz, and the connection with the teachings of To Train Up a Child, I was contacted by folks at both TulipGirl and Linda V's Web [...]

John Gatto’s Bartleby Project 2

Project 2 - Get READY for the Spring 2010 testing season; it's almost here! Oh, and pass it on. (Click for video.)

SPEAKING UP: Children Trained to Death; Coverage List of To Train Up a Child Connection

Provided in memory of Sean Paddock and Lydia Schatz; Provided in hope that it ends here. This post is created to collect in one place for your current and future reference evolving coverage of the To Train Up a Child (TTUAC) connection to the deaths of Sean Paddock and Lydia Schatz as their parents implemented the “training” set forth [...]

Homeschooling Blog Carnival

Homeschool Buzz hosts this week's Blog Carnival, The Carnival of Homeschool Oddities, to be exact. Along with finding interesting posts from your favorite or soon-to-be-favorite bloggers, check out all of the...umm..."unique" items for sale that you may want to consider for your "unique" household. Parent at the Helm shared "The Fallacy of Freedom [...]

SPEAKING UP

Speaking Up All weekend long I've been physically ill and heart broken pondering how I was going to write about this awful topic as I felt I must. I couldn't have done it more justice than Ann at Muse Mama has - please see her post by simply clicking on the link provided. More in the form of a first-hand account at Beauty for Ashes, and [...]