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North Carolina homeschoolers asked to participate-but is it mandatory?
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
It is not uncommon for homeschoolers to receive written requests from their local school system. However, not all communications are required by law for homeschoolers to complete. Such is the case in recent correspondence from North Carolina Division of Non-Public Education (DNPE).
DNPE sent homeschoolers a request for them to participate in [...]
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| Disney and NASA announces Buzz Lightyear Mission Patch Design Challenge
Saturday, October 31, 2009
In September, a 12-inch Buzz Lightyear action figure, of the famous Disney movie “Toy Story”, returned to Earth after a 15 month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS). He was flown back on the Space Shuttle Discover (mission STS-128). After each mission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts design patches to [...]
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| Teaching Social Skills to Unique Learners Part 2
Friday, October 30, 2009
As a reminder, the first thing you need to address when teaching social skills is communication. If a child cannot effectively, even in a limited capacity, communicate feelings, needs, and desires, they cannot be expected to progress and utilize appropriate behavior in a social gathering.
So, once you have a basic form of communication established, [...]
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| Teaching Social Skills to unique learners Part 1
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Over the last two days, I have written about social skills. On Monday, I compared socialization to social skills. Tuesday, I addressed how children learn social skills and gave some ideas on activities homeschoolers can do to assist in teaching those skills. Today, I wish to start tackling the topic of social [...]
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| Homeschooling and teaching Social Skills
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Yesterday, we discussed the difference between socialization and social skills. As parents, we are concerned about and aim to have our children learn appropriate social skills. The question becomes how do we do that, especially within the realm of homeschooling?
The first thing to consider is how do children learn social skills? Let’s [...]
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| Socialization or Social Skills
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Although it is not as common as in the past, homeschoolers still face the question about socialization. It seems that many non-homeschoolers believe that we hide behind our door within our house every day all day long. They feel we are isolated and our children could never obtain proper social skills. Which [...]
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| Gardening during the winter?
Saturday, October 24, 2009
During the spring, for school we often have our students sprout seeds. Sometimes this is in cups or pots and we stick them in the window sill, while others start their flower and/or vegetable gardens outside. We teach our children how to grow food by our own hands, tend the field, pick the [...]
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| Swine Flu and Homeschooling
Thursday, October 22, 2009
The scare of the swine flu, or at least the threat of the swine flu, has gotten many people concerned, from parents and health care personnel to government officials, including those who work within the public school systems. So, are there any benefits to homeschooling when dealing with this “epidemic”? Yes!
All flues are [...]
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| Co-ops versus Enrichment programs-are they the same or different?
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
As the numbers of homeschoolers grow every year, new opportunities arise to assist in educating homeschooled children. Two great options are co-ops and enrichment programs. What most people do not realize is there is a HUGE difference between the two. So, what are the differences?
Co-ops were created by mothers who needed to [...]
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| Nobel Prize for Physics goes to a man that was homeschooled
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The Nobel Prize Winners for 2009 were announced this past week. One of the winners of the Noble Prize for Physics was a man who was homeschooled in his younger years, Dr. Willard S. Boyle.
Dr. Boyle was raised in the logging community of Chaudiere (Canada), where his father was the resident doctor. [...]
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| “Virtual Schools”-Homeschooling or Not?
Thursday, October 15, 2009
As the numbers of homeschoolers grow every year, the public school system has been trying to come up with new ways to retain those students they would lose to this form of education. The current trend to entice would-be homeschoolers to remain with the public school system is a new entity called “Virtual School”, [...]
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| HSLDA’s 2009 Essay Contest
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) is currently accepting entries into their 2009 Essay Contest, with prizes ranging from $25 to $200. The entries must be postmarked by November 1, 2009. It is opened to all homeschool students from ages 7 – 19. Each student must be homeschooled and must have the [...]
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| The Lost of a Homeschool Hero and Pioneer
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The homeschool community has lost a hero and pioneer of homeschooling rights. Chris Klicka, who was rushed to St. Francis Medical Center last week, after collapsing during a conference, died earlier today. He was 48 years old and had battled multiple sclerosis for 15 years.
Mr. Klicka was the Home School Legal Defense Association’s [...]
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| National Geographic Bee Deadline fast approaching
Friday, October 09, 2009
The 2010 National Geographic Bee is fast approaching. The registration date has been extended to December 11, 2009 instead of the earlier date of October 15, 2009. However, after October 15th, the group registration fee will increase from $70 to $90. .
This competition is opened to all 4th – [...]
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| Homeschooled Child Court Ordered to Public Schools
Thursday, October 08, 2009
A New Hampshire court issued an order on July 14, 2009 for a 10 year old homeschooler to be enrolled into the local public school. The reason: The homeschooled girl is too “vigorous” in the defense of her Christian beliefs.
This case started off as a revisit to a parental plan for [...]
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| An 11 year old homeschooler stars in a documentary
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Written by: Susan Harris
Homeschool.com News Editor
Today we would like to highlight a homeschooler’s special accomplishments. This made the local paper “Roanoke Times”.
At age of 9, Richard Warren did a homeschool project of a living history presentation. Since he had a love of the Civil War, he [...]
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| Long time defender of Homeschooling in Hospice
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Chris Klicka is a familiar name in homeschool circles. He was the first full-time attorney for Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) and has assisted many homeschoolers who has faced adversity in their choice of education. He currently holds the positions of Senior Counsel of HSLDA and Director of State and International Relations.
While [...]
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| “Being an American” Essay Contest
Friday, October 02, 2009
Written by: Susan Harris
Homeschool.com News Editor
“Being an American” Essay contest is underway again this year. It is the largest essay contest and is opened to all high school students between the ages of 13 to 19, including homeschoolers. Last year there were over 31,000 participants, and they expect to have far [...]
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| Homeschooler receives college’s highest award
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Written by: Susan Harris
Homeschool.com News Editor
Today we would like to highlight a homeschooler’s special accomplishments. This comes from one of our readers.
Corey Ziemba was a homeschooler who didn’t read until he was 10. When you question his mom, Jelehla Ziemba, she explains that Corey was always too busy [...]
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| Noetic Math Contest for Homeschoolers
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Written by: Susan Harris
Homeschool.com News Editor
As homeschoolers grow in numbers, more and more competitions are opening up to include homeschoolers. Some are even creating events for homeschoolers.
Noetic Learning Math Contest has created a Homeschool Division and a contest for homeschoolers. All homeschool students from grades 2 to 5 are welcome to apply [...]
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