I’m pleased to announce that local toy-guru, Jerome of Crawdaddy Toys will be sharing some game and toy reviews with our CHEERful readers. His store is full of items perfect for funschooling. Watch for his reviews and suggestions in the coming months.
Here is his first review! Qwirkle. We’ve got it in our CHEERful house. Do you? Oh, and don’t [...]
By Michelle Caskey
It can be discouraging for parents to develop a homeschool reading program for their sons. Boys are more likely than girls to say that they hate to read. Boys do get excited about reading, though, if it is approached in the right way and if they are given the right reading material.
As parents, we have the flexibility to [...]
By Teresa Dear
It can be very intimidating to learn, much less teach, a foreign language. If you don’t know a language other than English, it can be especially difficult. However, it is increasingly important to learn additional languages in today’s global economy. Americans are alone in their arrogant assumptions that everyone else should learn English, and that everyone in foreign [...]
By Sheila Carroll
Children need works of art in the same way they need science and literature to gain knowledge of the world and how it works. Art is a means of getting at great ideas that cannot be accessed by any other means. Renowned art critic, John Ruskin, said painting was a “noble and expressive language, invaluable as the vehicle [...]
By Julie H. Clark
If you have homeschooled for any amount of time (or even if you’ve just kicked around the idea of homeschooling in lighthearted conversation), you have had this thought or have been asked this question: “What about socialization?” This is a topic that seems to automatically arise in any discussion about homeschooling, especially if one of the people [...]
By Dan Hammes
The first question asked by many people who do not homeschool their children is, “What about socialization?” Homeschool children are probably more adept in social situations than the majority of their peers in public schools. Homeschoolers are not walking around with signs declaring themselves to be social misfits. On the contrary, they are the ones that can carry [...]
Mid – Year Review
Since it’s the middle of the traditional school year, I thought I would take some time to see how our homeschooling in reality compared to the plans that I made this summer. The following was my plan. In bold face is what we really did.
Here is my plan for the coming “school” [...]
I didn’t buy much curriculum this year, and you may be wondering how exactly I plan to teach my children. Here is my plan:
Reading – Arwen – Teach your Child to Read in 100 Lessons – I used this with both of my older girls. Arwen is proving to be a more difficult student, but we are [...]
Homeschooling and the ever changing schedule
One of the joy and difficulties of homeschooling is the flexible schedule. Sure we can get up whenever we want and laze around all morning in our jammies, but does that mean we should? For a while now we have started our school day with our group learning (read alouds, experiments, [...]
Dear New Homeschooler,
From Mama B
If you are reading this blog it is probably because you are frantically searching the internet trying to find out as much as you can about this crazy thing called homeschooling. Your head is probably spinning. I know, I was you not too long ago. You are probably spending hours and hours [...]
or What Works for Us…
Reading – Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Lessons, I found this on Amazon by typing in “teach your child to read”. It had good reviews and it wasn’t very expensive. It was my very first curriculum purchase It has worked out well so far. Sierra is reading on [...]
Mama B…mom to 3 girls (4, 6 and 9)
A new homeschooling mom asked me at park day last week how we fit everything in our homeschool day, the answer was, “we don’t.”
Here is my plan for the coming “school” year:
8:00 – 8:30 Get up!
note: I am a night owl, so this is sometimes hard for me. The [...]
Story of the World Volume 1 SET The Ancients – Book and Activity Book (Volume 1 revised)
Story of the World Volume 2 SET Middle Ages – Book and Activity Book (Volume 2)
Story of the World Volume 3 SET Early Modern Times – Book and Activity Book
Story of the World Volume 4 SET Modern Age – Book and Activity Book
In [...]
So, how can you prevent burnout? I am sure that every parent feels like tearing their hair out at some stage during their parenting “career.” And homeschool parents have a more full time parenting career than most. The good news is, however, that there are simple tips and tricks that will help keep these feelings of frustration to a minimum.
Like any activity that requires a certain level of commitment, homeschool students and teachers are not immune to “burnout.” Burnout is the stress response you experience with what you are committed to has been perceived as more hard work than fun for an extended period of time. If it is not corrected and/or reversed before it escalates, it can result in mood disturbances, ill health, and poor decision making.
So what is a college prep education? What do homeschool kids who want to go to college need to know. These weighty questions have been the subject of full length books. In this article, I will give you a simple, “no fear” approach to educating your homeschool high school student. Just some basic guidelines to encourage you to do what you probably already know is right for your student.
The problem with school in a classroom setting is that you end up feeling incompetent. You don’t know what your child is doing, how they are performing, or how well they are learning. You may end up knowing that they are NOT getting something critical to you (world view, penmanship, or manners.) But you may NOT know what else they are missing.
Is there a right and wrong answer to choosing home school curriculum in high school? Many parents feel that way and it causes them a lot of anxiety and fear. In this article, The Home Scholar helps you understand that there are no right and wrong answers to this question, but there are some guidelines that will help you make the best choices for your family.
Homeschool Programs need to adapt to the changing parent – young teen relationship as our young children begin to get older. As soon as we seem to feel respected as not just a parent but as a real teacher, our children begin to discover their own unique identities.
Not every parent who thinks about homeschooling has the confidence or the vision to start homeschooling when their child becomes old enough to start school. Some of us, like me, despite thinking about it for years, only actually come to do it later in our child’s education when we’ve lost faith in a particular school system being able to deliver what our child needs.
