Not Another Homeschool Blog

My son, and his friend took Spanish last year in a local classroom setting.  Not getting the results they hoped for we are going it on our own.   The action plan:  Review Spanish 1 and tackle Spanish 2 over the summer.  Then take the Clep Exam at the end of September. We are using: Learner.org free tutorial, Destinos (A telanovella that teaches spanish), plus the accompanying book that we ordered used from Amazon.com. Rosetta Stone to teach pronunciation. If they need more help, we will hire a Spanish tutor for the last month of study before taking the Spanish Clep Exam. My daughter who has not taken Spanish 1 will follow the same program, but at a slower pace, hopefully taking the test next summer.  Wish us luck, and if you have any experience preparing for the Spanish Clep exam, please leave a comment with tips and suggestions.

I was over at Henry Cate's blog and came across a comment that lead to a blog with a catchy title... ""The case against homeschooling". The funny thing was the comment used the word 'respectfully' when introducing the link. However, this rant was anything but respectful. Still, I thought I'd join the fun and chime in and present my answer to 'The case against homeschooling'. I encourage you to do the same. To save time, I will paraphrase the writers "points". Here goes: 10. College students think homeschooled peers are geeks? (Who cares what college students think... aren't the geeks the ones that end up rich and the ones that called names... aren't they trained to be employees?) 9. Students shouldn't learn at the same table where they eat? (Huh? It there a study that has proved this is detrimental? Besides my daughter does her work under the table on a blanket.) 8. Homeschooling is selfish as homeschooled kids are ...

This is the first YouTube video I have made in AGES. I just got a new computer with a webcam though so there may be more videos... alot more videos. Anyway, this video addresses an instance where a parent felt bullied to stop homeschooling the child. In my estimation the only way the grandparents would have any power is if they were being asked to help homeschool the child or if they were adding financial support for the family. Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Great Deals on School & Homeschool Curriculum

Here are some of the recent articles I have written at families.com Ideas for keeping homeschooling fun: Study Groups Ideas for Keeping Homeschooling Fun: Following your child's passion Websites for keeping homeschooling fun Ideas for keeping homeschooling fun: Passive Learning Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Great Deals on School & Homeschool Curriculum

Yesterday I took my kids and my unofficial third child to a seminar given by SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) that was given at the local arts center. The seminar explained how to create a good art portfolio for entry into SCAD or another Fine Arts College. Out of the three kids, the youngest was the most interested and excited. She is just beginning highschool level in the fall at age 13, and is already pretty set on her college choices. The older two, the boys age 15 and 16 both going into their Jr (ish) years, acted more like It was my responsibility to internalize the information for them. But then in my experience, boys are less likely to make life decisions early on. I can see them scrambling to make college choices late in their senior year... Over my dead body. Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Great Deals on School & Homeschool Curriculum

Thanks to Joanne Jacobs for posting about this homeschool funny . Teacher takes a new approach to combating grafitti. Instead of painting over it, she corrects the grammar. "Hey, Tagger!" she wrote. "We'd like you to work on your grammar, please! Your tag SHOULD read as follows: Where are the female dogs?" If schools had more teachers like this, we'd probably still have our kids in school. Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Great Deals on School & Homeschool Curriculum

Our Pediatrician Encouraged Our Homeschooling! by Andrea Hermitt TODAY AT 06:10 PM We went to visit the doctor today. The kids hadn't been there in 18 months. They actually thought we had changed doctors, but the truth is the kids hadn't been ill enough to visit a doctor, so we just didn't. read more Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Great Deals on School & Homeschool Curriculum

I had the honor to write the Carnival of Homeschooling, Spring Fever Edition this week.  You will find it at my Atlanta Homschool Blog at Families.com.  Enjoy.  Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Great Deals on School & Homeschool Curriculum

This site tells you which Anneberg media video courses to use when studying for CLEP exams http://www.freeuniv.com/outside/annenres.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Great Deals on School & Homeschool Curriculum

I was curious so I googled. Someone on my CLEP email list mentioned that their sons took the CLEP today and one got an 80 a perfect score and the other got a 66. I wondered how that translated into letter grades, and here is was I found: **update: I just got an email that lists (unnoficial) A and B grades for all cleps Click Here! to increase your chances of passing. This is straight from the College Board Business Financial Accounting 65 50 Introductory Business Law 60 50 Information Systems and Computer Applications 59 50 Principles of Accounting 2 53 50 Principles of Marketing 65 50 Principles of Management 63 50 Composition and Literature Analyzing & Interpreting Literature 60 50 American Literature 58 50 English Composition with Essay 63 50 English Composition without Essay 59 50 English Literature 62 50 Freshman College Composition 59 50 Humanities 56 50 Foreign Languages French Language, Level 1 64 50 French Language, Level 2 69 59 German La...