Homeschool Funny (video)

Way  funny homeschool skit:



I only homeschool two kids so I am not going to confess to having a day like this one, but sometimes my kids display the habits of the two older girls.

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Homeschool Curriculum Giveway

I am doing a Homeschool Curriculum Giveaway on Sept 1, 2010

So I am going to make this simple.  I will submit:
1.  1 entry for following me on twitter (ahermitt)
2.  1 entry for tweeting about this contest
3.  3 entries for blogging about this contest and leaving a comment to let me know you did.
* UPDATE:  please drop me a comment to let me know you tweeted or otherwise.

What am I giving away?  My copy of Reading Detective A1

(recommended for grades 5-6)

This book is in very good condition.  One page has been written in (using pencil)

Find our more about the book on Amazon.com
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I don't need a study to tell me that 1 million children are misdiagnosed with ADHD

I don't need a study to tell me that 1 million children are misdiagnosed with ADHD.  My daughter could have easily been one of those children.  This post written a year after we started homeschooling tells what she was like at the time. If the Kindergarten and first grade teacher got their way, she would have been put on Ritalin to make their lives easier.

Sure, she was a handful.  She was certainly the youngest in her class, which the study pointed out was the main reason for misdiagnosis.  A child who is a full 11 months younger than the oldest child is going to act a year younger.  They are going to be baby-like in comparison and more physically active.  As we had moved from NY to Atlanta, she had started school at a younger age than most children and her summer birthday allowed her to squeak into a Kindergarten class younger than most kids.

Her immaturity read as hyperactivity and inattention.  But I knew better.  Even if I was wrong, I knew I could handle the issues one-on-one that a teacher could not handle in a full classroom.  By working with her one-on-one, I also learned that  she didn't learn like most kids.  She was truly a Right-Brained Child in a Left-Brained World. Giving her ritalin would have never "corrected" this.  It wasn't meant to be corrected, it is meant to be worked with. 

I am so glad I never accepted the diagnosis and that my beautiful teenage daughter was allowed to mature on her own, without medication.

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Who is your favorite homeschool blogger?

Help me populate my Homeschooling blogroll

I just went through my blogroll and deleted more than half as the blogs were defunct.

Please send my your favorite homeschool blogs to check out so I can repopulate.

Thanks.

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