Not Another Homeschool Blog

This carnival of homeschooling features dogs... and lots of blogs about homeschooling including my post on CLEP exams. Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com

I spent the whole day on drama club duties. The homeschool program my kids go to is having three plays this year. The first on is Secret Garden, the second is Once Upon a Mattress Jr., and the third is a musical called Just So. Our first play is coming up fast so I have to collect all the fees, order all the t-shirts, and arrange for rehearsal meals, cast dinners, and parties. When I wasn't doing actual drama club duties, I was scouring websites for costumes for the productions. For the second play especially, Medieval, Renaissance, Lord of the Ring, or Maid Marion Halloween costumes will serve our needs just well. I especially like the one in the above image. I realized that Halloween Costumes make great drama and play outfits last winter when my daughter was in the Bugsy Malone Jr. Play, we were able to get great flapper outfits for the showgirls, as well as gangster outfits too. I noticed that the halloween costumes are of much better quality that what was available when ...

Over at families.com blog where I blog about homeschooling, I have been working on listing homeschool resources and groups for each state. This is going to take months. So far I have done California and Alabama Meanwhile, I also wrote: Are You Prepared for an Unexpected Change? Considering the CLEP exams for homeschoolers Homeschool Questions and Answers: Reversing Letters Proposed NJ Homeschool Legislation Homeschool Questions and Answers: Homeschooling a Kindergartener Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com

This is why homeschoolers are under constant fire. A degenerate who abuses a child uses homeschooling as a cover and when it is discovered, homeschooling is focused on in the news. Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com

While I don't believe that every parent should pull their children out of public and private school and teach them solely at home, I do believe that every parent should be involved in their children's education to the point where they teach their children at home to a certain degree. This is what I mean by all children should be homeschooled. In other words, if your child is having trouble learning to read, take it upon yourself to teach them at home. If your child is struggling in math. Help them. if your child has educational interests that are not available in school, make it available at home. But how would you do it you ask? I realize that many parents of children in public school just don't know where to start when it comes to facilitating the education of children at home. The truth is that many homeschooling parents start in the same place. At some point we get over the fear and find a homeschool curriculum that will help to facilitate our desire to help o...

This is he best blog post I have read in ages!!! The photos are priceless too... check it out. Homeschool Couture by Octamom. Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com

Net World Daily may not be one of my favorite websites, but they have done the job of compiling the information on sex crimes by female teachers on students over the past three years. A quick count gave me just under 170 teachers committing sex crimes. And this is just women's predators. I dare say this rivals the damage done by Catholic Priests in the 1970's and 1980's. Students from elementary to highschool to special needs were violated. Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com