Not Another Homeschool Blog

This is a recap of why we began homeschooling written for my National Examiner website. Probably more odd than a homeschooling mom writing about education in general is the fact that I have nothing against public education. In fact, I believe that some children thrive quite well in public schools, and many even excell. Still I have opted to homeschool my children. I have my reasons. If you go back to my First year lost files, you will find a similar recap. Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com

The time has come to chart out my son's plan for graduation. I feel like we just started homeschooling yesterday. Read my Families.com blog, Do you have a High School Graduation Plan? Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com

Education cuts abound The View on Homeschooling Those radical unschoolers Those crazy unschoolers No Teachers, No Homework, No tests, No grades Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com

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