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School Registration Bill Worries Welsh Families
September 24, 2012 -- A new bill in the Welsh Assembly proposes registration for home educated children and sparks thoughts reminiscent of the 2010 Badman Report in Great Britain.
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10 Ways To Save Money On Homeschooling
September 20, 2012 -- More and more parents are deciding that homeschooling is the correct choice for their kids.
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Homeschooling 101: Busting some long-held myths about home education
September 19, 2012 -- Homeschooling is on the rise of the United States.
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Honduras: home schooling your children can broaden their horizons
September 19, 2012 -- This year, I am homeschooling my three children, ages 10, 7 and 5, on an extended international adventure.
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Back to School – the Homeschool Edition
July 30, 2012 -- As local school students prepare to head back to the classrooms, so too do many homeschool students – they just don’t have quite as far to travel every day.
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Persecuted & Exiled Swedish Homeschoolers “Walk to Freedom,” Vow to Fight On.
July 19, 2012 -- STOCKHOLM - After walking some 120 miles over six days in the “Walk to Freedom” as a protest against Sweden’s controversial new ban on homeschooling,
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Homeschool Or Public School?
July 14, 2012 -- It's an election year and that will likely mean a lot of talk about the American education system.
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Homeschoolers stage march to exile
July 10, 2012 -- Dozens of Swedish home educators from will walk 100 miles from the town of Asko to Stockholm then board a ferry to the nearby Aland Islands,
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HSLDA Back in Court to Defend Stielers’ Parental Rights
July 09, 2012 -- Home School Legal Defense Association is preparing for our second round of court battles as we defend the rights of Ken and Erin Stieler to direct the medical care of their 8-year-old son, Jacob.
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How to Avoid Homeschool Burnout
July 9, 2012 -- We spent some time with several veteran homeschool speakers this weekend, and there is a troubling trend they are seeing—moms who are just burned out on homeschooling.
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Homeschool Groups: What Do You Bring to the Table?
July 09, 2012 -- If a bunch of people get together in a room and don't say anything what happens?
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Officials Overstep Their Bounds, Families Threatened
July 6, 2012 -- Four homeschooling families living in Austria say local officials are “frustrating” their efforts to home educate their children.
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Home-school Happenings: Making it work for all families
June 21, 2012 -- Excuse me while I jump up on my soapbox for a minute or two.
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USA Olympic Diving Trials Include Several Homeschooled Hopefuls
June 18, 2012 -- This week, USA Diving is holding the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. The competition will be tough.
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African-Americans increasingly turn to home-schooling
June 16, 2012 -- It’s the end of another school year, and for a growing number of African-American kids, it will be their last outside the home.
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Graduation— Different Paths, Same Result
June 13, 2012 -- It’s that time of year again when high school kids all over the country are marching down aisles in caps and gowns in celebration of finishing a goal.
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Is it time to think about home schooling your child?
June 12, 2012 -- For the past 21 years I have taught economics to more than 14,000 college students here in Central Florida.
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Virtual Charter School: “School at Home” not Necessarily Homeschooling
June 11, 2012 -- An increasing number of Ohio families are seeking membership with HSLDA after dissatisfying experiences with Ohio virtual charter schools.
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'HOMESCHOOLING IS AS EASY AS ABC...'
June 10, 2012 -- AN American mother is giving hope to thousands of British families worried by a chronic lack of school places by revealing how children can be taught at home.
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Misplaced Reports Lead to Court
June 6, 2012 -- By mistake, the Trinells’ (names changed to protect privacy) homeschool reports were not delivered to the superintendent of the local school district.
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Home-school Happenings: Useful books for home-schooling
June 5, 2012 -- After you’ve been home-schooling a while, you realize that certain books, materials and websites are “old standbys”
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Upset Neighbors Cause Problems for Homeschooling Family
June 4, 2012 -- The Kestars (names changed to protect privacy) recently moved to Pennsylvania next to neighbors who objected to their homeschooling their son Jacob.
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Bulgarian Officials Persecute Pastor over Homeschooling
June 4, 2012 -- Authorities in the former communist nation of Bulgaria are reportedly persecuting a pastor and his family over their decision to homeschool,
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PABIS: HB 39: Georgia homeschooling law changes
June 2, 2012 -- Some changes have been made to the homeschooling law in Georgia, and they will go into affect in the 2012-2013 school year.
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Officer to Mom: “I’m Taking Your Children Into Custody Now”
June 1, 2012 -- After attending to a load of laundry and returning to her front yard where her children were playing,
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Unpacking the Scores: Using Annual Testing to your Homeschool’s Advantage
June 1, 2012 -- Homeschool families across North Carolina share at least one fate with traditional educational institutions
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"What in the world were you thinking!" I'm sure you've probably heard this from others or told yourself this same statement. The thought of homeschooling your children may have seemed like a great idea at first. Especially if you have only boys! What father wouldn't want to teach their sons about science by going fishing? Fishing is a science right? But then reality hits you. Yes you may be good in math or science, but you're not
knowledgeable in everything (although we pretend like it, right guys?). Then there are so many questions that start going through your head. Where do I get curriculum, what curriculum should I use, can I really do this, and of course what about socialization? Let me put your mind at ease. It's not as difficult as it looks.
Relax and have fun. The main objective to parenting is to teach children how to become adults. The reason you are homeschooling is to enjoy the time spent with your children and to learn together. You want to help your children learn how to learn, teach them how to figure things out, to work through problems. Once they understand the basic
principles of math, language, or life they can accomplish much. Here is something you might want to think about. In the typical school, one teacher spends 6-7 hours teaching 20 children. This is equivalent to one on one tutoring for 1-2 hours a day. Learning is a lot easier in a relaxed atmosphere with this type of one on one attention. And when it is all said and done, you will have taught your children something more valuable than what is written in a schoolbook. You will have shown them how much you loved them.
Start talking to people you know who already homeschool their children. They will have plenty of good advice to get you started. If you don't know any homeschoolers then try to find a homeschool support group in your area. Many churches also have organized homeschool support groups. Check around and see what you can find.
Next you should find out about the homeschooling laws in your state. Different states have different requirements. Some states have testing requirements. Some have specific curriculum requirements. State support groups generally have a summary of their state laws. Check the listings on our State Homeschool Support Information page or ask a local support group.