http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Sat, 17 May 2008 06:00:31 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.14/content/springwidget/homeschooling.xml http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17466506 My mom, the piano teacher was living a state away, so we decided to go to a guitar shop instead. These photos were taken in Jacksonville, Arkansas at a guitar shop where we got to visit with a guitar player, learn about chords, see all the awesome string and Spirittibee Fri, 16 May 2008 17:04:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17466506 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17375569 2008-05-14 via Cindy Downes - Homeschool Blogger My First CLEP test 2008-05-14 via Cindy Downes - Homeschool Blogger Tuesday's Adventures 2008-05-14 via Trivium Academy - A Living, Curious Homeschool The 124th Carnival of Homeschooling The carnival is HomeSchoolBuzz.com Wed, 14 May 2008 03:22:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17375569 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17416749 She writes: "I'm interested in finding out what you consider to be your biggest homeschooling challenge. For example, I consider my biggest homeschooling challenge to be spending enough time with my younger children where I sufficiently meet their needs, About.com: Homeschooling Thu, 15 May 2008 03:32:26 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17416749 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17219689 Valerie Bonham Moon writes Now THIS is an article about homeschooling : " Courtesy of Debbie Schwarzer, the legal chair of the HomeSchool Association of California . What it takes to be a homeschool parent , 1 May 2008, abc7 News, KGO-TV/DT San Francisco, Why Home School Thu, 08 May 2008 20:05:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17219689 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17386931 HSLDA's E-lert Service: Homeschool Information, News, & Alerts delivered directly to your e-mail address. A member family in northern Indiana was surprised to receive a letter from a local child advocacy center in their community. The Hart family (not their real name) had pulled their son out Home School Legal Defense Association Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17386931 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17275534 Saxon math presents a concept in a lesson, then has a few exercises about it, and the rest of the lesson is review of previous concepts. It is extremely good at promoting procedural accuracy {Maria's note: this means teaching procedures such as the correct motions of the long division algorithm, or Homeschool Math Blog Sat, 10 May 2008 14:51:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17275534 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17441273 You can now find my "purple pineapple weed" at WikiSpecies. Here's another photo site: Eryngium leavenworthii - Common Name: Leavenworth's Eryngo Here are some nicknames names for that genus: beethistle button snakeroot eryngo rattlesnake master rattlesnakemaster sea holly spiritweed I love Spirittibee Thu, 15 May 2008 20:02:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17441273 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17386930 A member family in the Island Trees Public School District contacted the Home School Legal Defense Association for help after they received several letters from their local school district rejecting their Individualized Home Instruction Plan (IHIP) forms. The Home School Legal Defense Association Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17386930 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17423609 We arrived in Carlsbad around 6:00 PM yesterday. We checked in to a motel, then had dinner at Marie Calendars. For our daughters one of the most important things when traveling is to go swimming. While traveling yesterday through Los Angeles I thought often Dionne Warwick's song "Do you know the Why Home School Thu, 15 May 2008 13:54:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17423609 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17265912 the benefits of going outdoors 2008-05-09 via Camp Creek Blog Reminder - send in a post for the next Carnival of Homeschooling 2008-05-09 via Why Homeschool Boy On a Bike 2008-05-09 via Cityschooling A Little Bit of May 2008-05-09 via Cajun Cottage Under the Oaks A Little Bit of May 2008-05-09 via HomeSchoolBuzz.com Sat, 10 May 2008 02:17:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17265912 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17302622 I guess there really was some interest in my little PR booklet: since I uploaded the revised version to my Lulu storefront last month, nearly 1,000 copies have been downloaded. That's more than the original printing way back when. Of course, it probably helps that the new version is free Viral Learning Mon, 12 May 2008 01:25:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17302622 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17391832 After a few rain storms, these seeds might not make it. The kids loved making those sweet little flags. When we didn't know what the seed was for, we just drew the plant or the seed on it. The one up front is what we call "purple pineapple weed". Quick Links Spirittibee Wed, 14 May 2008 15:24:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17391832 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17340244 Three months ago I came across Lisa's blog, Home School Evangelist where she shares a tip on how to have a Powerful Learning Trick. The core of the trick is for the learner to consciously think about what they have learned and then record it. During our Why Home School Tue, 13 May 2008 03:54:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17340244 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17314421 I'm sure most of you already know about this... CurrClick is having a mother's day promotion where they have 20 homeschool titles for a free download... and one of them is my Math Mammoth Clock book. Just click here to download some of them -- or all of them! Homeschool Math Blog Mon, 12 May 2008 13:30:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17314421 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17357664 Boy, Kentucky was beautiful, but I'm not so sure I would want to live there after seeing this news article about the state taking children away from their parents without warrant. Social workers are coming forward and admitting that CPS is allowing people to Spirittibee Tue, 13 May 2008 15:50:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17357664 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17314863 In The Age of Educational Romanticism he explains: "Educational romanticism consists of the belief that just about all children who are not doing well in school have the potential to do much better. Correlatively, educational romantics believe that the Why Home School Mon, 12 May 2008 13:41:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17314863 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17317032 It was brief, but I was able to snap off a few photos as we curled through downtown "Motor City" and made our way back out towards Ohio. These are just a few of the photos from the morning of Day 4 of our crazy cross-country trip to Michigan for Robofest. Every good trip needs at least one blogger Spirittibee Mon, 12 May 2008 15:19:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17317032 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17278172 The working definition of words is ultimately whatever is most widely accepted and virtually everyone uses "public schools" to mean the current government owned and operated system. They realize that to speak of "public" schools is more effective than to talk Why Home School Sat, 10 May 2008 14:28:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17278172 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17298774 We had to go to Wal-Mart last night to buy some groceries so my husband could make home-made salsa for our small group after church tonight. They must have put some sort of mind altering dope in that stuff because Kev and I were supernaturally tired and our brains were foggy. While we were waiting Spirittibee Sun, 11 May 2008 20:33:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17298774 http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17278173 In Free Public Schools are Far from Free Actual Costs Greatly Exceed Published Costs he explains: Unlike businesses in the private sector, public school budgets often exclude many significant costs when computing expenditures, thus giving misleading Why Home School Sat, 10 May 2008 13:44:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/homeschooling/item/17278173