This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up

Jennifer is hosting this week's Carnival of Homeschooling at Homegrown Mommy.

She starts the carnival short and sweet with:

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Sit back, relax and enjoy another fabulous episode of Carnival of Homeschooling!
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And then jumps into all the posts.

Enjoy.

Things I like about homeschooling by Baby Bop

Dictated by Baby Bop (our 8 year old son) to his mother (Janine).

I like homeschooling because…

1.  I can make a lot more friends this way.

[I guess he doesn't worry about socialization.]

2.  On holidays, we do special things.

3.  I can build a lot more awesome stuff.

4.  I can read the books I want.

5.  I can play with my stuffed animals a lot more.

6. I can study about dinosaurs and classical music. (ps. I love dinosaurs).

7.  I like to clean the kitchen.

[This one surprised me a little.]

8.  I like homeschool co-op, choir, play practice, and park day.

9.  I like that our violin teacher comes to our house in the middle of the day.

10. I like to make up sentences. (ps. It is really fun to do so).

[Note: to encourage writing, I have Baby Bop draw pictures and write what ever he wants.  I then correct what he as written and praise what he has done correctly.]

Please remember to send in a post for the next Carnival of Homeschooling

Please remember to send in a post about homeschooling for the next Carnival of Homeschooling.  The next carnival will be held at Homegrown Mommy.com

This will be the 460th edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling.

Go here for the instructions on sending in a submission.

As always, entries to the Carnival of Homeschooling are due Monday evening at 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.

I have a reminder mailing list. If you would like email reminders, please tell me. 

FYI: No carnival this week

I had a little bit of trouble lining up a host for this week's Carnival of Homeschooling, and we only had three submissions, so I've forwarded the three entries to the host for next week's carnival.

This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up - The History Edition

Sara is hosting this week's Carnival of Homeschooling at The HSBA Post.

She starts the carnival with:

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History is our theme at The Homeschool Post this month.  We’re sharing our ideas for bringing history to life for our kids through books, educational shows, field trips, time lines, and more.

Since it’s our turn again to host the Carnival of Homeschooling, I thought I would feature some history-related posts from our own writing team:

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Enjoy!

A report from my daughter on a homeschool conference

My daughter wrote this:

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As part of my home school education I take two classes from a private school which has an online program. I take their English and Science classes. I think I especially benefit from the English class, as grammar and punctuation is something I struggle with. 

Each year this academy has a conference where the students who attend the academy physically and the distance learners get together in a lodge up in the mountains and get to enjoy many youth speakers. Some of the topics are self esteem, relationships with family, setting goals and using our differences for good. I just got back from the conference last week. It was my fourth time going; I really enjoyed it and I think I learned a lot.

One of the things I like about this conference is the sense of community it breeds between the distance education students and the academy students. There are teens attending from all over the world.

Another nice thing was how motivating it was. After four days of speakers I felt ready to take on the world. And this is especially useful as I’m starting high school. Things can be pretty overwhelming.

In conclusion, being home schooled doesn't limit your growth opportunities, it just changes them, and I think it changes them for the better.
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Please remember to send in a post for the next Carnival of Homeschooling

Please remember to send in a post about homeschooling for the next Carnival of Homeschooling.  The next carnival will be held at The HSBA Post.

This will be the 459th edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling.

Go here for the instructions on sending in a submission.

As always, entries to the Carnival of Homeschooling are due Monday evening at 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.

I have a reminder mailing list. If you would like email reminders, please tell me. 

This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up - The Wonder of It All Edition

Mama Squirrel is hosting this week's Carnival of Homeschooling at Dewey's Treehouse.

She starts the carnival with:

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Welcome to the 458th Carnival of Homeschooling!

"Now personal delight, joy in living, is a chief object of education; Socrates conceived that knowledge is for pleasure, in the sense, not that knowledge is one source, but is the source of pleasure."--Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education, p. 302

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Enjoy!

A sign of things to come

When Janine and I first started blogging, nine years ago, it seemed that a lot of the other homeschool bloggers were in a similar place in life.  Over the years a number of our favorite bloggers stopped blogging, or at least stopped blogging about homeschooling their children, as their children grew up and moved out.

We got a peak of this two years ago when our oldest enrolled in the local junior colleges.  But our homeschooling activity took a huge drop this year.  Our oldest daughter left in April to serve a mission for our church.  Then about six weeks ago our second daughter left home to attend a university hundreds of miles from us.

This year we have gone from having all four children around to only having two. Our 14-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son still keep us busy.

But this week we are down to one child.  Our youngest daughter has gone off to a homeschool youth conference.  She'll be back Friday, but the house sure is empty.

In general I think to be a successful parent means my children will be competent enough to move out and live on their own.  We want them to be successful, but we will miss them.

And at some point down the road we too will stop homeschooling.

Please remember to send in a post for the next Carnival of Homeschooling

Please remember to send in a post about homeschooling for the next Carnival of Homeschooling.  The next carnival will be held at Dewey's Treehouse.

This will be the 458th edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling.

Go here for the instructions on sending in a submission.

As always, entries to the Carnival of Homeschooling are due Monday evening at 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.

I have a reminder mailing list. If you would like email reminders, please tell me. 

This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up

This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up at Notes From A Homeschooled Mom.

The carnival starts with:

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Welcome to the 457th Edition of the Carnival of homeschooling! The theme this week is homeschool freedoms. For me, homeschooling was all about freedom, but probably not in the way you think. I will let the HSLDA to their job as they see it, and I will let the lobbyers lobby. I am most concerned about freedoms on a much smaller and individual scale, to raise and educate my kids in the way I thought best. 

 This is important to me because as a homeschooler, I still see a lot of group thinking. I don't really see a point in having the legal right to homeschool, only to check with everyone and their mother before deciding on a curriculum, event, or even a political stance. Homeschooling is an individual endeavor, and I believe that while input and opinions are nice, they are just that. We have to remember that as parents, WE ARE IN CHARGE. So during my homeschool years I was very careful to make sure I never answered to state guidelines, the school board, the principal, the teacher, homeschool organizations, homeschool groups, my parents, relatives, or even friends. I was able to give my children the attention they need as they needed it, and to educate them according to their learning styles and gifting. It has truly been a freeing experience.
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Enjoy!