The Carnival of Homeschooling: week 3

Homeschooling from A to Z:


A is for Advice

Homeschoolers love to give advice. Barbara Frank, The Imperfect Homeschooler, has a list of Top Ten Tools for Homeschooling Parents. Headmistress, at The Common Room, shares how to study nature in your home. Angela Snodgrass, an Aspiring Proverbs 31 Woman, writes about finding the natural rhythm of homeschooling.


B is for Books

Many homeschoolers seem to spend almost as much time at the library as at home. At Nose in a book, a mother shares the joy of reading to her daughters. At A teacher is simply a student with unlimited chalkboard privileges we find a fun quote about books.


C is for College

Metapundit, a homeschooled student now at college, muses about his thoughts on if he will homeschool his children. Melissa Morgan, at An Eagle's Nest, says homeschooling is also great at the college level.


D is for Disposition

Daniel MacIntyre, at Key Words, says it is a good thing homeschoolers don't need a "Professional Disposition."


E is for Entertainment

Homeschooling doesn't have to be boring. If done right, our children can learn a lot while they are entertained. At Mental Multivitamin are some great ways for injecting fun into your children's learning days. PalmTree Pundit shares her experience of her children dissecting a worm. And Joanne, at A Day in Our Lives, writes about her children creating a time capsule.


F is for Family

Homeschooling is great for strengthening the family. At the Farm School are some thoughts about family, independence and freedom. Bruggie Tales share some of their innovative ides their family has come up with.


G is for Goof

Oops, I missed this one. I really do know the alphabet.


H is for How to Homeschool

Getting started can be hard. Homeschool bloggers are ready to share their how-to tips. On Tami's Blog are some ideas for multi-level teaching. Jerz's Literacy Weblog says there is value in letting your child play computer games. Beverly Hernandez, of About Homeschooling, has advice on how to recognize good advice. At the Trivium Pursuit Online Blog is a nice list of books about history, chronology and the Bible.


I is for Intellectual Dynamo

Some parents homeschool because their children are gifted or have special needs. Mislabeled Child has advice for homeschooling a Fiercely Independent Learner.


J is for Joke

We all need a bit of humor in our life. At Home Education & Other Stuff Daryl Cobranchi shares his reason for homeschooling.


K is for Kids

Homeschooling is all about the kids. Better Left Unsaid shares how homeschooling was perfect for foster care and adopted kids.


L is for Lessons Learned

Homeschooling provides a wonderful environment for both parents and children to learn. Mama Squirrel at Dewy's Treehouse writes about why they homeschool and what she has learned. At Geronimo! Allison Tannery writes about raising an extremely active and passionate child, with an insatiable appetite for information. At Family School a mother wonders about the lessons she learned in taking her children ice skating.


M is for Math

Historically education was about reading, writing, and arithmetic. Homeschool Math Blog reviews the history of Euclid and Geometry, and how Euclid's geometry is the basis for high school geometry courses today. Rivendell, WIS compares US math textbooks to foreign texts, and finds the US texts don't measure up.


N is for New Beginnings

One of the nice things about homeschooling is how easy it is start over or try something new. At Janne's Jabberwocky, Janne writes about how after ten years of homeschooling she has changed her focus.


O is for Ownership

Parents who choose to homeschool take ownership of their children's education. At Pollywog Creek Porch, Patricia shares how she learned to assume ownership and responsibility for my children's education and extracurricular activities.


P is for Problems with Public Schools

Some parents run to homeschooling for the benefits; others run away from public schools because of the problems. Joanne Jacobs writes about a teacher who assigned high school freshman to do research on internet porn. Chris Adamo says the recent Ninth Circuit Court decision affirms the obvious attitude schools have towards children.


Q is for Questions

One of the great things about homeschooling is the questions that come up. At Why Homeschool, my wife writes about an important question she asked one of our daughters.


R is for Reasons

People homeschool for a variety of reasons. At Julie's Jewls, Julie covers many reasons why she homeschools. At The Wellspring are some more reasons for homeschooling. Many Christians choose to homeschool for religious reasons; Welcome to the Fallout provides support for their choice. At Homeward Academy for Eclectic Learning are some more reasons for homeschooling.


S is for Socialization

Many people don't recognize the great socialization that comes from homeschooling. Kim Anderson, at Mother-Lode, uses a trip to a debate tournament to show how homeschoolers are often very socialized. Kimberly Swygert, at Number 2 Pencil, comments on why the NEA attacks homeschoolers over the socialization issue.


T is for Typical Day (or Week)

It can be greatly reassuring to a new homeschooler to read about a typical day of homeschooling. Sherry Early, at Semicolon, documents one of her typical days. At Relaxed Homeskool Kim admits that not every day goes as planned. In Musings from the Mahan School for Little Women, June mentions one of the great benefits of homeschooling, the things parents learn and relearn. Faith in Love gives a little higher perspective and talks about a typical week.


U is for Unschooling

Unschooling is an approach to homeschooling where the child makes decisions about what to learn. Doc's Sunrise Rants has a series about homeschooling which starts with advice on unschooling. Spunky, at SpunkyHomesSchool, shares the undeniable truths of an Un-Unschooler.


V is for Values

Homeschoolers value many aspects of homeschooling. In the Dad's Corner, Steve Walden values homeschooling because his children know him, and they follow his (good) behavior. School at Home in the Wildwood talks about why they homeschool.


W is for Why We Homeschool

There are dozens of reasons why parents choose to teach their children at home. Father, Principal, Husband and Seeker has many, many reasons he homeschools. Susannah Cox on Susie-Q&A talks about why and how she homeschools. Victoria Carrington's Journal revels that she finds homeschooling best for the growth as a family, and best for academics. Family-Handiwork has even more reasons to homeschool. At My little corner is the basic reason for many Christians.


X is for eXtra special

There are a lot of special people in our lives. Don't Marker the Cat! talks about one of their special friends.


Y is for Young Children

For many homeschooling is a way of life, not just from K-12. Young Homemaker writes about homeschooling her 3-year old.


Z is for Zzzzz

I need to get some sleep. It is after midnight.



So there you have it, the complete alphabet of homeschooling.

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Thank you for visiting the third Carnival of Homeschooling. We hope this has been fun, and educational. If you missed the first two carnivals, check here for the archives.

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Even more reasons to homeschool, from the archives

Long ago, before Janine and I started blogging, I used to browse around the internet looking for reasons to homeschool. Earlier this year I've been working through some old email and came across some of the links I had saved, so I started posting some of the reasons to homeschool. (Posts 1, 2, 3, 4)

Here are yet more from 2004:

Reason to homeschool: Because Homeschooling is Freedom.

Reason to homeschool: Because You can homeschool for Liberty.

Reason to homeschool: Because Children are a gift and responsibility from God.

Reason to homeschool: Because Teachers Unions really just care about the money.

Reason to homeschool: Because Many public schools are encouraging children to experiement sexually.

Reason to homeschool: Because Public school teachers send their children to private schools.


And if that is not enough, check out Ann Zeise's wonderful web site: A to Z Home's Cool. She has reasons for Mom, reasons for Dad, a few other reasons, and then her personal explanation of why Homeschooling is Best.


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A few reasons for homeschooling

I was working through a few blogs and noticed a couple posts on reasons for homeschooling.

EveryWakingHour lead me to A Brave Writer's Life in Brief with a great list of reasons for homeschooling.

Charlie Cory has a list of 8 Reasons to Educate Your Child at Home.


On a whim I punched in "reason homeschool" into Blogger's Blog Search and found many more recent posts about reasons to homeschool:

MamaFiza from Malaysia has a FAQ on homeschooling which includes several reasons parents choose to homeschool.

Tramsek has a list of reasons for homeschooling, and expounds on them from a Christian perspective.

Mull-berry says "The main reason I like to homeschool is 'time.' We have time to do things without the rush."

It looks like Sarah has been building a list of reasons for homeschooling. Number 99 has to do with buses.

And from a teenager's perspective, Joey MG shares a good reason for homeschooling - it has to do with the weather.


And finally one last post - Lisa is looking for some good reasons to homeschool which might encourage her ex-husband to let her homeschool their son.


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Yet more reasons to homeschool, from the archives

Long ago, before Janine and I started blogging, I used to browse around the internet looking for reasons to homeschool. Earlier this year I've been working through some old email and came across some of the links I had saved, so I started posting some of the reasons to homeschool. (Posts 1, 2, 3)

Here are yet more from 2004:

Reason to homeschool: Because "Children taught at home tend to learn better, to be happier, to be more sociable, and to be more independent than those who are made to spend large amounts of time in school." as reported by Home-education in the UK.

Reason to homeschool: Because People should not be mass manufactured!

Reason to homeschool: Because public schools are not accountable to the parents. Joanne Jacobs explained that government schools are Unaccountable to parents.

Reason to homeschool: Because the teachers push to have the children labeled ADHD so the students will be medicated and less trouble.

Reason to homeschool: Because the schools want your children after school hours also. The officials say it is for the children, but the truth is it is about the money.

Reason to homeschool: Because some schools want to put chips in the children. The students will be easier to track if the Schoolchildren to be RFID-chipped.

Reason to homeschool: Because the school system won't teach the children english. N.Y.C.’s Bilingual Education: Still Crazy After All These Years explains that Latino parents want the schools to teach English, but the "we-know-better" educational establishment just blows them off.

Reason to homeschool: Because the teachers unions are so political. Political Activism Takes Center Stage with the NEA covers some of the ways the NEA tries to influence politics, in issues for beyond anything remotely related to education.


And if that is not enough, here are 53 Reasons To Homeschool.


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Carnival of Homeschooling: Week 80

Welcome to the Carnival of Homeschooling: The top 10 reasons to homeschool*

* According to the 1999 Survey by the Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics


I've noticed that these reasons for homeschooling are phrased with the assumption that there must be something wrong with the school, wrong with the child or wrong with the family to motivate homeschooling. This is not surprising considering the list came from the Department of Education. Thus, I've added my own commentary in parenthesis.

NOTE: We apologize if we missed any posts. Google’s spam filter is very aggressive. Henry found 5 or 6 posts buried in with the 370+ spam emails the Carnival of Homeschooling received this week. Also, we've noticed that some entries spent 12 hours in limbo before they were delivered to CarnivalofHomeschooling@gmail.com.


Can give child better education at home (or good enough for less time)

Annette at Homeschooling Journey explains the use of Scope and Sequence. If you think you may one day be returning your child to the public school system, it's essential for you to understand what a scope and sequence is.

Barb at The Heart of Harmony explains how art is something homeschoolers push aside many times for the more academic subjects. Summer is a great time to work on drawing with your children. Here is a great book called Drawing with Children to get you started.

From It's a Small World, we get helps on hints for the Five Paragraph Essay.

This is from a homeschool student perspective. Super Angel at the Daily Planet describes the schedule for her last year of homeschooling in It's July... Can you believe it??

From Lothlorien, another homeschool student describes a recent outing in We are Homeschoolers, No Doubt.


Religious (and Political) reasons

From Abrianna at Yankee CowGirl, we get the update on the so-called " The Homeschooling Candidate".

Tiffany at Life on the Road: Home Business, Homeschool, and Cats! passes on information about the Maryland school system's policy that the state supersedes the rights of parents in Remind me not to go to Maryland...



Poor learning environment at school (or to take advantage of a rich home environment)

Schools have a difficult time utilizing Discovery Learning techniques. Dana at Principled Discovery points to the importance of teaching children how to observe in Building a reflective homeschool, sharing the wonder.

This next post is a good summary of all the reasons to homeschool. From The Lady Of RFH at Rowen Forest Homeschool we can read their journey to homeschooling called Homeschooling Since February 17, 1999.

Jenny at Little Acorns Treehouse points out how "with unschooling, you need to have a resource rich environment and access to a wide variety of materials that you can follow as your child asks questions or shows interest" in The Summer of Unschooling.

Stephanie at Adventures in the 100 Acre Wood shares A Tree House for Kids.


Family reasons (or to spend time together as a family)

Barbara Frank in The Gravitational Pull of Homeschooling describes how homeschooling is an attractive family lifestyle choice that is hard to walk away from.

Homeschooling is an important part of how we build a strong family. Alasandra responds to criticism that children belong to society (not the family) and that homeschooling should be banned in kestrel9000 Attacks Homeschooling at Daily Kos.

Here's a good example of family time from Gary at Homeschool Buzz in Independence Day aboard the USS Constitution!

Have you ever heard the argument that moms teaching teen boys is unproductive? Kim at Mother-Lode explores this debate in Mothers and Sons.


To develop character/morality

Homeschool parents often run into a conflict between their values and those promoted by the public school system. This phenomenon can also find its way into our relationships with extended family members. Sebastian at Percival Blakeney Academy gives some good advice in Planning for Christmas.

Jacque at Seeking Rest in the Ancient Paths explains how teaching manners and character is a continuous process in a Summertime Learnin' - Manners.

To teach character and morality, parents must somtimes "read the riot act" to their kids. At Home With the Kids explains the history behind this phrase in Read 'em the Riot Act.


Object to what school teaches (or simply a desire to follow a different scope and sequence)

Quietly into the Night points to a Seattle Times article that explains This is why my son is Homeschooled.

.....In the name of student achievement, more teachers must follow stricter rules about what — and sometimes how — they teach. In some places, they stay almost literally on the same page.....

christinemm at The Thinking Mother answers the question, "How do you do all that homeschooling?"

The following is a response I sent to an email I received from a homeschooler that lives in my town, who I met about a year ago, who comes to my homeschool support group meetings, has been to my house and has seen all the books and educational “stuff” we have in our home.

Nerdmom at Nerd Family describe the philosophy they are going to follow in Looking for Resources

So if you have used a different scope and sequence, will you have trouble getting into college? Silvia at Po Moyemu--In My Opinion looks into Questions about Homeschooled Kids and College.


School does not challenge child (or parents do not want to wait around to find out)

Patti at All Info About Home Schooling has a challenging and fun First Aid Worksheets.

Lindafay at Higher Up and Further In shares How We Use the Handbook of Nature Study, all 800 pages of it!

Do you remember the Summer Hill School founded in 1920's. Their unique philosphy influenced the homeschool pioneer, John Holt. Wired for Noise describes how she stumbled across a book on Summer Hill School.


Other problems with available schools (or support from the wonderful homeschooling community).

From Life Without School we get a glimps of the diverse and exciting world of homeschooling in Who are you? and it's follow up in Celebrating Our Diversity.

Janine from Why Homeschool found an insightful look at Sir Ken Robinson's Do schools kill creativity?


Student behavior problems at school (or not wanting to mess up an already well behaved child)

Sometimes we can have behavior problems in the blogosphere too. It is easy to get sucked up into a heated response to a comment. Homeschooling and education are one of those topics that can inspire great passion and harsh words on both sides. Hernandez at APMFormulators has some sound advice on how to avoid a tit-for-tat debate in Christian Women who Love to fight.

Taking turns is an important part of good behavior. From the Headmistress, Zookeeper at The Common Room we get some advice on Narrations, Whose Turn Is It?


Child has special needs/disability (or don't all children have special needs?)

Each child has "special" needs and homeschooling helps parents meet those needs. Denise at Let's play math! has a card deck for number games, plus how to make a nifty card holder for young hands in How to make Math Cards.

Because each child has their own set of special strengths and weaknesses, parents may struggle to determine what is best for each child. Lilliput Station reminds us that "No one knows your kids better than you do" in Homeschooling: The Second Generation (Part 3.


Conclusion:

There you have it, a look at the top ten reasons to homeschool according to the Department of Education. If you have enjoyed this carnival, please spread the word. Please mention the carnival on your blog, and other appropriate places.

Go here for the archives of previous carnivals.

Next week the carnival will be held at Principled Discovery.

If you are interested in submitting a post for a future carnival, click here for information.

We thank everyone who has helped out. Thank you to all the participants in this carnival. And thanks to all those who help promote the Carnival of Homeschooling.

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More reasons to homeschool, from the archives

Long ago, before Janine and I started blogging, I used to browse around the internet looking for reasons to homeschool. Two months ago I've been working through some old email and came across some of the links I had saved, so I started posting some of the reasons to homeschool.

Here are some more from 2004:

Reason to homeschool: Because the politicians realize the public schools are bad. Here's an account where the politicians frankly discuss how they educate their children.

Reason to homeschool: Because private data may be made public. Closed schools left to vandals; books, equipment, and student records abandoned. Reread the last part: "student records abandoned!"

Reason to homeschool: Because students can graduate from high school and not know how to write. This account is from 2004, I'm sure it is worse now.

Reason to homeschool: Because the NEA doesn't want teachers to educate the students. This is a 32 page report on how the NEA disrubts the learning process.

Reason to homeschool: Because the schools are overlawyered. UK schools won't take children on field trips if there is an increase exposure to sun burns.

Reason to homeschool: Because the schools are a crazy environment. A UK boy was banned from taking sun cream to school. (Maybe he really wanted to go on a field trip.)

Reason to homeschool: Because teachers only teach the parts of history they want to teach. Fox News has made billions of dollars advertising themselves as Fair and Balanced. Unfortunately public schools haven't been able to make that claim for years.

Reason to homeschool: To protect your children. Rather than deal with difficult children many teachers want to just drug them.


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More reasons to homeschool, from the archives

As I mentioned earlier this week, long ago, before Janine and I started blogging, I used to browse around the internet looking for reasons to homeschool. Here are a few from 2004:

Reason to homeschool: To protect your children from the NEA. This book review of "The Worm in the Apple: How the Teacher Unions are Destroying American Education" should cause any parent to consider pulling their children.

Reason to homeschool: To make sure your children read good books, instead of trash. In 2 lazy 2 teach Michelle Malkin starts with:

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Have you checked your child's summer reading list? Beware: Some lame-brained school officials have decided to ditch the sonnets of Shakespeare for the tripe of Tupac.
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Reason to homeschool: To teach your children about money. Teach Kids About Money....Or You'll Pay For It! (Steve Moitozo has a few more reasons to homeschool here)

Reason to homeschool: To protect your children from lead poisoning. School district ignored lead hazard. Lead-tainted water in Seattle schools stuns parents has more information.

Reason to homeschool: Because school lunches aren't always safe. Elizabeth Lane Lawley gives the details in another reason to homeschool.


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Carnival of Homeschool: Week 342 - The Change Edition

Our family has experienced a lot of changes this year.  The first six months have been pretty packed. For example, our oldest will soon be 18 years old and will "graduated" from Cate Academy.  Our youngest will begin Kindergarten at Cate Academy. 

This spring we moved out of our home for three months while our house underwent a major remodel. (Even two months later I’m still reaching for the light switches where they used to be.) 

I took my son on his first Fathers and Sons camp out. 

My work has had some major changes (long story, don't ask) in the first six months of 2012. 

Homeschoolers are used to change. We are frequently in a state of flux. Our plans may change from moment to moment.  So, sit back and enjoy the show while we look at some of the "changes" in this week's Carnival of Homeschooling.



Basic Change

Life is often changing, sometimes in unexpected ways.  Mystie reminds us in Real Life that interruptions are the point, from Simply Convivial.

Lisa provides us with a glimpse into A day in the life of Homeschool Circus.  This was their first official day of school; see how they organized (schedule) the day and what they did when a major curriculum derailment hit!  Posted at: Homeschool Circus.


Summer changes

Sometimes people think that learning stops when school is out for the summer.  In When Does Learning Stop? Chris reminds us that we learn every day and through that learning we expand our horizons. It is important to help our children experience the joy of learning in different ways so that they will be energized with the quest!  Posted at:  Home School vs. Public School.

Crafting With Kids: Summer Tie-Dye!  shows off a families a tie dye extravaganza just before Independence Day. They had fun, and the shirts were the talk of the neighborhood as they dried on hangers from the dogwood in front of the house.  Posted at:  So Crafty.

Dave shares a recent fun family outing.  They took a hike.  Posted at: Home School Dad.

Advice for Change

Michelle has 10 Money-Saving Homeschool Tips.  My family is a strong believer in her first tip.  Posted at: The Holistic Homeschooler.

After ten years of homeschooling, Kris shares lessons she has learned in 10 Homeschooling Do’s and Don’ts.  Posted at: Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers.

Sheila reminds us that We are a work in progress, not perfection.  In all that we do, we should not allow our imperfections to hinder us from hospitality.  Posted at: littleprairiehomeschool.

Paula has some tips on Homeschooling While Moving.  She shares what they’ve done to prepare for a move.  Posted at: Average Housewife.

In Home Spun Vignette #20 Cristina asks answers the questions “Which is more important? A clean house or busy, curious kids?” Posted at: Home Spun Juggling.

Reasons for Change

Homeschooling is perfect for a creative child for so many reasons.  Jimmie and her daughter came up with their Top Ten Reasons to Homeschool a Creative Child.  Posted at: Jimmie’s Collage.

Jan responds to the question: So, Why Do You Homeschool Anyway???  Posted at:  Encouraging Moms Who Homeschool.

From South Africa, Nadene explains Why would a school teacher homeschool?, and what made her decide on this journey.  Posted at: Practical Pages.

How to change

Regena explains that Sensory Boxes offer a terrific, hands-on way to explore a large variety of subjects.  They are generally set up to stimulate various senses; work large and fine motor skills; and teach patterning, sequencing, counting, colors, and so forth.  Posted at: Green Apple’s Blush.

Jimmie provides step by step directions for Getting Started with Notebooking.  Posted at: Homegrown Learners.

Anticipating changes

Amber has 10 Exciting Traditions for celebrating the New School Year.  Posted at: Classic Housewife.

In Using block scheduling in Homeschooling,  Jamie writes about changing up how they homeschool. Block scheduling is a new old trick to use!  Posted at: MomSchool.

And for our humble entry to the carnival, Janine writes about her Summer Reading and reflects on lessons about homeschooling she’s learned over the last thirteen years and her goals for the next year.  Posted at: Why Homeschool.

In Thinking about College and Career Choices, Annie Kate reminds us that planning for the future is not only about a career; it’s about a whole life. Traditional career planning often forgets that simple but crucial fact.  Posted at: Tea Time with Annie Kate.

In Playing Store – Learning to Budget, Karyn provides a fun and simple way to teach children about money and budgeting using play money and play food.  Posted at: Teach Beside Me.

Learning from Change

Susan shares 10 Reasons to be Excited for School her young children came up with.  Posted at: Hopping to It.

Here is an interesting claim: Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes Split is Bad News for the Homeschooling Community.  Posted at: HomeschoolingHUB.

In Looking Back and Looking Ahead, Lisa reflects on their first year of implementing the Charlotte Mason methods with some thoughts from here children as well.  Posted at: Olive Plants All Around My Table.

In Nine Disadvantages of Homeschooling, Karen talks about some things that tend to be "negative" about they homeschooling experience.  Posted at: Homeschool Atheist Momma.

Things that don’t change

Faith in God is an unchanging cornerstone for many homeschoolers.

In A Humble Parlour as a School of Theology, Mrs. White reminds us that mothers of old times would spend hours reading the Bible to their children.  Posted at The Legacy of Home.

Nebby shares her thoughts on What Does the Bible Say about Educating Children.  (Part 1; Part 2) Posted at: Letters from Nebby.

Phyllis has a thoughtful post about developing habits in our children in What Will Your Children Find You Doing?  Phyllis’ children will find her reading the scriptures.  Posted at: Proclaiming God's Faithfulness.

Books will always be important to homeschoolers.


Alasandra provides us with a short Book Review of Death Run by Jack Higgns, posted at Alasandra’s Homeschool Blog.

Books are an important part of any homeschooler’s diet.  Children’s minds grew and change as they devour new thoughts and stories.  Mindy has some Great Ways to Find Affordable Books, posted at DenSchool.

For generations, little boys have been making paper airplanes.  

Dave shares videos of his son showing How to Make A Paper Airplane.  Posted at: Dave Out Loud.

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Carnival of Homeschool: Week 158 - The 3rd Anniversary

Where has all the time gone? Three years ago my wife and I launched the first Carnival of Homeschooling. The carnival keeps going strong. Every week we pick up new bloggers. There is a vast number of people who participate. We are also blessed to have several dozen people who take turns hosting the carnival.

The posts here are grouped by the subjects that people wrote about this week.




Change

In Things Have Changed Alan reflects on how his reasons and motivations for homeschooling have changed over the last five years, on his blog Prose Politics and Piety.

With Unschoolers and Textbooks, Dawn wonders if she has gone over to the dark side, posted on Day by Day Discoveries.


Give aways

Lady Jess, a young homeschooled student, shares an Interview with Mrs. Ronneberg "Beauty of Braille" from the Growing In Grace Magazine. The post includes a book giveaway.

At A Pondering Heart Joycelyn has put together a big giveaway for homeschoolers with the Winter Bundle 2008-2009.


Goals

Lady Rachel, a young homeschooler, shares some of her 2009 goals in Homeschool Memoirs – Making a List… at her blog A City on a Hill.

Denise of Let’s Play Math! asks “Have you made a resolution to exercise your mental muscles this year? If so, then please join us for the 2009 Mathematics Game.”

It is important to plan when you want to get a lot done. Lionden Landing shares their Themes and plans for January.

Miss Amanda, a homeschool graduate, reflects on her 2008 goals, and shares some of her 2009 goals in Homeschool Memoirs – Making a List… at her blog The Daily Planet.

Rachel Starr Thomson, homeschool graduate and author, talks about setting yearly, weekly, and daily goals for the new year in Goal Setting: The Plans.


Government

Carletta in Public School Sports – Can Homeschoolers Have Their Cake and Eat It, Too? asks “Could widespread participation in public school activities jeopardize homeschool freedom?” on her blog Successful Homeschooling.

At Eclectic Education, Lynn warns about a New Law which Could Affect Parents in the United States.

Mary (The Informed Parent) has some thoughts about the number of homeschoolers in Statistically Speaking – Homeschool Enrollment.

Joanne Jacobs has breaking news, the UK will no longer have schools, they’ll have ‘Places for learning.’ Maybe we’re no longer “homeschoolers.” How about “homes places for learning?” It doesn’t have the same ring.


Help for homeschoolers

Elena of My Domestic Church gives A Pep Talk for Homeschool Moms who may be starting out, or need a little extra encouragement.

CHATS WITH AN “OLD LADY” has great insight into the importance of building a support network in I’VE HAD IT!

In Another Milestone, a homeschool mom fondly looks back on homeschooling her third child, who will graduate this spring, on her blog Barbara Frank Online.

Homeschool co-ops can be a great addition to your homeschool efforts, but too much of even a good thing can become overwhelming. Carol Topp has some tips on how to be A happy co-op member at HomeschoolCPA’s Blog.

Janice explains how using the SWOT Analysis for Homeschools can help improve your year, at Taking Time for Things That Matter.

Older Kids - Less is More reminds us that it may be best for our children not to throw lots of instructional materials, from the HEM Takes a Closer Look blog at the Home Education Magazine.

Sprittibee writes about their First Day of the Rest of My School Year. It was a challenging day.


Learning

Laureen is surprised to learn that All I Needed to Know About P.E. I Learned from Jackie Chan, at The Life Without School Community Blog.

Non-Traditional Learning: In Other Words, Homeschooling! Reviews many of the ways children learn, at Walking Therein.

In Racing Through Life Sisterlisa writes about lessons learned homeschooling a son while building a racetrack, at The HomeSpun Life.

Amy shares us information about Improving Visual Perception and Memory Skills on her blog Kids Love Learning.


Lesson Plans

Kerry, A Ten O’Clock Scholar, shares her Classical Conversation Cycle 3 lesson plans for History and Science.

In Lesson Plans Beckon, Renae ponders about the importance of preparing for lessons on her blog Life Nuruturing Education.

Cindy created a Westward Expansion Unit Plan at Our Journey Westward.

From Delighting in His Richness is a unit study on Hawaii in New year, new study.


Miscellaneous

Alasandra points out the huge bias in Daily News puts homeschooling in the headline, at Alasandra’s Homeschool Blog.

With 52 Teachers, 52 Lessons Project Mr. D is asking homeschoolers to send him advice on teaching, at I Want to Teach Forever.

Grace announces Every Good Book, a web service her father has created, at her blog Sing me to Heaven.

Jerri Ann in School… worries about homeschooling when she is still struggling with potty training her four-year-old, at Mom Is Teaching.

Kathy reviews The Distant Shore, an inspirational adventure novel for your young adults at HomeschoolBuzz Reviews.


Money

We all need to be frugal, especially in the current economy. Destroy Debt has 20 Inexpensive Ways to Entertain Your Kids In The Winter.

It is important to start teaching children about money when they are young. NerdMom has a review in KidsWealth Money Kit on her blog Nerd Family Things.


The Other Stuff

The Family Revised reminds us that homeschooling allows us time to do more than just academics, time to do The Other Stuff.

Home Spun Juggling reminds us that astronomy looks better in the sky than in a book in Home Spun comic strip #300.

Brainiacs - Finger Knitting has a video of homeschooled children showing how to finger knit, at welcome to my brain . net.

Shannon explains why winter is one of her favorite seasons for nature study in Winter Nature Fun! at her blog Song of My Heart.


Play

Educational Insights From the Academy On Everest has some thoughts about the importance of Play.

Kris has some ideas on how to collect and use bottle caps for More Preschool Manipulative at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers.


Special Needs

Homeschooling is such a wonderful solution for so many issues. Mrs. Brown writes about Celebrating Special Needs: Education on the Autism Spectrum at the Growing In Grace Magazine.

Mrs. C has some tips on How to Do Workboxes for your autistic child or preschooler from Homeschool and Etc.


Training

Lisa writes about her plans to develop a love for poetry in her children with Monday’s a Comin’ at the House of Many Blessings.

Heather writes about the importance of starting young to train children to help with chores in Toddlers and Housework - Part of the Action at her blog Mother By Nature.

Kat shares her thoughts on just how much “school” children need in back to school today at No Fighting, No Biting! (I love the name of her blog.)

Teaching Test Taking Skills Doesn’t Mean You Are Teaching to the Test has some ideas on how to teach test taking skills, at YourTeacherLinks.com.


Unexpected learning

Sometimes math happens when you aren't expecting it. Christine writes about Bathtime Algebra at Our Curious Home.

ChristineMM at The Thinking Mother talks about the books that her sons are enjoying reading in Older Son Loves Benedict Society and Other Juvenile Literature Book Thoughts.

Tiffany writes about one of those times when "schooling" creeps up on you... in Family Portraits 1598, er, 2008 at Life on the Road.


Why people homeschool

Jess shares in Why We will homeschool in 2009 at Life Learning Leonards.

With Two Peas at Opposite Ends of the Same Pod, Sally tells what she is grateful that homeschooling allows her to treat each child different, at Diamonds in the Rough.

With yet another reason to homeschool, Dr. Helen reports the double standards of schools.

Jennifer explains why they homeschool in Tree of Life at Tree of Life Homeschool.

Our humble entry for this carnival is One of the reasons many turn to homeschooling.




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