Surviving At Home

Common questions and concerns answered for anyone asking about the homeschool basics… Can my children learn without me present? Yes and no. While you can’t completely automate parenting and homeschooling, you can definitely set up parameters that allows you flexibility in time. Do I need to use a specific textbook or curriculum? No, you do not need one specific textbook or curriculum to teach. However, you do need to research your state requirements so you know what subjects that you…

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Our Old House, Our Greatest Classroom and How We are Teaching Real-World Life Skills with home repairs. Home Ec skills aren’t just limited to cleaning and cooking. Repairing items in the house or rental is a huge and important valuable skill that your child will take with them forever. They can learn math, science, safety, reading and more from just one simple repair. Our house is filled with mishaps and repairs because we have an old home. We knew that…

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The wonderful artistic world of Waldorf teaching. NOTE: Waldorf homeschool style is COMPLEX. As I have researched and learned, I have found there are a vast amount of resources and angles to this education style. Be prepared that this may require a substantial amount of time and prep before choosing to do schooling this way. What is Waldorf Education? Waldorf was founded in the 20th century from the insights and principles of Rudolf Steiner. An Austrian educator who opened his…

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What is the eclectic (flexible) homeschool method? What does this mean in the day-to-day? Eclectic homeschooling means it’s going to vary from family to family depending on their life and child needs. Example: You can start school day once children wake up with reading materials like Charlotte Mason texts, classical style in the afternoon such as Latin and Writing, then multiple intelligences or Waldorf style for arts and sciences. There may be online supplemental activities for math or reading and…

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What is homeschooling online? It means that the student learns using the internet courses provided on a computer through various resources. The lessons, assignments and even testing are done through the course online. Wherever you may have internet access, you can complete these lessons. Homeschool online may be a good option for you if you are working full time and trying to homeschool or if you have odd work shifts, or if you are traveling or move a lot. If…

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Homeschool Surge: Homeschooling is growing popularity all over the country. It has been rising in popularity over the last decade going from the “socially awkward” to the “cool smarties”. And now a day doesn’t go by without seeing another news article about public schools declining and homeschooling growing. Here are some articles showing just how popular it’s getting and why this change is happening across the country. As public schools lose students, more are going to homeschooling or charter schools….

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