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Have You Considered Waldorf? Homeschool Curriculum | Homeschooling

You have decided to teach your children at home. But which homeschool curriculum will you choose? Have you considered Waldorf Homeschooling? The Waldorf Homeschooling curriculum has garnered a lot of followers in recent years. One of the reasons for such increasing interest is the school seems to react to what many complain is a couch potato society and children who are far too dependent on technology.

What is the Waldorf method? It’s based on the work of Rudolf Steiner and stresses the...

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Date: 2011-06-24 06:03:21
Website: Homeschooling

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Homeschooling Curriculums

But which homeschool curriculum will you choose? Have you considered Waldorf Homeschooling? The Waldorf Homeschooling curriculum has garnered a lot of followers in recent years. One of the reasons for such increasing interest is the school seems to react to what a great deal of complain is a couch potato society and children who are far too dependent on technology.

What is the Waldorf method? It is based on the work of Rudolf Steiner and stresses the importance of educating the whole child....

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Date: 2009-06-18 07:00:00
Website: Homeschool Transcripts

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Calvert Homeschool

Since 1905 Calvert School has been supplying homeschoolers a finish package- one year of curriculum covering all subjects. Previously I hadn’t even considered their company for two reasons: cost (one time fee of over $600) and my control over materials: a parent has no control over the selections for subjects.

This year Calvert started out supplying a payment plan which would cause it is cost to be similar to what we budget for now, when we deliberate and choose our texts. So with the cost...

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Date: 2009-07-17 07:00:00
Website: Homeschool Transcripts

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Home School Online: Let's Mix It Up!

Is any curriculum provider the total solution to all your homeschooling needs? Page through a few curriculum catalogs and you'll find that many of them imply they are! I'm the kind of person who believes the laundry is cleaner when the detergent, bleach, and fabric softener are all the same brand. I love those skin care kits, with matching containers of cleanser, toner, and moisturizer. If I buy a Betty Crocker cake mix, my hand just naturally reaches for the Betty Crocker frosting. It isn't...

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Date: 2010-02-02 09:00:00
Website: Home School Online

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Pisteuo: Understanding creation and K-12 homeschooling

The heavens declare the glory of God,

I had one of those moments that reminded me of the importance of a parent knowing what their child is learning.  Our fifth-grader is preparing to move into a unit on the atmosphere in her science curriculum, and, of course, Psalm 19:1 came to mind.  I explained that we are "thinking God's thoughts after Him" when we learn how the design of the world helps us to survive.

As I was flipping through her notes in preparation, I noticed a page that starts,...

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Date: 2011-10-22 19:32:00
Website: Pisteuo

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ABeka Home Schooling Academy

ABeka Home Schooling Academy: Stress-free Home Education

ABeka Home Schooling Academy is a distance learning program for home schooling students in grades K-12 using the ABeka curriculum.

When you enroll in the ABeka Academy (aka AA), you can utilize the services you need or can afford. Your child can learn using the traditional parent-led curriculum or use ABeka's curriculum on DVD, or video internet streaming. Master teachers from Pensacola Bible College teach daily video lessons – your...

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Date: 2011-03-09 13:48:53
Website: Homeschool Savings Blog

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Calgary Homeschooling Help and Support Blog

Welcome perspective and returning homeschoolers! Spring is here! The grass is green, the sun is out, and for home educators, thoughts turn to questions about Fall. Many home educating families, from traditional schoolers to unschoolers, wonder about what choices to make for the following year for their children and their families as a whole. When families choose home education, the first step is to choose a school board to register with. The school board does not have to be the local one, but...

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Date: 2010-06-19 23:19:00
Website: Calgary Homeschooling Help and Support

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So You're Thinking About Homeschooling | Home Educating ...

Contemplating a switch to homeschooling can be downright overwhelming. Resources and curriculum options are too numerous to process, and it can be very difficult to determine where to begin. The reality that every family, and even each child in the family, has different needs only adds to the insecurity.

Author, minister’s wife, homeschool mom, and former actress Lisa Whelchel understands those struggles. After interviewing over a thousand homeschool families, Lisa compiled her research to...

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Date: 2011-12-19 07:00:32
Website: Home Educating Association Reviews

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Growing Your Homeschool: Homeschooling With Pinterest

In my last post, Assessing Your Year, I mentioned taking the holidays to ponder on changes that you want to make to your homeschool. Today I want to give you an idea about how you can benefit from other moms.

I will take for granted that if you are reading this post, you have a reasonable amount of tech ease. If a blog idea has ever helped you, how many more may be out there that you are missing out on?

Google searches work-but they aren’t visually helpful. You may miss an idea all because...

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Date: 2011-12-15 11:00:00
Website: Growing Your Homeschool

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First Paragraph Writing — Early Bird Homeschool

For the past few months, Natalie (age eight) has been working on basic paragraph writing. She writes an introductory sentence, three details, and a concluding sentence. She seems to like structured writing assignments like this, and choosing a topic is her favorite part.

Step 1: Planning

After choosing a topic, Natalie creates a web with her topic in the center and three spokes for her details. She writes three details, doing a little research if necessary. The details don’t need to be...

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Date: 2011-03-03 02:49:43
Website: Early Bird Homeschool

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