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Teaching Writing Home School Curriculum - a structured approach ...

Teaching Writing : Structure and Style is our primary offering: a video seminar for teachers and parents presenting a system of structural models and stylistic techniques applicable for students of all ages and aptitudes.

Unlike many "Creative writing" programs, this more classical system stresses modeling, and builds a firm foundation of specific skills. As students practice each format and master each technique, they develop confidence and consequently creativity. Even the youngest first...

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Date: 2006-03-17 08:00:00
Website: What's New?

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Saxon Math Curriculum for Homeschool Families

by Holly Smith

In Saxon Math Curriculum, students are taught new skills, concepts, and principles each lesson, which they continue to review. This unique "step by step" approach to math ensures that the students not only gain but also remember essential math skills. The daily practice builds the students' confidence in previously learned skills, while also including some new challenges. Saxon Math also improves students' mental arithmetic.

Each lesson in Saxon Math involves a self-taught...

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Date: 2010-12-20 08:00:00
Website: What's New?

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Homeschooling Laws in Vermont and California: How They Are ...

I mentioned last week that homeschoolers in Vermont have been wrestling with the State Department of Education’s new interpretation of the recently revised Home Study statute.

I have been trying to think of a way to make this a story that is relevant to someone other than the small sub-set of Vermont homeschoolers who insist on keeping after the Dept. of Ed. to stick to the letter of the law.

There are not many of us, I’m afraid.

In fact, most HSers in Vermont are of the just do what they...

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Date: 2008-03-11 12:05:55
Website: She's Right

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Australian nature journal - Design Your Homeschool

Have you used this Australian Nature Journal resource? Tell us what you think.

Australian Nature Journal - A Bush Calendar

A Bush Calendar, this great read aloud was first published in 1909. It is an exquisite literary account of the Australian bush 100 years ago. Each month Amy sets out on a bush walk around Sydney, seeing what she can discover. Her particular interest is the birds and flowers that she finds. Her enthusiasm is infectious.

Amy Mack’s book will inspire you to get out and...

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Date: 2008-09-08 12:24:17
Website: What's New?

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Legal vs. actual homeschool age

Homeschooling laws are generally quite clear.  Every state explains, in no uncertain terms, at what age homeschooling may begin.

In some states, the legal homeschooling age might be 5.  In other states, it could be 6 or 7.

Some states write the age of eligibility as it relates to some calendar date, like Florida, where children must be 6 years old by February 1 of a given year.  In states like Kansas, the range is broader, stating only that children have reached the age of 7...

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Date: 2011-08-17 18:36:24
Website: Quick Start Homeschool

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History of Homeschooling (Guest post by Mark ... - School Choice Ohio

The process that was agreed upon is still in place today and allows homeschool families the flexibility they need to educate their children in the manner they think is best.

Now that homeschooling is firmly established as an option for parents, have you found it growing in popularity?

Actually, it has grown exponentially. It is popular, in many ways. It almost has a counter-cultural feeling. Like, here’s our family doing the “great adventure.” Well, okay, not every day is like that in...

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Date: 2011-11-29 13:45:08
Website: School Choice Ohio Blog

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Why Do Parents Decide to Homeschool? | NEK Moms

Let's face it. There are a lot of homeschooling families in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, and in Vermont generally. But between public school options and a few private or independent schools sprinkled throughout the NEK, some seemingly quite adorable, even quaint (did someone dare say 'quintessential') and close-knit, why do parents choose to homeschool?

Like it or not, homeschooling or the idea of it, that is, statistics show one thing: homeschooling is becoming more mainstream.  Millions of...

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Date: 2010-09-19 00:06:28
Website: NEK Moms

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Homeschool vs. home school? Spelling counts.

What comes to mind when you see the word homeschool?  How about home school or home-school?

There has been some confusion over the years about the spelling of this word.  Though homeschooling isn’t new, it has taken some time to receive mainstream acceptance.  Even now, the name still lacks universal standardization, compounded by the fact that some homeschoolers still don’t get it right themselves.

Most homeschoolers spell it as one word.  But others use two.  Occasionally,...

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Date: 2011-10-26 14:23:38
Website: Quick Start Homeschool

Related topics : how to do home school / information about home school / how to homeschool a child

High School Diplomas For Homeschoolers

The Keystone High School, iQ Academy, K 12, Calvert School are a lot of of the education foundations that offer online homeschooling high school education.

Accredited Online Homeschooling

Attending in a homeschooling high school program is without doubt very convenient. However, you need to make sure that your online homeschooling program is accredited. When applying for a occupation one stands a better chance of getting a better occupation if they may show that they received a degree or...

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Date: 2011-11-05 03:08:15
Website: Homeschool Transcripts

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Overcome By the Shiny Curriculum Catalogs | Holy Spirit-led ...

- Would it be better if I just bought this curriculum-in-a-box? Besides, did I mention it’s shiny?!

Then I calm myself down and remember the times I have bought the perfect packages with their promises of perfection. What do I do within a month of receiving my box-o-wonder? I take the entire thing apart, add more books, redesign the schedule, reduced concentration in certain areas and increased it in others. In short, I design a customized education for my children based on their levels,...

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Date: 2011-03-31 11:16:00
Website: Holy Spirit-led Homeschooling | Living the Life o ...

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