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Our Aftereffects of Homeschooling by Jon Remmerde

Juniper and Amanda grew up, did very well in college, graduated from college and went out into the world on their own. Amanda works in a bookstore and is happily married. She and her husband carry on the rural tradition as much as they can. They have a large garden and sell some vegetables. Brian works on a ranch.

Slow to Get Ready to Go by Naomi Aldort

Q: It takes hours for my children (seven and two) to get ready to go
anywhere. My two-year-old daughter gets dressed endlessly; I try to help her and she just gets upset. Last time we almost missed the whole zoo outing. As for my seven-year-old son, I can’t even get him off what he is doing and I end up yelling because he asks to go places and then he is not getting ready. Help!

Useful Learning for (Homeschooling & Other) Teens
by Barbara Frank

This week our local paper published an article about the increase in truancy rates among students of all ages in the local schools.
    
What interested me the most is that the rate of truancy increases as children get older, so that by the time they reach 12th grade, well over 40% of them miss at least ten days of school per 176-day school year, and a quarter of them miss 20 days or more per school year.

Gaining Insight to the Meaning of the Constitution
by Deborah Stevenson

Did you know?  Most people are unfamiliar with our U.S. Constitution and take its meaning for granted.
 
Maybe it’s because we haven’t been taught about it in school. Maybe it’s because we assume everyone knows about it. Maybe it’s because phrases concerning it are ubiquitous but vaguely undefined. Whatever the reason, it’s time to take another look at the meaning of the Constitution so that we can have a deeper understanding of its history and its proper application in our modern world.

Homeschooling: Dealing With Our Doubts by Alison McKee

Years ago a friend said to me, "We don't know how to homeschool." In response, I remember being dumbfounded. Her children, like mine, had never been to school and both of us had teens. Needless to say I asked her to clarify what she meant. "We have all been educated in school. We unconsciously work from the school model. Our children have never been to school and therefore know more about what it means to be homeschooled than we do." To this she added, "We need to follow their lead. When they want to learn something we should listen to them and follow that advice."

As Play Disappears by Alliance for Childhood

Time for play in most public kindergartens has dwindled to the vanishing point, replaced by lengthy lessons and standardized testing, according to three new studies released today by the Alliance for Childhood. Classic play materials like blocks, sand and water tables, and props for dramatic play have largely disappeared from the 268 full-day kindergarten classrooms studied.

Resources & Reviews: (See PDF Version except for Voices of Christmas) Amanda Bennett's new Dogs Unit Study; Mommy Teach Me! and Mommy Teach Me to Read, both by Barbara Curtis; The Lifetime Learning Companion by Jean Reed; Homeschooling for the Rest of Us by Sonya Haskins; and Voices of Christmas by Nicki Grimes

2010: Year of the Third Party (See PDF Version) by Linda Schrock Taylor

Doing It All Over Again (See PDF Version) by A. Morgan