Archive for October, 2009

Homeschooling on a single income

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

“Stacey Cotrufo

When a family decides to home school, it usually involves one of the parents staying home to teach the children.  In these economic times, it is hard to maintain this status due to the fact that not only are you living on only one spouse’s income, but you are also responsible for purchasing all that your child will need for their education. 

Like all things these days, home schooling materials do not come cheap.  Depending on the age of your child(ren) you may need to purchase more than you had planned. ..”

For the complete article please visit: http://www.examiner.com/x-25370-Raleigh-Homeschooling-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Homeschooling-on-a-single-income?cid=channel-rss-Education_and_Schools

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No lesson plans? No problem

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

“La Plata family finds unschooling a perfect fit

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

By SARA K. TAYLOR

Staff writer

For the children of Zoa Conner and Walter Roscello, schoolwork isn’t confined to a classroom.

Evan, 11, and Maia, 6, don’t even really have “schoolwork,” not in the traditional sense.

No, Conner and Roscello, both physicists, have concluded that the only way they will “teach” their children, is through unschooling, an offshoot of home-schooling that basically allows children to learn sort of organically…”

For the complete text please go to:  http://somdnews.com/stories/10162009/indycov182942_32218.shtml

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Astra Taylor: ‘Unschool’ was cool in her youth

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

“Would you let your kids stay home from school and teach themselves? Astra Taylor’s parents did, and she grew up to be an indie filmmaker.

ByKristin Tillotson, Star Tribune

Astra Taylor has a curious mind — and a curiously educated mind.

Taylor, a young indie filmmaker selected as one of Filmmaker magazine’s 25 new faces to watch in 2006, takes unconventional approaches to cultural and intellectual topics, such as taking philosophers out of their towers and into the streets. No wonder, since her education was as atypical as it comes….”

For the rest of this article please visit:  http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/64803947.html

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HOME-SCHOOLING: Real-life projects teach many skills

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

“By Kate Tsubata

Learning from a textbook can seem endless and boring. Hands-on learning, however, can speed the process and make it exciting.

Project-based learning is a shortcut. It works from the natural human desire to master the information needed to attain something we desire. Because the learner really wants to discover the way to do something, he or she is highly motivated, and since they immediately put the new information into practice, the facts are reinforced immediately.

Here are a few ways you may be able to teach academic subjects using real-life projects: …”

For the complete article please visit:  http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/18/home-schooling-real-life-projects-teach-many-skill/

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Economy drives more parents to homeschool

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

“By Anna Lee • Greater Greer News • October 6, 2009

With 345 students enrolled this school year, the Upstate Homeschool Co-op has seen its numbers swell dramatically since it first began as a small study group in Suzanne Brown’s Taylors home for her three oldest children.

Now, the co-op, which meets twice a week at Taylors First Baptist Church and offers enrichment and academic classes to students 4K-12, is seeing longer waiting lists and has doubled its high school courses to meet a growing demand as the economic recession continues to tighten household finances and more parents become dissatisfied with public school education.

Brown, the executive director of the Upstate Homeschool Co-op, said a number of new students this year previously attended religious private schools, including Joshua and Deborah Rogers’ 5-year-old son, Austin.

Deborah Rogers said finances were a contributing factor in choosing to homeschool her son, who was enrolled in the early education program at a Greenville church. But with another son who would start preschool this year, Rogers knew expenses would begin to pile up….”

For the original article please visit: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20091006/GGN/910060354/1069/YOURUPSTATE01/Economy-drives-more-parents-to-homeschool

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Catholics find option in home schooling

Monday, October 12th, 2009
“By Tammy Compton
Wayne Independent
Wayne County -

Six-and-a-half-year-old Jack Cavanaugh says it’s “cool” having his mom as his teacher.
Joe and MaryAnn Cavanaugh of Honesdale had their hearts set on sending their son to St. Vincent’s School. But when the school closed its doors last spring, the family came up with a new plan: Catholic home schooling….”

For the complete article please visit:  http://www.wayneindependent.com/news/x1699622499/Catholics-find-option-in-home-schooling

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