Starline Press Independent Learning Curriculum for Grades 3-12
Many homeschooling families appreciate the “old school” correspondence curriculum that was in use before digital technology and the Internet. Starline Press is pleased to offer this still-popular choice to homeschoolers from grades 3 to 12 providing the core curriculum of Math, English/Language Arts (including analysis of news media), Social Studies, (including cultural geography), and Science. And, they also offer all books as E-books.
Reflections on School and Prison
My wife doesn’t allow a television in our home, so when I’m traveling alone, as I often must, temptation sometimes overwhelms me and I find myself indiscriminately channel-surfing for hours, searching for what — I don’t know, perhaps a football game even in March or April, May, June, July, August. It was on such a fruitless mission in April that I paused on the A&E; channel long enough to hear that a documentary about cults was in the offing.
The Nuts and Bolts of Homeschooling
Today’s homeschooling is far more about “home” than “school.” Few Americans today have the close-knit family life that so many Americans once had—before compulsory education pulled the children from their parents’ responsibility, beginning in 1852 in Massachusetts .
What Are Gardner’s Original 7 intelligences? What are 8 and 9?
While a parent’s main focus on this topic might be for the benefit of the children, adults gain life skills from knowledge of the multiple intelligences. You can gain career guidance from knowing the main intelligences that you possess. You understand yourself and your spouse more clearly as you analyze your personality and inner self through this prism.
Botanical Drawing Curriculum – Builds Personhood Through Art
The field of botanical art and illustration offers a wide variety of career opportunities and the artistic knowledge gained from studying with Olivia’s course develops talents other than scientific illustration. For instance, just a few of the skills your child will achieve using the program include enhancement of observational skills, drawing techniques and overview of botany, and more.
I Know What’s Best for My Education : A Lesson in Uncertainty
During our college’s first two weeks of a Fall semester a few years ago, I dealt with an incident at our college that caused me to reflect on the relationship between my homeschooling life and my college work life. For years, when our kids were young, I felt that my growth as an educator resulted largely from what homeschooling was teaching me about healthy learning paths and from what my mainstream educational life was teaching me about unhealthy learning paths
Write At Home Online Courses for Homeschoolers in Middle & High School
Writing has always been a vital skill and even today, with the encroachment of electronic media, with foreshortened communications such as texting, etc., being able to convey one’s thoughts on paper reigns as the most important of skills – doing so clearly and intelligently is also helpful!
Laughter + Fun= Math Games
When we think of playing games, we think of good times, laughter, and family fun. When we think of math, rarely do these same thoughts come to mind. What a shame! Math should be good times, laughter, and family fun. So how can we make that happen? Read on and let me share some ideas.
Bessie’s Pillow – A Young Immigrant’s Journey to America
Bessie’s Pillow is the remarkable and touching story of a young Eastern European Jewish immigrant woman, who comes to the United States in the early 1900s to escape the anti-Semitic violence of the region. She leaves behind her family, friends, and home environment.
Greek ‘n’ Stuff . . . Latin, Too – Buy Books Online
Greek ‘n’ Stuff offers families an easy, convenient way to learn Greek or Latin.
It is a program based from a Christian foundation. Learn Greek or Latin at home!
