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July 2009 Homeschooling Resource Calendar
July 1 - Canada Day
July 2 - Civil Rights Act of 1864
July 4 - Inedpendence Day
July 6 - Pinocchio first printed
July 15 - First international manned space flight
July 19 - First women's rights convention
July 21 - Scopes found guilty
July 28 - Beatrix Potter's birthday
July 29 - NASA established
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Subdue Guilt about Art Instruction in Your Homeschool
I found out that I just wanted the kids to magically be exposed to art. I wanted them to absorb art history and learn art skills without any more from me than driving them to lessons. I mainly wanted to be able to say, “We homeschool and we have time for everything! Look at their art knowledge and skills! See how amazing I am as a mother and teacher!” Finding the source for our guilt is crucial to subduing it. So on this journey so far, I had already learned a few important things...
Easy Art History and Appreciation
Art appreciation (or the study of art history) need not be difficult. You don’t need a fancy curriculum or a complicated plan. You simply need the desire to enjoy, along with your children, the beauty of God’s creation as depicted over the centuries by outstanding artists...
You CAN teach your children a Foreign Language: Part 1
This article is the first of a four part series on how to teach a foreign language to your children (even if you don’t know the language yourself!). For many children, this age range is the best time to start. Before you spend a lot of money on DVD’s, CD’s, “language learning systems” and masses of extra flash cards, take some time to think about your child and your goals for the language...
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Our newest feature: Seen Online
A collection of recent homeschooling pages, news items, interviews, and features that we have seen online.
Is a college degree worthless?
Although the conclusion of this article (testing instead of diplomas) is questionable at best, the points raised about the value of a college degree are valid and deserve to be examined further. Perhaps 4 years spend exploring and developing entrepreneurship would better serve our young adults.
Public schools stifle kids’ free will
"If you put a frog into a pot of boiling water, the frog will jump out immediately. If you put a frog into a pot of cool water and slowly heat the water, the frog eventually dies because it is unaware of the temperature change. And so it goes with 'public education' and 'ADD' and the 'unteachable' students that AJC education columnist Maureen Downey has written about in recent columns on this page. The problem with children in public schools is not the children — it’s the public schools. It’s an artificial and coercive environment in which young children are put when they don’t know any better that they shouldn’t be there."
700 NYC teachers are paid to do nothing
"Because their union contract makes it extremely difficult to fire them, the teachers have been banished by the school system to its "rubber rooms" — off-campus office space where they wait months, even years, for their disciplinary hearings. The 700 or so teachers can practice yoga, work on their novels, paint portraits of their colleagues — pretty much anything but school work. They have summer vacation just like their classroom colleagues and enjoy weekends and holidays through the school year... Because the teachers collect their full salaries of $70,000 or more, the city Department of Education estimates the practice costs the taxpayers $65 million a year. The department blames union rules."
