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Articles, Meanderings, and Thoughts from the Homeschool Community
Abnormality, Thy Name is Homeschool
For most Americans, homeschooling seems rather odd. Why bother with it? We have had public and private schools with us all of our lives, as have our parents before us and their parents before them from time immemorial. Why not stick with what works? The thought would be touching, if it were historically accurate. It isn’t.
Not Back To School: Parents Take on the Responsibility of Teaching Their Kids
Overcrowded classes, standardized testing, harried or inept teachers and administrators, service cuts, chalk shortages, lack of attention to individual needs … Welcome to another school year.
Now picture this: A couple of siblings sitting in their cozy living room, reading, painting, learning math, studying the flora and fauna of their backyard, and having their academic needs met by a teacher who knows them well.
We’ve Always Done it that Way
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and English expatriates built the US Railroads.
Why did the English build them like that?
Philippine Dance and Trumpet Vines
Parenting four kids aged 10 to 17 is exactly what you’d imagine – lots of laundry, dishes and driving. I’ve actually got a little more than that because all four are home educated. So the bad news is that I spend evenings and weekends writing out assignments, lists of chores, driving schedules and meals. The good news is that the very lifestyle of home education gives me what I need to keep at the drudgery.
Following My Heart
In the spring of 1990, I sat facing the public school psychologist across a conference table. He came to discuss my request that my soon-to-be adopted, foster daughter be placed in the ‘four-year-old program’. Normally, a child of her age would enter kindergarten, but I requested the test because I had noticed her difficulty in some areas of learning. He had just finished testing Diana and brought her to the room where I was waiting.
Welcome to Long Islanders Growing at Home Together (LIGHT)
There could be a hundred and one reasons why you’re here. In the end, it’s all about the children…
Whether you have always thought you would homeschool or you were thrown into it with little other choice or anywhere in between – this is a place for us to meet, greet and support one another. Although the primary goal is Long Island Homeschool and Home Education, there might be some areas of national interest and some off topic articles for discussion. This board is provided as an opportunity for the homeschoolers of New York and Long Island to use as a venue in sustaining their community – a gathering around a common goal.