The Real Life Home School Mom by Virgina Knowles

"The opportunity to-our own children at home is a tremendous blessing and an exciting challenge. However, despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of families have blazed the trail before us, our journey can still be fraught with difficulties and discouragement. "

Author Virginia Knowles is the wife of Thad, and veteran home school educator of eight children ages ' teen down to baby. She doesn't pretend to be a super mom, or to even have extra ordinary children. She doesnt claim to be an expert on education or psychology. Her qualification is simply that she is a Real Life Home School Mom, just like you and I. That, in itself, can be a very comforting thought to those of us out there who tend to compare ourselves to others and think that we must be doing something wrong.

In her 141-page book, she offers encouragement and Scriptural advice for your which practical and spiritual life, family relationships, support groups, educational philosophy, and success in academics have, home management, and much more.

In the chapter titled alien blobs pits, "The Hallmarks of a Gentle Spirit", she talks of "a woman of dignity, in her own home, does not give in to the selfish demands of her children. She has the firmness to say, "NO!" and to stick with her decision, no matter how bad the whining gets. She makes sure that they do their school work and me, even when they would rather play. She does not allow her children to treat her with disrespect. She knows that a parent's job is to train them to obey quickly, quietly, cheerfully, and completely, so "" instruction is on her tongue (Proverbs 31: 25). "

If you aren't a perfect home school mom, then this book is for you! Why not sit back this holiday season and be fed and ministered to to? What better way to prepare for the New Year?!

Article by Kelly Benedict, the longtime homeschooler of 17 + years, wife, Mama of 9 and grandmother of 6 (so far).

Answers to Questions Parents Most Often Ask-HOMESCHOOLING by Deborah McIntire & Robert Windham

Deborah McIntire has over 18 years of experience as a teacher and administrator. She has spent many years working with home-school parents as an administrator, consultant and supervising teacher.

Robert Windham has a B.A. in Psychology and M.S. in counseling '. He has taught in the parochial and public school systems and has served as a private school director. He is also a supervising teacher and has worked closely.sure-go with home-schooling parents over the years. Together, these two authors have worked with over 500 home-schooled children and their parents in the role of supervising teachers.

Over the years they have noticed a commonality of questions and concerns affecting home-schooling families. They wrote this book in hopes of addressing some of these concerns.

Have you ever asked yourself, or been asked by someone else, "How do I know if my child is learning? What factors should I consider if my child isnt reading as well as other children? How well do children adjust to the transition from a home-school setting, to a traditional school setting? What types of common learning difficulties might my child encounter? How do I match my instructional approach to the required curriculum? AND, how do I balance the demands of home schooling with the rest of my life? " Well these two authors have terms these issues and offered suggestions and help for many others. Covered here are also the legal requirements, organizational tools, evaluation procedures, and ready-to-use reproducibles.

One appealing section in this book is the scope-and-sequence charts. Many parents often have doubts as to what exactly their children need to know at each grade level. In this book you will find a broad overview of the basic concepts generally suggested or required for grades K-8 in language arts, math, social studies, and science.

As their closing remarks they say, Home educating your children is indeed a unique privilege-one that allows you to not only impart academic knowledge but wisdom the and values. Day by day as you teach math, English, and geography, you also shape attitudes that reinforce beliefs.what, and provide a safe haven in which your children can grow, question, and explore. We strongly believe that your investment in this educational process will provide lifelong dividends for you and your children, which will strengthen the family as well as the community at large. Our best wishes to you and your family in all your educational endeavors. "

"Article by Kelly Benedict, the longtime homeschooler of 17 + years, wife, Mama of 9 and grandmother of 6 (so far).

Teaching Online-Home Schooling Book Review

If you are considering teaching online, or if you are a parent and would like homeschooling to have your kids learn online while at home ... then maybe you need to do a little bit of research. Maybe you need to consider what's out there, and the various hybrid courses and technology issues which surround the world of Internet courses and online teaching.

The other day, there was a very interesting article in the Wall Street Journal that discussed why there never needed to be any poor weather days that prevented school. If the inclement weather was so bad that the school buses couldn't run, or the blizzard made it impossible to get to school, then each student could learn at home on their own computer. The article made some compelling arguments, and I found similar points of contention in a book on the subject.

In fact, I'd like to go out of my way right now to recommend this book to you, and it is a book that I do own of my personal library. The name of this book is; "Teaching Online-A Practical Guide" (College Teaching Series-Second Edition) by Susan Ho and Steve Houghton Mifflin Company, Rossen, Boston, MA, (2004), 339 pages, ISBN: 0-618-29848-7.

There is a great overview of online teaching and what it's about, and although it is written from the perspective of the institutional educator, it surely a helps parents understand what they are dealing with when they choose which courses, online syllabuses, and information they wish their children to read and learn. Teaching in an online classroom is not easy, but those that have the skill and talent to pull it off, are the most desired and sought after instructors.

Why not pick up a copy of this book so you can familiarize yourself with low tech and high-tech solutions used in Internet education. You can also find discussion forums where you can interact shop with teachers, and how they use whiteboards, chatting and instant messaging features to make the online classroom feel at home. Why not learn what the teachers go through when they put together their training programs, and how they prepare themselves for their students.

It seems to me as a parent, I want to know how the online teaching system works, what type of software and hardware works the best, and how the teachers are going to interact shop with my kids. You need to know these things up front, it's very important, and that's why a recommend this book to you. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.

Lance Winslow is an Online Author, his latest eBook about Boat Detailing is now available in the "Lance Winslow Small Business Series titled alien blobs pits; "How to Start a Boat Cleaning Business" (a Nook Book available at the Barnes and Noble Website). Lance Winslow is semi-retired and Co-founder of the Online Think Tank http://www.worldthinktank.net/-You may contact Lance Winslow by email for dialogue, discourse, discussion, or debate on interesting topics.