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For anyone who wants to start homeschooling
Posted on 08/13/2003 1:13:58 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross
It is that time of the year again to decided if you are going to send your child off to public school, or if you are going to take the leap and homeschool. I wanted to start a thread to offer you support and perhaps answer some of your questions about homeschooling by freepers who do homeschool.
Post questions , answers and links helpful to new homeschoolers or curious parents who just want more info about homeschooling.
Best of Luck to all parents and children as we get ready for a new school year!
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To: TxBec
Thank you! I love having more resources. I don't know any other Catholic homeschoolers in the area, but I am joining the local homeschooling group next week, so who knows who I might meet :)
To: No More Gore Anymore
The free Homeschooling Newspaper:
http://www.homeschoolnewslink.com/
The Lepperts, who publish The Link, also put on kid-friendly Homeschooling Conferences in various locations every year. I went to one and am still using information learned and materials obtained at the Conference.
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posted on
08/14/2003 6:19:13 PM PDT
by
bd476
(The only thing to fear is fear itself, so be brave and vote ... Vote ...)
To: mrs tiggywinkle
Also Mantle Ministries, www.mantleministries.com
They do lots of reprints of old books.
I'm waiting for all those science videos to arrive from Vision Forum any day now. I'm starting to get Annoyed!
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posted on
08/14/2003 6:21:28 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(GUNS - the anti-liberal!)
To: Tax-chick
Mantle Ministries...big time bump. :o)
To: All
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posted on
08/15/2003 9:24:57 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: No More Gore Anymore
Trying to keep the thread bumped for you incase someone missed it before. Have a good day.
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posted on
08/16/2003 10:27:38 AM PDT
by
SpookBrat
("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish." Mother Teresa)
To: SpookBrat
Thanks ,you too!
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posted on
08/16/2003 1:23:49 PM PDT
by
Diva Betsy Ross
((were it not for the brave, there would be no land of the free -))
To: No More Gore Anymore
Not to scare anyone away from homeschooling, but I'm dead tired. I'm teaching American History to the Junior High students this year in our co-op and it's kicking my butt. I have to study all day tomorrow after church. Hope you are having a good weekend. This mom needs some zzzzzzzz's.
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posted on
08/16/2003 2:37:24 PM PDT
by
SpookBrat
("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish." Mother Teresa)
To: Okies love Dubya 2; SpookBrat; 2Jedismom; bd476; agitator
Ok here are some links a friend e-mailed to me this morning
http://www.timelines.info/
http://www.Decades.com/
http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Greeklife.html
http://www.ancientgreece.com/
http://www.historyforkids.org/
http://www.historylink101.com/ancient_greece.htm
http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/
One more note..for those who visit the RadioFR chatroom, if you get on the server, there is also a #homeschool chatroom that Agitator most graciously set up for us. If I am in there and don't answer you, I am NOT ignoring you :) Maybe this year, we can get the chatroom running...
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posted on
08/18/2003 5:39:03 AM PDT
by
TxBec
(Tag! You're it!)
To: No More Gore Anymore
Here's a link to the Catholic curriculum that we use:
Seton Home Study School
It's the most popular Catholic homeschooling curriculum. It runs about $500 per child per year. The orthodox curriculum is suffused with the faith. Highly recommended.
What's wrong with government schooling? This brief essay is well-worth a read: The Six Lesson Schoolteacher
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posted on
08/18/2003 5:47:18 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: All
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posted on
08/18/2003 5:48:14 AM PDT
by
TxBec
(Tag! You're it!)
To: Aquinasfan
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posted on
08/18/2003 5:56:00 AM PDT
by
TxBec
(Tag! You're it!)
To: SpookBrat
15-- Talking out loud to yourself is a parent/teacher conference. LOL! Love it. I'm printing it out and putting it on our bulletin board 8-)
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posted on
08/18/2003 6:01:06 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: TxBec; All
I would like to be involved in the chat room. I have run into some pretty nasty liberal e-mail loops. HAve any of the rest of you experienced increased interest about homeschooling from your friends and people you meet out on the street? I spent somuch time last week giving links and advice on how to start homeschooling. I had five people I knew and a couple that i did not , looking for advice on how to start. I think it is great! I should just consolodate my info and have hand outs ready.
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posted on
08/18/2003 6:05:29 AM PDT
by
Diva Betsy Ross
((were it not for the brave, there would be no land of the free -))
To: No More Gore Anymore
Read later
To: No More Gore Anymore
Chat infoOnce again, I will try to keep an eye on the window, but between work, actually teaching the kids,and everything else ("ADHD multitasking" LOL), I may not answer right away..
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posted on
08/18/2003 6:38:08 AM PDT
by
TxBec
(Tag! You're it!)
To: No More Gore Anymore
I view myself as a revolutionary A little over 100 years ago, compulsory government education was regarded as revolutionary, and was often resisted by force. Massachusetts was the first state to implement compulsory attendance laws. Barnstable County, Massachusetts was the last county to "fall,'' and the militia was called in to force the children into the newly created government schools at gunpoint.
"Our form of compulsory schooling is an invention of the state of Massachusetts around 1850. It was resisted - sometimes with guns - by an estimated eighty per cent of the Massachusetts population, the last outpost in Barnstable on Cape Cod not surrendering its children until the 1880's when the area was seized by militia and children marched to school under guard."
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posted on
08/18/2003 10:59:32 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: vharlow
They will know that evolution is a "theory" and what a "theory" is, as well as what the difference in a fact and opinion, fact and belief. A tip of the hat to you, Grandma. You're building a treasure in Heaven.
Can I trade you for my mother-in-law?
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posted on
08/18/2003 11:11:18 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
When school children start paying union dues, thats when Ill start representing the interests of school children. Al Shanker
Former President
American Federation of Teachers
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posted on
08/18/2003 11:25:34 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: mamaduck
Your kids will do fine even if they don't get into Harvard, or any other college. That's right. The goal isn't Harvard, it's Heaven.
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posted on
08/18/2003 11:29:23 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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