Unschooling.com

Unschooling - a new site about unschooling. It's still under construction, but expect it to be good. It is run by the editor of Home Education Magazine and the creator of Live Free Learn Free magazine.

My Two Cents

My Two Cents -- a blog by a homeschooling family in Wisconsin.

FUNDUCATION

FUNDUCATION - Combining fun and education. This is a pretty light-weight site. It does have one pretty good article on homeschooling, and another in the parenting category that covers natural childbirth, attachment parenting, and homeschooling as it relates to the author and her son.

The Opportunity Cost of Homeschooling

Home Educator's Family Times article. The cost... one parent's salary. The benefits... priceless!

• Personalized, one-on-one instruction and attention
• A teacher who loves those kids more than any other teacher would
• Hand-picked books and resources
• Student-led learning and exploration
• No peer pressure or negative socialization
• The opportunity to live and learn in the real world
• Plenty of personal free time in which to grow and learn
• Those are just some of the benefits for my children. There are also benefits for me, including:
• Quantity time with my children, as well as quality time
• The opportunity to really get to know each of my children before they grow up and leave home
• No teacher conferences, PTA meetings or room-parent duties
• Living by our own schedule instead of the local school’s schedule

HEM's News & Commentary

HEM's News & Commentary -- A good blog by Home Education Magazine... comentary & links to articles related to home schooling.

Stop Cluttering With Clutterless Recovery Groups

Stop Cluttering With Clutterless Recovery Groups -- Another not really LILLILY link, but I think this one is as important as the book on tape that I'm listening to for the third time, "Organization from the Inside Out"

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture - This isn't really LILLILY related, but part of me dreams of building my own "green" home. When I look at web pages like this I realize that the seed was planted back during my first visit to Wichita's "Energy House" in the 1970's. Earth Day is this Friday (or Saturday)... that's related to LILLILY!

Homeschool Free Stuff

Homeschool Free Stuff -- a website / email list for free homeschooling resources. I might want to subscribe to see if they have good stuff.

GP4K - Home School Zone

I found this section of the Guideposts website in a donation solicitation. Guideposts for Kids is a Christian website for kids from the creators of Guideposts magazine. I was pleased to see a section on Home School. There is a column written by a 10 year old, and a FAQ section from a child's perspective. I think it's a good site to read.

Universal Preschool ... NOT

I got this link Universal Preschool.com, via an April 1st email about toddlers staging protests and refusing to go to preschool. Things like this reinforce my desire to be at home with my boys. I know it wouldn't always be easy, but most of our hard times come when DH and I are trying to get the boys to do something they don't want to do. I know that would still happen some, but without having to be out the door to go to daycare and work, I think it would be less frequent.

The goal

Unschooling? What's that?: "Second only to a deep personal relationship to our Lord, I want them to enjoy learning." Oh, this is it! This is it!!!

Dear New Homeschooler essay

Dear New Homeschooler by Mary McCarthy: "Relatives! Unfortunately most of us have them. And most of them thought we were strange long before we announced we'd decided to homeschool the kids." (my emphasis) :-)

Lots of great articles here

Best Homeschooling -- Homeschoolers' Best Advice, with Links to Educational Sites and Free Learning Materials.

A discussion thread on unschooling

MotheringDotCommune Forums - I'm seriously considering unschooling but...

Teach your children to learn to love and to love to learn.

I found a new website today, Home School Enrichment, which is a Christian home school site. So far I like the articles in it very much.

A homeschool day?

Tuesday, DS1 and I stayed home because we thought he might have chicken pox. He didn't, and we had a great day. Sometime in the afternoon, I thought, "If we were homeschooling and documenting, I could write a lot about today."

Science - animal sounds (computer) and animal names (Noah's Ark puzzle)
Science / Health - watched "Potty video" several times
Computer - mouse & keyboard skills
Math - counting 1-26 (giraffe puzzle), counting 1-25 forward & backward (hopscotch)
Language Arts - alphabet (giraffe puzzle and the Noah's Ark puzzle), reading (mommy reading books & DS1 looking at animal names on the back of Noah's Ark puzzle), recognized his name in an email & then typed it himself
P.E. - playing catch, running, marching, hopping (hopscotch)
Art - drawing on the sidewalk

I am looking forward to being home with both boys so much!

Kansas Christian Homeschool list

Receiving the etiquette file posting this morning from the email list (in the title) has prompted me to ask for prayers.

>We would be privileged if you would share your prayer requests with us.

My husband and I need wisdom regarding finances and our house. We both currently work outside the home, and our 2 boys (ages 17 months & 34 months) are in day care. My dream is to quit my job when our house is paid for and homeschool the boys. That should happen the summer after my older one turns 5 -- only slightly more than 2 years from now. It seems backwards, daycare then homeschool, but that's the way it is going for us. Anyway, we live in a small 2 bedroom house. It is SO tempting thinking about a new bigger house, each boy having their own room, or even adding on to our house. But if we do that, it would be a much bigger financial challenge for me to stop working for pay.

Unschoolers Unlimited

Unschoolers Unlimited

The Teaching Parents Association Web Site -- for future reference

Academic Subjects

K.S.A. 72-1101 requires accredited schools in Kansas to provide instruction in “reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, spelling, English grammar and composition, history of the United States and the state of Kansas, civil government and the duties of citizenship, health and hygiene.” Although not required of nonaccredited private schools, this listing nonetheless provides a useful benchmark.