BoardTracker - Home Schooling

Parade Magazine article...

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Anyone else see this in this past Sunday's paper? I know I don't need to ask for opinions! This is totally bogus! Should Home-Schooling Be Illegal? In February, a California state appeals court rul...

We are officially done!!!...

Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This 4th grade is over and Lexi was promoted to 5th grade with a B average! WoooooooooHoooooooooo! Her math is on a 6th grade level and her reading................................ .......................

Learning A-Z, free downloads 5/5-5/9!...

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

I just downloaded Eriks full phonics program for next year!! All for free! You normally have to pay to access this site. But each day this week, they are opening up a different site for access, only f...

My first gripe....

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Let me preface this by saying I LAH-HOVE Lexi's home schooling program. Love it. So we log on this morning and for attendance it says "alarming". Im confused because we do at least 5-7 hours...

funny sticker...

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

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Home schooling mom's...

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Check this website out! Visit STUDYJAMS! It has some great stuff!...

Louisiana: Bill to Allow Participation in Public School Activities...

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

got this email today! April 9, 2008 > > Louisiana: Bill to Allow Participation in Public School > Extracurricular Activities > > Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: > > House Bill...

What program are you using?...

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Im just curious. We signed up with Connections Academy and so far I am super pleased. Not only is it free, but they offer foreign languages, a ton of art programs, a ton of music programs, and just mo...

Are you pregnant and due in July-Dec 08? (xpost)...

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

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The Bitter Homeschooler...

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

I thought this was funny... **The Bitter Homeschooler's Wish List** (From Secular Homeschooling Magazine, Issue #1) 1 Please stop asking us if it's legal. If it is � and it is � it's insulting to imp...

Making the first step!...

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

I am super excited. I have been leaning towards homeschooling the boys. We live in a no so great area for schools, heck I can say that about the entire state....we usually rank 45th-49th. So I hav...

Any Reggio Emilia Fans?...

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

I LOVE this method and try to follow the concepts- anyone else a fan? It's a bit difficult as it involves the community so much and there are a few people (ha) that frown on homeschooling and formal ...

Inspiration to Homeschool?...

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

What was your inspiration to homeschool? Are you homeschooling for religious reasons or political reasons or other? I'd love to hear your story!...

What Age Did You Start Homeschooling?...

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

My son is only 1, but we'd like to start actually doing lessons and things when he is 2. We do have some structured things now- basically a to-do list of items to cover for the day. He has led us to...

WOULD LIKE SOME ADVICE ON STARTING TO HOMESCHOOL...

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

YES I AM PLANNING ON HOMESCHOOLING MY PRESENT 3RD GRADER BEGINNING THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR AND NEEDING SOME ADVICE ON THE BEST WAY TO GET THINGS ROLLING CORRECTLY. I AM PLANNING ON USING THE ABEKA ...

Lesson plans....

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Do you/did you create a lesson plan for your day? And if so, would you mind sharing it? I created one and its a very detailed thing....I think I may be doing too much....

Please help me....

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

I need advice badly right now. We moved to a different city and I researched all the schools before we moved. I found the best school in the county and I applied for my daughter to attend there even t...

What curriculum do you use and why?...

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Hi there. I have tried twice to homeschool my DS with no success. Each time I gave in and sent him back to public school. I would really love to teach him at home. I now know that I have lots of w...

How many hours do you work with your kids daily? (homeschooling)...

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Just curious, Right now all I have is Logan and he does PreK work and I find I am doing actual work for only about 4 hours a day, now of course we have lunch and games and other projects, but the actu...

Homeschooling Special Needs Children...

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Where would I go to look for information on homeschooling a child on the autistic spectrum? I know its really early to start thinking about school, but the earlier the better, when it comes to knowing...

When To Start...

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

My daughter will need to be schooled on a British time table in case we end up going back, because if I follow the US schedule then she would be 2 years behind her peers if we went back. So we are alr...

I finally got the ok from DH today!!!...

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

I am not sure if anyone remembers me from last year when asking for info on homeschooling my oldest... but it only took a year for my hubby to see things my way with both kids and the issues we have b...

any neat ideas for an apple unit??...

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

I am teaching my DD Kindergarten and we are doing an apple unit. We did an apple taste testing and that was fun. But I was wondering if anyone has done anything their kids just loved!!! Any neat ide...

Reading comprehension...

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

One of my supervisors asked me for online resources to test reading comprehension for her elementary aged kids. The best site I found was Toon University. Anyone have any other suggestions? She was...

Going to a Star Party...

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A local astronomical society is having a star viewing party at a nearby park tonight. They will have telescopes setup for the public to use for free (and volunteers to tell us what is what!). We are ...