Carnival of Homeschooling
“Homeschooling”. To some, the word might conjure up images of un-socialized nerds. To others, it might inspire dreams of perfect students, sitting at the table eagerly learning everything they’re taught and clamoring for more. To most of us, we probably see everything — from the struggles of teaching children of all ages, to the pleasure of watching an older child teaching his sibling. From weariness brought on by bad attitudes and scuffling, to the joy of seeing your children grow strong in the faith, homeschooling parents see it all. Welcome to the July 24 edition of The Carnival of Homeschooling!
The Kids, and how to keep ’em busy.
Joy at http://www.artfulhomemaking.com/ tackles this issue with her helpful and creative list of 50 activities and crafts to entertain your young children while you teach the teens, answer a phone call, or wait at the doctor’s office! http://www.artfulhomemaking.com/2012/07/keeping-little-ones-busy.html
If you’re having trouble keeping your children quiet during church services, check out Children in Church: Nurturing Hearts of Worship — an upcoming book from our dear friends Curt and Sandra Lovelace, missionaries in Prague. We’re not releasing the book for another few months, but we have a very limited number of review copies available for sale at http://www.childreninchurch.com/
Christy gives instructions on how to make a Friends Handprint Mural in her post http://www.eclecticmomma.blogspot.com/2012/02/friends-mural-how-to.html on http://www.eclecticmomma.blogspot.com/
Restoring Lost Time and How to Rest
Phyllis Sather discusses Do You Need the Lord to Restore the Years the Locusts Have Eaten? http://phyllis-sather.com/?p=3602 on her blog at http://www.Phyllis-Sather.com
Meanwhile, homeschooling mom Kathi Weiss finds herself at home alone (dramatic music, please)…. With Nothing To Do. Her husband and son have traveled to distant lands to pursue the art of rocketry and hike in the Catskill Mountains. Go tell Kathi what to do with this bounty of peaceful time, uninterrupted by projectile launches and explosions! http://www.time4learning.net/blog/homeschool_online/vacation-time-567/ posted at http://www.time4learning.net/blogs/homeschool_online/
Well, perhaps the answer to Kathi’s problem is provided by Jamie Gaddy, who suggests “Taking a Book-cation this Summer”
http://www.time4learning.net/blog/homeschool_online/take-book-cation-summer-568/ also posted at http://www.time4learning.net/blogs/homeschool_online/
History, Geography, and Sports, all in one!
The 2012 Summer Olympics are about to begin in London, and Richard Platt has ideas on how to use the Olympics as a unit study! http://fillyourbookshelf.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/olympics-by-richard-platt/ posted at http://fillyourbookshelf.wordpress.com
Liz decided to incorporate old-fashioned travel into their homeschool! Read about it at: http://homeschoolinginbuffalo.blogspot.com/2012/07/old-fashioned-travel-for-old-fashioned.html posted at http://homeschoolinginbuffalo.blogspot.com/
Roberta shares how her family studied Ancient China in her post http://lettersfromnebby.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/ancient-china-lesson-plans/ at http://lettersfromnebby.wordpress.com/
Science, Science, Science!
Have you worried about getting your teen’s high school science lab requirement finished? Janine Cate share how she organized a Do-It-Yourself Chemistry Lab Camp! http://whyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/07/chem-lab-camp-day-1.html
posted at http://whyhomeschool.blogspot.com
Blog It’s a Boy’s Life outlines the steps to writing and creating your own science units — http://allboyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/07/on-writing-your-own-science-units.html posted at http://allboyhomeschool.blogspot.com/
While the older kids are working on science, how do you teach the little ones the basics? Make Oobleck! http://blog.denschool.com/adventures-with-oobleck/ posted at http://blog.denschool.com/
Maybe your child is cut out to be Albert Einstein 2.0, but you have trouble incorporating the classics into your homeschool. Mystie Winckler used Pilgrim’s Progress with great success in her homeschool… and so can you! Read how in her fascinating article: http://www.simplyconvivial.com/2012/pilgrims-progress-in-our-homeschool posted at http://www.simplyconvivial.com
Chris Shaw gives some great ideas on Exciting your Child’s Interest in History in his blog post on homeschoolvspublicschool.com Read the article at: http://homeschoolvspublicschool.com/exciting-your-childs-interest-in-history/
Writing and history often go hand in hand — either as beloved studies, or dreaded subjects. Homeschool graduate and newly published author Hope Auer shares a blog article on how to start writing fiction, as part of a 18 week series guiding young writers towards completing their own novel! Hope is the author of A Cry From Egypt, a novel set in an Israelite family during the time of the Exodus. http://acryfromegypt.com/2012/07/week-4-step-4-starting/ posted on http://acryfromegypt.com
Kristen posts about a cheap and easy way to teach your children to write topical paragraphs through journaling: http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2012/07/frugal-homeschooling-daily-journals/ posted at http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/
How has our concept of Education changed?
Lisa at http://goldengrasses.com talks about how the homeschooling movement — and how we homeschool — has changed since the days of it’s infancy. http://goldengrasses.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-homeschooling-has-changed.html
Should we give our kids busy work, or let them learn at their own reckless pace? Angela Gray of Team Gray! debates “Education: Real vs. Contrived” on her blog! http://graymattersonline.net/2012/07/09/education-real-vs-contrived-2/ posted at http://graymattersonline.net
Lori Jones shares some reasons why homeschooling is the best choice for their family.
http://3partnersinshopping.blogspot.com/2012/07/homeschooling-why-it-is-best–choice-for.html posted at http://3partnersinshopping.blogspot.com/
Cardamom Publishers posts “why Do-gooders should (but probably won’t) study Homeschooling” http://barbarafrankonline.com/2012/07/18/eek-kids-are-getting-fat-and-dumb posted at http://barbarafrankonline.com
Also: Greg Field interviews two homeschooled students for his post “To Homeschool or not to Homeschool” http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/education/homeschool-homeschool-questionopinions-profiles-homeschool-students/ posted at http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/education
Bonus! School Planning Ideas:
Stuck planning school for some of your children? Check out what Annie Kate has planned for her 5, 7, 10, and 12th graders! http://anniekateshomeschoolreviews.com/2012/07/our-curriculum-for-next-year-grades-5-7-10-12/ posted at http://anniekateshomeschoolreviews.com/
Of course, scholastics aren’t the be-all-end-all. Nadene shares how she teaches homemaking skills to her children! http://practicalpages.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/kitchen-connections/ posted at http://practicalpages.wordpress.com
Lynda allows us a peek into the struggles of understanding what’s truly important in teaching her son. http://lynishiskid.blogspot.com/2012/07/homeschool-is-back-in-session.html posted at http://lynishiskid.blogspot.com/
And finally…..
The last post is our own. As our third son prepares for Senior year and college, we give some helpful tips and insights into Making College Visits Count. http://www.raisingrealmen.com/2012/07/making-college-visits-count/, posted at http://raisingrealmen.com
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