by Alicia Coffman
After many years of prayer and study, Stephanie Freeman made a decision she never expected to make. She decided to home school her children.
"I wanted my children to have the best education that could be offered academically, socially, spiritually and culturally," she said. That was at home.
Freeman has been home schooling her children for the past 10 years. She is also a BYU professor and has been teaching speech classes for 17 years.
Her first thought was to investigate private schools, but they were expensive and although they had some advantages over public schools, they didn't offer everything she wanted or expected in a school.
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Thursday, January 11, 2007
Homeschoolers Compete in Geography Bee
BY BOB ELLIS
DAKOTA VOICE
Nine homeschool students competed Wednesday for the trophy in the 2006-2007 South Dakota Christian Home Educator’s Geography Bee. The event was held at South Canyon Baptist Church in Rapid City on January 10. The event was sponsored by SDCHE and used material from the National Geographic Bee, publishers of National Geographic Magazine. The purpose is to encourage the study of geography.
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DAKOTA VOICE
Nine homeschool students competed Wednesday for the trophy in the 2006-2007 South Dakota Christian Home Educator’s Geography Bee. The event was held at South Canyon Baptist Church in Rapid City on January 10. The event was sponsored by SDCHE and used material from the National Geographic Bee, publishers of National Geographic Magazine. The purpose is to encourage the study of geography.
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Parents worry about 'nature-deficit disorder' in kids
By LISA STIFFLER
P-I REPORTER
After squishing through mud, crawling under tree boughs and skirting a glassy pond, the small troop of kids and teachers stopped at a clearing in the woods.
Squatting in the wet leaves, instructor Sol Doran placed a sprig of fir on the ground in front of her and another a foot away.
"If this is malalo," said Doran, pointing to the first sprig and referring to the African-style hut where the journey started, "and this is the pond," she said pointing to another, "where are we?"
The students from Duvall's Wilderness Awareness School, who ranged in age from about 7 to 12, considered the question. They moved a third sprig back and forth into different spots on the impromptu map. Consensus was reached.
Editor's Note: This is one area - nature studies - wilderness walks - outdoor education - whatever you want to call it
where homeschooling families have the opportunity to excel. There is no doubt that children confined to living inside
four walls every day for 6 - 7 hours per day, are missing out on the excitement of what truly is natural study. Read the articl for ideas and inspiration by clicking on the title.
P-I REPORTER
After squishing through mud, crawling under tree boughs and skirting a glassy pond, the small troop of kids and teachers stopped at a clearing in the woods.
Squatting in the wet leaves, instructor Sol Doran placed a sprig of fir on the ground in front of her and another a foot away.
"If this is malalo," said Doran, pointing to the first sprig and referring to the African-style hut where the journey started, "and this is the pond," she said pointing to another, "where are we?"
The students from Duvall's Wilderness Awareness School, who ranged in age from about 7 to 12, considered the question. They moved a third sprig back and forth into different spots on the impromptu map. Consensus was reached.
Editor's Note: This is one area - nature studies - wilderness walks - outdoor education - whatever you want to call it
where homeschooling families have the opportunity to excel. There is no doubt that children confined to living inside
four walls every day for 6 - 7 hours per day, are missing out on the excitement of what truly is natural study. Read the articl for ideas and inspiration by clicking on the title.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Home's Where Class Is
Home's where class is
Colleges seeing quality in those homeschooled
Charlotte Hsu, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 01/07/2007 12:00:00 AM PST
At Placidia Andalón's home in Rialto, school starts each morning with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer.
She has taught her 11-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter about evolution and creation.
In lessons on building good character, Andalón, 34, tells her children to seek guidance from the Bible.
Like Andalón, a growing number of parents across the nation are educating their kids at home for reasons including faith, a driving force behind the rise of the modern homeschool movement.
And in society at large, homeschoolers have become more accepted, with businesses and institutions of higher learning taking an interest in homeschooled children and their parents.
Read entire article - Click on the title
Colleges seeing quality in those homeschooled
Charlotte Hsu, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 01/07/2007 12:00:00 AM PST
At Placidia Andalón's home in Rialto, school starts each morning with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer.
She has taught her 11-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter about evolution and creation.
In lessons on building good character, Andalón, 34, tells her children to seek guidance from the Bible.
Like Andalón, a growing number of parents across the nation are educating their kids at home for reasons including faith, a driving force behind the rise of the modern homeschool movement.
And in society at large, homeschoolers have become more accepted, with businesses and institutions of higher learning taking an interest in homeschooled children and their parents.
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Monday, January 08, 2007
Who Represents Homeschoolers in Washington, D.C.
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Who Represents Homeschoolers in Washington, DC?
Ideally, no one should, since education issues are really issues that should be left up to each state.. (sigh) .. but since our Federal Government is unconstitutionally meddling in affairs of education, and now in the affairs of homeschoolers...
I ran across a nifty letter that you can draft to your newly elected Congressional delegation. I want to thank those who have come up with the initiative to communicate with our Representatives to let them know that we are a diverse bunch, and that no one group speaks for us. I made a few changes to their letter and came up with my own version:
Read the entire article including a sample letter by clicking on the title above.
Who Represents Homeschoolers in Washington, DC?
Ideally, no one should, since education issues are really issues that should be left up to each state.. (sigh) .. but since our Federal Government is unconstitutionally meddling in affairs of education, and now in the affairs of homeschoolers...
I ran across a nifty letter that you can draft to your newly elected Congressional delegation. I want to thank those who have come up with the initiative to communicate with our Representatives to let them know that we are a diverse bunch, and that no one group speaks for us. I made a few changes to their letter and came up with my own version:
Read the entire article including a sample letter by clicking on the title above.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Youths learn ABCs at homeschool
Youths learn ABCs at homeschool
Cooperative gives alternative education for families
January 2, 2007
BY VILA SCHWINDT | Journal Staff Writer
Garrett Pogue is only 4, but he joins his older brothers and sisters in the dining room at 9 a.m. when they start school with their mother, Rosella Pogue, as teacher. Gabriel is only 9 months, but he's usually close by, too, because he wants to do what his family is doing.
Homeschool regulation: The Revenge of the Failures
WorldNet Daily Commentary
Posted: January 4, 2007
By Bruce N. Shortt, Ph.D.
In their never-ending effort to "help" homeschoolers, public school bureaucrats periodically try to increase homeschooling regulations. This makes K-12 education perhaps a unique endeavor: it's a field in which the failures regularly, and astonishingly, insist that they should be able to regulate the successful.
Read entire commentary by clicking on the title.
Posted: January 4, 2007
By Bruce N. Shortt, Ph.D.
In their never-ending effort to "help" homeschoolers, public school bureaucrats periodically try to increase homeschooling regulations. This makes K-12 education perhaps a unique endeavor: it's a field in which the failures regularly, and astonishingly, insist that they should be able to regulate the successful.
Read entire commentary by clicking on the title.
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