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This week’s Carnival of Homeschooling celebrates its 5th anniversary, and is hosted by the Cate family, who originated it. It’s one of the longest running blog carnivals out there. Its theme is the movie “Princess Bride,” which is beloved by many homeschoolers, including a few that used to live in our house 🙂
You won’t believe how many great posts there are at this anniversary carnival…….see for yourself!
I was delighted to see this pro-homeschooling article in my hometown newspaper, the Chicago Tribune.
The article describes the increase in homeschooling among black families. Thanks to homeschooling, not only do these children escape the public school experience, but their parents can tailor their education to include their African-American heritage.
Many people homeschool their children for religious reasons. But we don’t often talk about homeschooling in terms of being able to emphasize our cultural heritage. Parents who take the time to teach their children about their cultural heritage give them something that they’ll always appreciate and cherish. I’m so glad that more and more Americans of all races and cultural backgrounds are giving their children this gift by homeschooling them!
How cute was that? Just wanted to share that with you, and to wish you a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year.
See you in 2011!
For the last year or so, my husband has taken on the responsibility for homeschooling our son once a week. What a blessing that is! Since we do school in the mornings and I work in the afternoons, having that free morning is wonderful for running errands, doing chores or just playing catch-up around here.
But I’m not the only one who benefits. Josh loves doing school with his dad. They work on fun art projects while playing Tom Chapin cd’s. My husband is artistic and patient, so he’s very good at teaching Josh. They’re used to working with each other in the workshop, so they’ve already established a pattern of doing projects together. (I’m sure the fact that they’re creating things, instead of working on math or reading, only adds to Josh’s enjoyment.
Their most recent project was a nativity scene (figures and stable) that my husband found online. It’s now sitting in our dining room, awaiting the arrival of the rest of our family this weekend.
Having homeschooled my kids since the mid-1980s, I’m starting to want to do other things. My husband taking on homeschooling one day a week has made it easier for me to keep doing the other four days. 🙂
