There are a lot of ways to approach the task of teaching a child to read. I have five ideas to remember to teach reading successfully.
When does a home school day include watching a hilarious skit, touring historical monuments, debating in legislative lingo, meeting and listening to the Lieutenant Governor, and conversing on a comfy couch with your state senator over pressing issues of the day?
The numbers and symbols on the chalkboard seemed to me as enigmatic as Egyptian hieroglyphics. I had been standing at the front of the class for what felt like a week. One by one, the other kids had all put down their chalk and sat back down. I was the last student at the board, and all eyes were on me. That must be why I was sweating so much. Eventually, the teacher told me to sit down.
We are days away from a new year! For the 2017 THSC Watchmen, part of the hustle and bustle of the season includes completing their advocacy training as policy watch dogs during the upcoming legislative session in Austin. We sat down with Paul Exley, one of our outstanding new THSC Watchmen, to find out how home schooling has prepared him for the tasks ahead.
Welcome to my laboratory. …
Is it just me or has public discourse gone from PG to PG-13 in the last year?
Same-sex marriage. Transgender bathroom choice. Police killing African-Americans. Americans killing police. Scary clown terrorists targeting schools. And now, “locker room banter.” The news is getting extremely difficult to explain to an eight-year-old! I find myself wishing we could talk about an easier subject—like puberty!
Therapy visits, doctor appointments, and hospital stays are an everyday part of a medically fragile child's life. Add in school and juggling this hectic schedule becomes even more challenging.
While access to public school services may sound like a great option, the required extra meetings and possibility of truancy trouble adds unneeded stress to the family environment. Thus, many parents of medically fragile children find that home schooling is a better choice for their child.
In 1895 the GBMA handed over their land holdings to the federal government and Gettysburg was made a National Military Park.
It’s a common question—we may field it from others, we may ask it of ourselves. Perhaps many families begin with romantic notions of home education without really thinking much about where this is all leading. But around fourth grade something happens, usually math. Maybe it’s fractions, or percentages, or the difference between the direct and indirect object. A headache ensues, Google is consulted, and we fall asleep that evening with a chilling thought, What if I’m not smart enough to home school?
