This was a busy week, in my personal life anyway. However, in spite of a big, big, family wedding, I still managed to provide nine blog posts for you. Subjects ranged from my continued listing of distance learning programs homeschoolers could use to problems homeschoolers might encounter like teaching subjects kids do not want to learn and divorce. Here is the families.com homeschooling week in review for July 9, July 14.
09 Jul 2007
Homeschooling Week in Review July 1 – July 8, 2007 by Andrea Hermitt
This list of last week’s blogs begins with a review of the previous week. Topics included attending a homeschool fair, and homeschoolers competing with other students.
Teaching Them against their Will by Andrea Hermitt
Sometimes, you have to insist your homeschoolers learn subjects they are not necessarily fond of. This post discusses the problem of teaching courses in which children are not necessarily interested.
10 Jul 2007
Distance Learning Homeschool Programs Fu-Gr by Andrea Hermitt
Beginning with Future’s International High School which supplies “real time student-teacher videoconferencing, audio and video chat, this post continues my list of distance learning programs.
11 Jul 2007 Supposedly Homeschooling? by Andrea Hermitt
I often encounter comments where an onlooker complains that a family is “supposedly homeschooling”. In using the word “supposedly”, they are usually implying that the family is homeschooling in name only. This post discusses how an onlooker should handle this dilemma.
11 Jul 2007
Distance Learning Homeschool Programs Ha-In by Andrea Hermitt
In my post on hybrid homeschooling, I talked about combining homeschooling with distance learning or local classes. Here continues the list of Distance Learning Programs you can use beginning with a very special school called Hadley School for the Blind.
12 Jul 2007
A Family Divided Cannot Homeschool by Andrea Hermitt
This program discusses how a divorce situation may not be the best environment for homeschooling and give suggestion on how to go about keeping communication open if the custodial parent decides to homeschool post divorce.
New Math Curriculum iLearn Offers Free Home Trials by Andrea Hermitt
Thanks to another blogger who emailed me about this program, this post introduces a new math curriculum that is offering free home trials.
13 Jul 2007
Distance Learning Homeschool Programs Jo-La by Andrea Hermitt
In my post on hybrid homeschooling, I talked about combining homeschooling with distance learning or local classes. Here continues the list of Distance Learning Programs you can use beginning with Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth.
14 Jul 2007
Thank You Dr. Moore, and Rest in Peace by Andrea Hermitt
Upon hearing the news of the death of Dr. Raymond S. Moore, also known as the Grandfather of Homeschooling, I wrote this post that detailed his influence on homeschooling.