Homeschool Dads

The Heart of the Matter The March edition of the online homeschool magazine, The Heart of the Matter , has just been published. From my brief glance at the titles, this appears to be the best edition yet. Carnival of Homeschooling The Carnival of Homeschooling is full of great articles about homeschooling. Palm Tree Pundit scattered facts about the marvelous month of March throughout the blog entries. Also, the founders of the Carnival of Homeschooling request your vote. Which images best represent the carnival? Vote for a medium image here and a large image here . This is a simple way to thank the ... Read Full Story

Parents just cannot help but feel that the quality of public education is somewhat degrading these days. And when it comes to private schooling, this is an extremely expensive alternative. This is precisely why many parents these days resort to considering the option of online homeschooling. If you are one of the parents who feel a bit hesitant about online homeschooling and how effective a system it is, do not fret. This is normal; after all, it is the future of your own children that is at stake here. You may be glad to know that there are now plentiful of homeschooling curriculum available ... Read Full Story

One of the questions for this edition of Unschooling Voices (which will be out later today) was to ask your kids take pictures of their favorite things. Cimion is not here so Jacqueline & Shawna got together and snapped away. They also took pictures of Billy & I (Jacqueline said I was her #1 favorite thing), but neither of us liked how we looked in them. LOL Read Full Story

Court of Appeal Grants Petition for Re-hearing! On March 25, the California Court of Appeals granted a motion for rehearing in the 'In re Rachel L.' case. The controversial decision which purported to ban all homeschooling in that state unless the parents held a teaching license qualifying them to teach in public schools.  The automatic effect of granting this motion is that the prior opinion is vacated and is no longer binding on any one , including the parties in the case.  This is good news for homeschoolers in California, though it doesn't mean a victory, yet. If you havent already read the previous ... Read Full Story

A lot of parents wonder if it is possible to take on homeschooling under a budget. So, how to start homeschooling on a right note and yet within your budget? The truth of the matter is, this is indeed highly possible, and hundreds of homeschoolers are indeed doing this with a budget of roughly $600 per student per year. Still, there are a lot of ways for homeschoolers to stick to this budget, or they could even squeeze it out to garner a bit of savings. One good way to do this would be to utilize used homeschool curriculum . Save more on homeschool ... Read Full Story