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Starting Out - Advice for New Homeschoolers

Homeschooling, Can I Do It?

"Many parents would like to homeschool their children but are afraid they don't have the training or ability to be their children's teacher. This is certainly understandable, because most parents never had any formal training to be a teacher. However, most parents don't have to worry about this issue," says Joel Turtel, author of Pubic Schools, Public Menace. August 21, 2006

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The Road to Homeschool: The Big Decision

I've been a homeschool advocate for twenty-years now. Some how it doesn't seem possible that I'm that old or that I have children a quarter of a century old. Saying it that way makes it even worse. August 20, 2006

Starting Out: The School-At-Home Method

We have been homeschooling for just under a year. Our children (ages 10 and 11) did not fit well into the local school system. After years of fighting with them, and a parent/teacher conference where my son's homeroom teacher announced that he would fail 5th grade because he kept forgetting his pencil we decided that enough was enough. We gave them about two months of free time and then ploughed ahead. August 20, 2006

Starting Out: Video Addiction

Help! My son only wants to play video games. He is trying to make contact with some friends but plans keep falling through so most of the time he is just home watching TV or playing videos. What do I do? Mia responds to a frustrated parent on a homeschooling e-group... March 26, 2006

Starting Out: Deschooling

I began homeschooling my dd [darling daughter] for 5th grade. I pulled her out of a private school that she had attended since Kindergarten. JoJo shares about transit from private school to homeschool... November 16, 2005

Starting Out: Decompession Time

My children were 9 & 10 when I pulled them out of public school. I think it took a good 6 months to decompress, but maybe a full 1-2 years before we started realizing the full benefits of homeschooling. Heather tells her beginning homeschool story... November 16, 2005

Updated: August 21, 2006