Archive for October, 2006
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Saturday, October 28th, 2006Now offering gear (from Cafepress) that supports homeschooling and attachment parenting. Shopping is done through Cafepress site so totally secure. All profits, as do any ads on lifelearning.org go towards keeping the site running :-)
Homeschool T-Shirts and Other Unschool Gear
Upcoming Dr.Phil Homeschooling and Unschooling Show
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006This is an EXCELLENT article and makes for fascinating reading I remember well the breastfeeding advocate that got hoodwinked and then slammed on the show few years ago- that’s when I stopped watching.
The DR. Phil show featuring homeschooling and unschooling will air Nov. 24th, the day after Thanksgiving.
Its a long article but well [...]
Ebay Bans the Sale of Homschool Teacher Editions of Textbooks?
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006Wow. you can buy pretty much anything on ebay- they prohibit ‘illegal, dangerous, offensive, or potentially infringing” items and now textbooks!
Ebay policy on homeschool textbooks
Its a bit weird if you ask me- their reasoning is to prevent answer keys from being spread- but really is that their function? People should be free to buy and [...]
Harry Potter and Homeschooling: Harry Potter Lesson Plans and Using Harry Potter to “teach”
Thursday, October 5th, 2006There are some pretty neat sites that use Harry Potter as a catalyst to further learning.
If you know if a Harry Potter lesson plan site you can share- please email me at info@lifelearning.org or make a comment in comments section.
This site:
http://pirates.k12.ar.us/cre/labert/harrypotter.htm
was orginally set up to use in a class room setting- but offers many ideas [...]
MSNBC Article on Unschooling
Thursday, October 5th, 2006MSNBC website published article on unschooling o its website today. Over all it was a fair report and was open minded. Worth the read.
A new chapter in education: unschooling
Controversial home-taught approach lets kids take the lead in learning
By Victoria Clayton
MSNBC contributor
Updated: 12:22 a.m. ET Oct 2, 2006
It’s a Monday afternoon in Mar Vista, Calif., and [...]