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Archive for March, 2007

National African American Homeschoolers Alliance Web Site

Read about this organization today in Mothering Magazine. I had not heard of them until today-sadly. The National African American Homeschoolers Alliance offers a wealth of support to the growing numbers of African-American families who have taken the learning of the children into their own hands. From the article it sounded like a terrific support [...]

Watch Old Movies with your Kids !

There is lot to be said about watching movieswith your children. Even more fun is rediscovering movies you loved and getting to watching them again with your kids - experiencing the fun and excitement through their eyes.

About a month ago I picked up a book- The Best Old Movies for Families: [...]

Homeschoolers- Have you read the book “Einstein Never Used Flashcards” ?

Was at bookstore with my daughter tonight for our bi-weekly “date” night. I rarely look at the educations books anymore because they just make me mad. All about making your child smarter/better/more successful. The title of this one REALLY caught my eye,
Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn–and Why They Need to Play [...]

Great Homeschool/Unschooling quote from Sandra Dodd

“One of the first effects of school is to break the bond between parents and children, when the children are five or younger. It breaks bonds between siblings, and replaces them with prejudices about age and grade, with rules against playing with kids of other ages, and with social pressure to be hateful and secretive.”
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Web tool to help learn cursive Handwriting

Learning Cursive
I am in no way advocating you sit down and “make” children learn cursive handwriting (or anything for that matter). My daughter learned cursive handwriting on her own one day after she discovered Microsoft Word fonts- and just printed and traced over and over for hours. If your children [...]