Homeschooling Links Of The Week
I’m feeling a bit tired and with several things on my plate right now. I’ve got a post on unschooling coming up, but haven’t yet been able to finish it. So instead I thought I would share some of the posts around the web that have caught my eye. As the number of homeschooling families continues to rise the number of homeschooling blogs does as well, which leaves me with too many to read and not enough time. But here are a few of the gems that caught my eye. Hopefully they’ll inspire you a little over the weekend.
- Does Barack Obama Support Homeschool? Should Those Who School Their Kids at Home Only Vote for a Pro-Homeschool Candidate? - An interesting and well thought out article that discusses Obama’s stance on homeschooling, and whether that should even matter among homeschooling voters.
- Those “socially inept” homeschoolers - You say socially inept like that’s a bad thing. Some days I have to think that being “socially inept’ is the better option, especially when I reflect my own school years.
- Fifteen, Punk, and Homeschooled - I love this article, written by a teen who attends school online.
- The Smell of Fear - It’s that time of the year again, standarized testing time! When all the “teach to the test” really hits it’s crunch time.
- Super Genius–homeschooling as child abuse? - This is an intersting article from an adult who was homeschooled as a child. Is the pressure to “prove” that homeschooling is the right choice a burden too great on your child?
- Responsible Parents must do Some Degree of Homeschooling - Even parents who are not homeschooling will find times when they need to help their children learn at home.
- The 111th Carnival of Homeschool – Cabin Fever Edition - Of course what list of homeschooling posts would be complete without including the weekly Homeschool carnival.
Those are all the ones I have for now. I think that’s a pretty good list to keep you busy for a while. So go get a cup of coffee, throw some crayons and paper on the table, and curl up for a good read. One can dream at least, right? If you know of any other good posts that I missed drop me a comment and I’ll add them to the list.
February 16th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Girl! School is the last thing on our mind. I really need to find something the kids can do with out me, but we just afford books and I teach them out of my college books, just watered down. I have been able to give them a little while I’ve been gonna, but they are getting bored. Maybe you and I can catch up and things settle down soon.
I really enjoy your blog, but don’t have time to visit as much as I would like here lately. I just wanted to come over and say Hello! I really need to get to the hospital thou. Take care!
Thank you for all your warm wishes!
I’m really missing all my blogging friends!
I really need a lap top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 17th, 2008 at 12:54 am
Curious…your “genius” blog has been flagged. I read the whole blog…why on earth would someone flag that?
February 17th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Dana I saw that too and really have no idea. I’m thinking it was probably trolls flagging blogs they didn’t like for fun, maybe she just never bothered to request it be removed. Or maybe they won’t remove the flags. I didn’t see anything worth flagging it for either.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:31 pm
[...] blog JustUpthePike, on the Carnival of Homeschooling at About.com and on Momisteaching.com’s Homeschooling Links of the Week. We’re also listed as a resource on [...]
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:37 am
[...] Mom is Teaching, I found an interesting blog: Homeschooled, but all grown up. (When you click on the link, you [...]
March 5th, 2008 at 12:52 am
You may have seen this, but she stopped by my blog and said she flagged it herself. So that would explain why she did nothing to undo it. : )
May 24th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Hi, Just a quick note. Your tired woman is going to be featured on one of our Blog posts on Friday, June 13, 2008. There will be a link back to your site on the post. Thanks, Christine Bean http://www.ahomestage.com