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MAGAZINES
HomeSchool Digest
The Old School House
Home School Enrichment
Museums, Aquariums, Art Galleries, and MORE
DELL computers
Mac computers and software at the Apple Education Store
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NEW PODCASTS!
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Teaching the Heart vs. Teaching the Mind
This workshop covers the following:
~Teaching for Thoughtfulness
~Producing Leaders, not Followers
~Getting Back to a Truly Classical Education
~Empowering the High Schooler
PORTFOLIOS & NEW TN REQUIREMENTS
This workshop is a specially planned workshop due to some changes in TN requirements coming.
This workshop is for parents of students in the 7-10th grades. I will
go through the high school planning sheet course by course, discuss
high school portfolios, explain new graduation requirements beginning
with the Class of 2013, and introduce testing information.
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~HOME LIFE NEWS~
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Home Life News is a monthly newsletter
resource provided to all HLA teachers. HomeLifeAcademy offers parents
the freedom to choose their own books and custom design a
learner-centered educational plan to meet the interests and needs of
each individual student. From Kindergarten to graduation, HLA provides
record keeping, transcript, counseling, resource links, college
placement and more, allowing parents to do what they do best, lead
their children into a life-long love for learning!
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Characteristics of thoughtful persons:
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From the workshop, Teaching the Heart vs. Teaching the Mind:
1. Confidence in problem-solving abilities
2. Persistent (Perseverance)
3. Self-Control (Temperance)
4. Open to others' ideas
5. Cooperate with others
6. Listeners
7. Empathetic
8. Tolerate ambiguity and complexity
9. Ability to approach problems from a variety of perspectives (Can put
themselves in someone else's shoes)
10. Research problems thoroughly
11. Relate prior experience to current problems and make multiple connections
12. Open to many different solutions
13. Pose "what if" questions, playing with variables
14. Ability to transfer concepts and skill from one situation to another.
15. They are curious and wonder about the world. They ask good questions.
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Dear Family,
We hope you are having a great summer so far. No doubt, you're picking out books and thinking about the new year ahead. If you are a rookie home educator the process can be intimidating for sure. But take heart! Your success as a parent teacher has much more to do with the heart than with the head. In this newsletter we take a closer look at the real secrets to homeschool success.
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Secrets to homeschooling success...
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 By Calente Tapp
When God begins the call to your heart to home educate your
children, it is imperative that you answer. God has the desire for you
to follow your heart and the things that He places there. He will give
you strength to accomplish all things that are within His will. When
picking out curriculum, keep in mind that each child was created by God
as a unique and special individual. What works for your friend or group
may not be best for your children. If you and the child are in tears,
then you can be sure that you need to make adjustments. Be in
continuous prayer and each year seek God's guidance before you choose
your educational plan. Allow time for fun and be creative. If you are
having trouble with a subject, start a group and teach it with other
moms. You will find that this will relieve a lot of pressure and the
kids will greatly enjoy it. Check in your area for support groups and
co-ops; these will be a great resource. Instill a love for learning
about God's world and the sky is the limit!
Calente
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Secrets to homeschool success...
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 By Karen Johnson
1. Accept God's calling and treat it as such.
When God calls us to a task, He expects us to give 100%. He also gives
us the strength needed to accomplish that task. We need to claim
Philippians 4:13.
2. Determine to go the whole way, unless God
specifically changes His call. The way we teach differs if we are
homeschooling for one year as opposed to homeschooling throughout high
school. By looking at homeschooling as a new way of life, we are free
to follow requirements in a way, or order, that best fits into our
family life and our children's strengths.
3. Involve your kids in the planning of each school year.
After required courses are planned, allow your children the input of
helping choose electives. Also, allow them to help choose curriculum
for those required courses whenever possible. There are so many good
curriculum choices available that there is no reason for your child to
be bored with a course.
4. Go DEEPER not FASTER! With bright students,
take this opportunity to deepen their learning experience. Assign more
reading. Allow indepth projects. Let them love to learn without rushing
through just because they can do the work.
5. Network. Network. Network. If you have a
teaching weakness, find a friend with that strength, and trade
teaching. For example...I'm an English gal but dissecting on my kitchen
table? Not so much. I found a Mom with a student my kid's ages who
taught Biology on the college level. She taught my kids their science
lab. But English and the classics for her were a mystery! So I taught
her son! By teaching what you love, you will instill that same
enthusiasm in your students.
6. Get you children involved in outside activities.
Research homeschool opportunities in your area and try to have your
student (at least grade 7 and up) involved in one outside group
activity per year. Sports teams, choir, honor society......all allow
your student to develop leadership skills and peer social skills.
7. Plan ahead. High school, graduation, and
college will arrive sooner than you think. The key is to stay informed.
In 7th or 8th grade, pencil your student's 4-year plan. By 9th grade,
prepare for ACT/SAT testing. In 11th grade begin narrowing down college
choices and meeting with admissions counselors. By planning ahead, you
will make the path much easier for you and your student.
8. Be thankful for the opportunity to teach your
child, for the time you will spend together. Don't rush! Once they
cross that stage at graduation, you will never have the opportunity to
impact them as you do now. Treasure the teachable moments. Share your
love of learning with them, remind them of the gift of homeschooling,
reinforce your love and confidence in them and their God-given gifts.
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Secrets to Homeschooling Success...
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 by Lani Carey
I'm going to let you in on one of the world's best kept secrets -
almost anyone, in any situation, can successfully home school his or
her own children, and do a much better job than a teacher with a 4 yr.
degree. "How can that be?" you ask. Here are some keys to help you
successfully home school your children:
1) You LOVE your students in a way that a public or private school
teacher cannot, and want the very best for them. You also BELIEVE that
each of your children is a gift of God, with unique talents and
abilities. Your job is to help them develop these abilities and gifts
and to find their places in the Body of Christ - school teachers are
not in a position to do this.
2) You need to be absolutely convinced that you not only CAN
successfully home school, but that it is also what you SHOULD be doing.
To achieve this, nothing works better than prayer - if home schooling
is the right decision for your family, then God will give you peace
about it, and confidence will follow.
3) It IS true, that all you need to successfully home school is a
Bible and a library card - when I heard this years ago, I knew I could
successfully teach my children, because I had both of those, and I used
them both extensively. Of course, I added other things to our
curriculum as I went, but the foundation of our curriculum was the
Bible and library books.
4) Curriculum is NOT the most important part of your children's
education, and certainly not something to get stressed over. The morals
and values that you teach your students day in and day out, by your
example and your words, will help them more than any curriculum ever
could.
5) Contrary to popular belief, you need to focus on your student's strengths, not their weaknesses. God made each one of our children
unique, with unique abilities. For years, academia has taught us to
concentrate on our students' weaknesses - to bring them "up to par"-
while ignoring their strengths. That is the complete opposite of what
we should be doing. Can you imagine Mozart's parents telling him that
he could only play the piano for 30 minutes a day because he needed to
focus on math? Or Einstein's parents telling him that he really needed
to focus on life skills or writing?
6) ENJOY every minute that you have with your children. You will find
that they respond better to encouragement than to demands - HELP them
rather than MAKE them. You are building memories that will last a
lifetime - make sure they are GOOD ones!
We are here to help you and encourage you, as you undertake this
exciting and rewarding journey with your children. Thanks for letting
us be a part of your journey. Lani Carey
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