Join us as we explore homeschooling in North Carolina. You'll find support groups, teaching tips, stories of successful homeschoolers, events, discussions of homeschooling methods, and much, much more.
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Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect. |
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- Averroes |
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Helps for the Person Who Wants to Plan a Unit Study on their Own |
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Peggy Flint |
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Sometimes it is best to plan and use your own unit studies. You may not find a unit study on a topic you are interested in, or you may find that those offered do not meet your needs. It can be easy to design your own unit studies. This article discusses the basics. |
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Against School |
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John Taylor Gatto |
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This essay was written for the Harper's Magazine forum, "School on a Hill." John Taylor Gatto discusses how public education cripples our kids and why. |
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Amanda Bennett's Unit Studies |
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Available for purchase, Amanda's topical unit studies offer weekly learning objectives and much more. The daily lesson plans and assignments are included in the book, ready for immediate use. These unit study guides include daily lesson plans, with reading and writing assignments, spelling and vocabulary words, biography and geography studies, projects, reading lists, and Internet sites of interest. Designed for use by all ages, each day's lesson plan is divided into lower and upper levels. For younger children, use only the parts of the plan that fit the needs of your child, and apply the same principle for older students.
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Large Families |
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St. Thomas Aquinas Homeschoolers of the Rochester Area |
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This short article discusses some strategies for homeschooling a large family. |
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Homeschoolers: Who Are They And How Do You Market to Them? |
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Maureen McCaffrey Williamson |
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Maureen McCaffrey Williamson examines the homeschool market and shares several resources for contacting with the homeschool market, including mailing lists of homeschoolers, periodical available for advertising, and more. |
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