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Here you go! Just copy/paste links into your browser. I pick up the "Home Education" mags at my local library and it's one of my fave's.


http://www.homeedmag.com/wlcm_HEM.html

http://www.home-school.com/news/phs61.html

http://www.homeschooltoday.com/

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/magazines/

Sheri

It depends on what kind of information you are looking for. Home Ed tends to be more secular and (if I remember correctly) leans a bit more towards unschooling. Many of the other magazines have a very definite Christian theme, and sometimes a rather conservative view.

I personally have found more help and inspiration from homeschooling books rather than magazines. CBD (Christian Book Distributors) has a fabulous selection of homeschooling books, both curriculum and parent helps. And although they do have a large number of Christian text, they sell bunches of secular titles also.

Hope this helps!

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[quote=digi-diva] I pick up the "Home Education" mags at my local library and it's one of my fave's.


That is to funny I actualy started to think about this when i was snitching a few scrapbook mags from the library. Thank you for the info. I am right now starting prschool with my 2 year old but my 5 year old needs a little extra help.... So I am planing the prschool for before she gos to school.... To give her some extra pratice . She thinks that it is so she can help me with her sister hehe

Though my kids will always attend school outside of the home I plan to have mini classes while they are off track and keep them up on what is going on with school in our daly playing and crafting.

So far my dd is folowing in my fotsetps when it comes to school and that is not a good thing. I plan not to let her fall through the cracks and fall behind like I did.... But she dose not like to do what i ask of her... But loves to do what the teacher asks her to so . Gota love that she cant read the stuff that the teacher is asking her to do I can make it say whatever I want lol.... For a bit longer at least

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If you're thinking about supplementing at home, I would make sure that you make it FUN learning. Kids can't help but learn, they do it naturally. But they learn much better when the subject is presented in an entertaining, novel way. I'm not saying it everything has to be a broadway production, lol! But don't imitate SCHOOL at home.

For instance, you can use board games to help kids learn lots of different skills. If the game involves money (Life, Monopoly, Payday) they'll use math skills and money management.

We have a ton of games at home, which we mostly play just for fun, but the kids still learn lots! Masterpiece is great for art recognition. Upwords and Scrabble for spelling. Take Off is wonderful for world geography. Sequence for pattern recognition. Mars 2000 for space sciences. Chronology for history. And so on...

I also suggest using living books to supplement the textbooks they are using at school. If you can find out what time period they are studying this year, you can then do an internet search for living books on that same topic. Plus, living books are much more INTERESTING than textbooks, and actually make the child a part of the action of that point in history.

Computer games are always another choice. Most of the Clue Finders games are really good at making learning fun. Also, the Carmen Sandiego games, and many of the Jump Starts.

Visit museums, zoos, aquariums, etc. Most people don't realize what wonderful learning experinces they really are! Plus, spending time together creates family strong family memories and make for great LOs. Lol!

Hope this helps!

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Thank you for the info. I do plan on making it more like day camp then school. We have year passes to the zoo. We have a real working farm that we visit called Wheeler farm ( free )

I have done a little in the way of board games but I realy need to do more Thax for the reminder.

She now has 2 computer games and 3 playstation games.....

Wow i need to get moving.. Thax for the tips and reminders... Just what I needed

Oh and the living books I have never heard fo them, what are they?

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"Living books" are basically the opposite of dull, dry textbooks. The people, places and events come alive as you read a living book. The stories touch your mind and heart. They are timeless.

Charlotte Mason lived about a hundred years ago, and tried changing the educational system in England so that children immersed themselves in "living books" that were "twaddle" free. Twaddle basically meaning foolish, dumbed down, or empty.

Textbooks were "invented" because society used to believe that the "masses" were not smart enough to read and understand literature. So education was broken down into dry, boring bite sized chunks that does nothing to fire the imagination.

Living books are just the opposite. The reader finds themselves carried away by the subject, their brain excited by what they are reading. Living books don't necessarily have to be fiction either. Math, science or history books can be "living" also. Living books don't have to be boring, college level books either. Sure, ****ens is great! But not everyone can wade through the language and get something out of it.

Example of living books for preschoolers are: Aesop's Fables, Babar the Elephant books, and Beatrix Potter stories. They are age appropriate, but stimulate the mind and imagination.

Early Elementary: Caddie Woodlawn, Charlotte's Web, Chronicles of Narnia, Johnny Appleseed, Little House on the Prairie, The Story of Dr. Doolittle, The Trumpet of the Swan.

Later Elementary: Anne of Green Gables, Arabian Nights, Around the World in 80 Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Cheaper by the Dozen, Little Women, The Prince and the Pauper, Old Yeller.

You might be interested in checking out the curriculum "Five In A Row." It is a unit-study approach to education based on living books. The lesson plans are designed to cover language arts, social studies, living math and science and art in such a way that helps children actually enjoy the learning process. I suggest you check out "Five in a Row" for ages 4-8. Your littlest one won't be able to participate as much as your older child, but will still benefit from listening in and hearing the stories. You can get more information here: Five in a Row

You can also do a Google search for "living books" for more information. Hope this helps!

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Thank you verry much. YOu are the fountain of info I was looking for. when my oldes dd was 2 i was looking for info like this to get her schooling started and i could find nada... and the people that I knew who did homeschool where not help. they would just push me a 1-800# and tell me to that is whey they buy there lessons. LOL I will check into the books. Most sound like ones that I love to begin with. And the way that they teach is the way that my dd learns She is just like me if it is not hands on or has no pazzaz there is no way we can stay focoused on it long enough to lear what is needed. LOL

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