Great news from Canterbury University Home-school Student Award Hi, I’d like to bring to your attention some recent work we have been doing at the University of Canterbury clarifying progression to university for home-school students. There are several pathways for home-school students to gain admission to UC for degree level…
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The Underground History of American Education – online
John Taylor Gatto is a great supporter of home schooling. He was named teacher of the year for New York City three times: 1989, 1990, and 1991. He was named teacher of the year for New York State in 1991. Then he quit teaching. He has written a must-read book…
When worksheets don’t work
A wonderful article on finding out our children’s learning styles: by Shawna on December 16, 2014 in a mom’s education · 21 Comments Written by Shawna Wingert of Not The Former Things. I have a confession to make. This may sound a little crazy, but when I was in school,…
Is it possible for children to ‘learn a different way’?
Home-Education is About Learning, Not Schooling An excellent article by Zion LightsContributing Editor with JUNO magazine interested in science, tech, the environment, green and gentle parenting I wonder whether approaching the subject a different way would have been more tactful. First, a barrage of questions washes over me; ‘What do…
Dr Ruth Beechick – You can Teach your Child Successfully
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the Smiths: https://hef.org.nz/2011/craig-smith-26-january-1951-to-30-september-2011/ Updated 1 October 2014: Three years on (Craig Smith’s Health) page 7 click here ***** Needing help for your home schooling journey: https://hef.org.nz/2011/needing-help-for-your-home-schooling-journey-2/ And Here are a couple of links to get you started home schooling: Information on getting started: https://hef.org.nz/getting-started-2/ and Information on getting an exemption: https://hef.org.nz/exemptions/ This link…