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You learn a lot when you camp with your family on top of an active volcano!  Wait – before you call Child Protective Services, please know the kids were very safe.  The volcano is well monitored, since it is Yellowstone National Park! Besides the incredible wildlife...

I love this statue.  It is in the park a couple blocks from my house.  The togetherness, the hope, the determination – it’s all there!  It’s like they know they know the new life they are about to embrace will not be easy but they are ready nonetheless.  They are...

Henderson, NV – International Virtual Learning Academy is offering a complimentary Android tablet to every U.S. student enrolling in a full-time, one year program. International Virtual Learning Academy is a fully accredited online private school.  Certified teachers...

You might assume the small children counting change at the grocery store register or hightailing it into the library at 12 p.m. on a Thursday are off from school for some unknown holiday or exotic teacher preparation ritual. Despite the preponderance of kids of all...

The garden is one of my favorite things about summer.  To watch things blossom and grow, thrive and bear fruit.  It never ceases to amaze me that with a little effort on my part, plus water and sunshine, something beautiful or delicious comes to flourition. Gardening...

My family just visited Yellowstone National Park.  Wow.   What spectacular and fascinating beauty!  I found myself trying to imagine the forces of nature – glacial and volcanic - used to create this magnificence.  Immense stress on the landscape resulted in stunning...

You look at your sweet 5 year old learning her ABCs and college seems light years away.  Truth be told, it’s just around the corner!  Here are 4 real-life homeschool families and how they prepared for college.  This article was entitled College Prep: Selecting Classes...

Twenty-seven members of Congress write to Holder. Stutzman says: “Americans don’t subscribe to the European notion that children belong to the community or the state—they belong to their parents” Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Marlin Stutzman today led a group of...

It’s graduation season – caps and gowns, pomp and circumstance.  Students travel across that platform ready to embark on their next adventure with fresh memories of their school days.  The following is one student’s view of her past 12 years of school – at home!...

Homeschoolers perform better academically as well, claims report By Dain Fitzgerald Homeschooling is on the rise, according to a report by Education News, and has grown by an average of 75% since 1999. ABC has also reported on the same trend, first picked up last...

A Missouri county circuit court dismissed truancy charges against homeschooling mother Jacinda Haberly (all names changed to protect privacy) on January 31, 2013. In September 2012, Jacinda Haberly withdrew her 8th and 5th grade daughters, Karen and Miranda, from...

“Do you homeschool?” I get that question often and it makes me smile.  How is it we “look like” a homeschool family?  Maybe it has something to do with the other question I get a lot – “Are all those kids yours?!?”  With 5 kids including 2 sets of twins, I guess we...

Once on a street not too far from me There live a family – how many kids? – 3. They were off on a journey, and they weren’t fooling! They left P.S. 4 to switch to homeschooling.   At first all was new, novel, and fun. These motivated kids were learning a ton! BUT...

From Breitbart.com As dissatisfaction with the U.S. public school system grows, apparently so has the appeal of homeschooling. Educational researchers, in fact, are expecting a surge in the number of students educated at home by their parents over the next ten years,...

I don’t live far from the Great Continental Divide in Colorado.  I knew that the water runoff to one side fed the watersheds to the west and eventually drained into the Pacific and on the other side of the divide the water ran east and eventually into the Atlantic. ...

By Tiany Davis from Sheknows.com With summer almost here, vacation planning is in full swing. As homeschoolers, the learning does not have to end when we take off for family vacations. Learning should be a natural extension of our children's day-to-day experiences in...

Farkle. That’s the name of a game we recently learned to play.  It’s a game where you roll dice for points and then decide whether you will keep those points or try for more, running the risk of losing the points you’ve already made.  You have to weigh the benefit and...

Global Student Network (GSN), a leading accredited curriculum provider since 2004, is offering a free 9” Android Tablet to any student who enrolls in GSN’s Global Courseware Program. Henderson, NV (PRWEB) June 03, 2013 Global Courseware is curriculum designed to...

Enroll in Global Student Network's Unlimited Global Courseware Program before July 31, 2013 (even if you aren't starting until the fall) and receive our Enrollment Gift of a 9" Capacitive Screen Android 4.0 Tablet PC MID 8GB WIFI Allwinner A13 512 MB 1.5 GHZ Ultrathin...