{"id":6102,"date":"2006-02-21T00:04:50","date_gmt":"2006-02-21T05:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=6102"},"modified":"2008-11-22T03:13:05","modified_gmt":"2008-11-22T08:13:05","slug":"carnival-of-homeschooling-week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=6102","title":{"rendered":"CARNIVAL OF HOMESCHOOLING, WEEK 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the 8th edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling. Glad you could drop by. This week’s version might be a little different from previous carnivals. No purple prose or pretty poetry here at HE&OS. You see, I’m a product of SC public schools (Unofficial State Motto: Thank God for Mississippi<\/a>). Hence, stringing more than two sentences together is quite taxing (as you’ll no doubt notice if you peek into the archives). Fortunately, the contributors are much more adept with the written word. So, kick back and grab a cuppa (or a beer) and enjoy. The theme, such as it is, is the 5 Ws and 1 H.<\/p>\n

Who?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steve Walden at Dad’s Corner thinks<\/a> that home educators ought to pay attention to the teachers’ union protest over Jon Stossel’s recent report on the state of the schools.<\/p>\n

It seems that the “elites” have discovered home education. Business Week<\/em> has all of the details. JJ Ross had an erudite post<\/a> on it. I just had snark<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spunky notes<\/a> that just because you’re schooling at home doesn’t mean you’re a homeschooler. And in a Tinkers to Evers to Tinkers moment, Spunky links back to an essay that Tim Haas published here at HE&OS.<\/p>\n

And, finally, Dr. Isabel Lyman<\/a> (Ph.D. and soon-to-be J.D.) pulled a fast one on me and submitted an interview with the vampire<\/strike> blogger.<\/a><\/p>\n

What?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unschooling was the recent subject of a report on CNN. The Thinking Mother, er, thinks<\/a> the piece was not exactly favorable to our side. BTW, my un-unschooled teenage son sometimes sleeps to 11.<\/p>\n

Laurie Bluedorn at Trivium Pursuit has a hands-on review<\/a> of the Hands and Hearts Early American History Discovery Kit. Sounds like a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

Crossblogging<\/a> writes on the increasing number of homeschoolers who are making the jump to college athletics. NCAA 1, state high school athletics governing bodies -1,000,000.<\/p>\n

And Heather at Sprittibee has a valentine to parents. Or, perhaps it’d be better described as a valentine from parents to their kids<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When life throws lemons at you, Patricia Hunter at the Pollywog Creek Porch blog says take a trip to Lake Okeechobee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And the Lioness has one of those moments<\/a> when we learn more than the kids.<\/p>\n

Where?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Twice Bloomed Wisteria has a nice post<\/a> on how to make the most of your library day. (Yes, I know this probably would fit better under “How,” but I really needed a “Where”).<\/p>\n

Where in the US is Tenn? Tenniel (not Tennessee) has a neat idea<\/a> for teaching US geography to young one.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Editor’s Choice: Chris O’Donnell rolled the dice and let me pick one from his archives. I thought about being evil, but in the end I decided to play it straight. Here’s a good reason why we do what we do– We don’t want our kids to turn out like this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jo VanEvery at Tricotomania writes<\/a> on how to think about teaching subjects that might not be our strongest points.<\/p>\n

Over at Out of Lascaux, we learn how to piss off a g-school teacher<\/a> in one easy blog post. Aside to the teacher in question– it’s wicked Uncle Ernie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This next one was one of the easiest to categorize: “How do I avoid homeschool mom burn-out?” Tami<\/a> has some good advice. Homeschool support systems (i.e., the dads) ought to pay particular attention to point #2.<\/p>\n

How many? The Headmistress, Zookeeper has a long post with lots of suggestions on how to teach number concepts<\/a> to young children.<\/p>\n

Beverly Hernandez has a quick post<\/a> on how to build a homemade geography<\/strike> geology kit. (Good catch. I typed in Beverly’s post just after Tenn’s, so I had geography on the brain.)<\/p>\n

And over at Principled Discovery, Dana Hanley has an internal debate<\/a> on how to motivate our kids. <\/p>\n

Three of the Above?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In one of those cosmic coincidences, Henry Cate submitted this long after the 5Hs and 1W theme was chosen. His introduction<\/a> could have gone into What, Why, or How.<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoyed your trip through homeschooling’s version of Journalism 101. Next week’s CoH will be hosted by Henry Cate at Why Homeschool<\/a>. Submission details are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Try the veal.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:
\nTrackbacks: Eduwonk<\/a>, Homeschoolbuzz<\/a>, Tami Fox<\/a>, PalmTreePundit<\/a>. Dad’s Corner<\/a>, Chris O’Donnell<\/a>, Ripples<\/a>, Tricotomania<\/a>, Doc<\/a>, Dr. Helen<\/a>, Henry Cate<\/a>, Scott Somerville<\/a>, Dr. Lyman<\/a>, Melissa Wiley<\/a>, Kimberly Swygert<\/a>, Education Wonks<\/a>, Out of Lascaux<\/a>, Pollywog Creek Porch<\/a>, The Thinking Mother<\/a>, The Modulator<\/a>, Matt Johnston<\/a>, The Thomas Institute<\/a><\/p>\n

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Many people don’t know the differences between homeschooling and public education<\/a>. There are many benefits in homeschooling<\/a> that people don’t take in consideration which is why homeschooling<\/a> is underrated. There are homeschooling resources<\/a> online that should be taking advantage of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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