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                Yes, My Grown    Celebrating Our       How Much
                Homeschooled      Children and         History Do
                 Children Are       Ourselves          Kids Need?
                  Odd -- And         Page 14             Page 16
                 Yours Will Be
                 Too! Page 18
                                 Ad & Article Index Page 4
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                Ace Ministries .............................. 17        Hemisphere Travel ....................... 56            Online Science Mall..................... 77
                American Science Surplus ........... 47                 Herbal Healer ............................... 27        Our Learning Folio ...................... 70
                Apologia....................................... 29      Hewitt Homeschooling Resources73                        Pearson VUE ................................ 88
                Apprentice Doctor ........................ 55           Hilaria & Ludi .............................. 86        Peterson Direct ............................. 53
                Art Instruction School .................... 2           History at our House .................... 50            PhonicsQ ...................................... 30
                Bilingual Press ............................. 71        Home Tutoring Plus ..................... 72             Portland State University ............. 39
                Birdcage Books ....................... 23,66            Homeschool Spanish Academy.... 71                       Practical Learning Online ............ 34
                BluTrack....................................... 83      Hugg A Planet .............................. 61         Professor in a Box ........................ 49
                Bright Lines Paper ....................... 16           iPrep Press.................................... 40      Rod & Staff Publishing ................ 31
                Building Blocks ........................... 83          Ivy Bound..................................... 34       Schola Publications, Inc. ......... 18,68
                Cedar Valley Publishing ............... 47              Keen Skills, Inc. (QuickCert)......... 7                Schoolside Press........................... 81
                Center on Congress ................. 10,11              Kitchen Specialties....................... 60           ScienceWorks ............................... 85
                Children’s Software Online.......... 34                 Kits For Kids ................................ 12       Scotto’s Place .......................... 30,77
                College Plus ................................. 54       Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum ..... 16                    Sea Mineral .................................. 79
                Continental Academy ................... 16              Laurelwood Books ....................... 28             Sierra Madre Games .................... 84
                Crafty Secrets ............................... 59       Learning By Grace ......................... 3           Sing N Learn ................................ 83
                Creative Crafthouse ..................... 21            Lekha Publishers .......................... 67          Soft Star Shoes ............................. 45
                Creekbed Tech......................... 46,76            Literacy Unlimited ....................... 74           Stanford University ...................... 37
                Curriculum Design for Excellence32                      Little Pim Company ................ 30,46               SuperCamp................................... 78
                Databased Intelligence, Inc.. ........ 48               Maestro Learning, Inc. ................. 84             Swansbury, Inc. .............................. 6
                Dee Walden Learning Solutions... 85                     Maine Cloth Diaper Company ..... 23                     Talking Fingers .............................. 9
                Design a Study ........................ 23,79           Math Mammoth ........................... 72             Tattler ........................................... 26
                Dianne Flynn Keith ...................... 61            Michigan Tech University ............ 87                The McHale Report...................... 35
                Discovering Music.net ................. 40              Microscope Store, The ................. 13              The Oaks Private School.............. 67
                Earth & Sky Magazine ................. 57               Middle School Science Activities 78                     The Writing Musician .................. 41
                eHarvey ........................................ 18     Monart School of Arts.................. 24              Toy Garden................................... 74
                E-Tech .......................................... 36    Montessori Services ..................... 52            Troy University ............................ 61
                Excellence In Education .............. 20               Moonjar ........................................ 13     University of Nebraska ................ 38
                FACE............................................ 79     Mother Board Books .................... 66              Wall Words ..............................62-63
                Find the Fun ................................. 80       National Institute for Genealogical                     Websters Academy ....................... 15
                Fire Station Buddies, Inc.............. 64              Studies .......................................... 58   Wholesale Chess .......................... 76
                Folkstyle Productions................... 15             Needak Manufacturing................. 19                Winsor Learning, Inc. .................. 75
                Fraction Kits................................. 86       NEMC National Educational Music                         Woodloch Resort .......................... 44
                Gotham Writer’s Workshop ......... 26                   Company ...................................... 40       Wordsmiths Jensen Grammar ...... 80
                Haan Crafts ............................. 68,85         New Jammies ............................... 14          Workbox System .......................... 35
                Harris Communications ............... 22                Noodle Head Inc .......................... 14           Writing C.L.A.W, Inc. .................. 47



                Article Index
                Is Your Child Employable .............. 6               Scheduling a Charlotte Mason Day by                     Woodloch Resort .......................... 42
                Homeschooling Intrigues Me - Where Do                   Sheila Carroll and James Carroll . 22                   History of US Series by Joy Hakim
                I Start? by Greg and Moira Bell..... 8                  Non-Judgmental Drawing: The Monart                      Review by Michael Leppert ......... 43
                Primary Sources and a Virtual                           Way by Mona Brookes................. 24                 Waiting for “Superman” by Stacey
                Congress....................................... 10      Art Instruction School .................. 26            Kannenberg .................................. 46
                Why Can’t Saltwater Fish Live in Fresh                  Writing With Sharon Watson.com 30                       Dr. Maria Montessori by Linda K.
                water? by Connor Bernstein......... 12                  AHA! Unit-based Instruction by Dr. T.                   Foster............................................ 52
                Celebrating Our Children and Ourselves                  Roger Taylor and Dr. Beverly M.                         What Do You Mean by
                by Mariaemma Pelullo-Willis, M.S.14                     Taylor ........................................... 32   “Normalization?” ......................... 53
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                How Much History Do Kids Need? by                       Ivy Bound SAT and ACT Prep ..... 34                     Hemisphere Educational Travel by
                Scott Powell ................................. 16       You Bought it, Let’s Use It! by Sue                     Michael Leppert ........................... 56
                Yes, My Grown Homeschooled Children                     Patrick .......................................... 35   Giant Energy Bubbles in our Milky Way
                Are Odd by Diane Flynn Keith .... 18                    The Increasing Prevalence on Online                     Galaxy by Beth Lebwohl and Deborah
                When All Else Fails, Play a Game! by                    Learning in Education .................. 36             Byrd.............................................. 57
                Carolyn Forte ............................... 20        Michigan Technological University Pre-                  Genealogy: A New HomeSchooler
                Do Smart People Play Chess or Does                      College Outreach ......................... 40           Opportunity by Louise St Denis, National
                Playing Chess Make People                               Flink Learning by Emerson                               Institute for Genealogical Studies 59
                Smart ............................................ 21   Sandow......................................... 42      Our Learning Folio ...................... 70

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N
                                                                       tant social skills?            unleashing of adult peer
             owadays, it is          solving opportunities,
                                                                          What do well-social-        pressure if you decide
             rare to meet an         wh ich a r e t hei r ow n
                                                                       ized kids look like any-       to pursue homeschool-
             American par-           best tutorial.
                                                                       way?                           ing. This is a hot issue
ent who hasn’t at least                 Yo u m ay s t a r t h o -
                                                                          • Are they the teens        and one that causes peo-
heard of home school-                meschooling thinking
                                                                       you see hanging around         ple to react defensively
ing. Those looking at                about “academics” and
                                                                       the mall?                      about their own school
ho m e s cho ol i ng f r om          “subjects”, but as you
                                                                          • The kids who take         choices, no matter how
t he out side rout i nely            progress, you’ll discover
                                                                       weapons to school and          gracious you may be.
express two chief con-               that the essence of suc-
                                                                       use them?                      Try not to be shocked
c e r n s: 1) “ H o w c a n          cessful homeschooling
                                                                          • The kids who dis-         when you’re hit with un-
homeschooling parents                is less about “school-
                                                                       cuss last night’s sitcoms      solicited judgment. It’s
tolerate being with their            i ng” a nd more about
                                                                       as though the actors and       wise not to announce a
kids 24 hours a day?”                “ h o m e ”. Yo u m i g h t
                                                                       situations are real?           decision to homeschool
and 2) “What about so-               realize that families are
                                                                          • Those subdued with        until you’ve done the
cialization?”                        the building blocks of
                                                                       d r u g s t o m a ke t h e m   research you need to
   SO W H AT IS HO -                 human life and see that
                                                                       “manageable”?                  become firm in the idea
MESCHOOLING R E-                     each child is constituted
                                                                          • Those that pressure       and observe for awhile.
ALLY?                                differently right from
                                                                       each other to look, act,       You will be char t i ng
   In a nutshell, home-              the beginning and their
                                                                       speak, and believe just        your own course. What
schooling is the process             s t yle of nu r t u r e a nd
                                                                       like the rest of the ado-      other people think ho-
whe r e by r e s p o n si ble        needs are unique.
                                                                       lescent herd?                  meschooling is may be
parents choose to train,                  AT HOM E W I T H
                                                                          When we’re willing to       quite unlike your expe-
equip, and launch their              MY KIDS ALL DAY?!!
                                                                       face the facts, it’s obvi-     rience. Many critics are
ow n c h i l d r e n a s r e -          Much of the surliness
                                                                       ous that a well-social-        silenced when they see
sponsible, literate, and             that kids exhibit toward
                                                                       ized person is one who         your children thriving
skillful on-going adult              parents and siblings is
                                                                       can respect and interact       and learning.
learners. It differs from            an outcome of spending
                                                                       w it h t hose older a nd          If you’ve ha d ch il-
traditional public/pri-              too much t i me ever y
                                                                       younger than himself;          dren in school and are
vate schooling in that               day receiving the verbal
                                                                       m o r e k n owle d ge a ble    br i ngi ng t hem home,
parents are the direct               a nd e mot ion al abu se
                                                                       and less so.                   give yourself and them
overseers of the child’s             of other children in an
                                                                          Some say that chil-         a g r a c e p e r i o d of 6
l e a r n i n g p r o c e s s . It   i n st it ut ion al set t i ng.
                                                                       dren need to be with a         months to decompress.
results in family glue               When your kids realize
                                                                       room full of age mates         When your kids realize
rather than family frac-             they have innate value
                                                                       all day to learn to “face      they have you all day,
ture, fostering real-life            and uniqueness that is
                                                                       real it y” a nd toug hen       ever y day, and sense
maturity, from a young               not being th reatened,
                                                                       up. This does not har-         that your attention is
age, and can be cus-                 they change for the bet-
                                                                       monize with the “real          t u r ne d t owa rd t he m ,
tomized to the learning              ter.
                                                                       world” adults inhabit.         they will need you less!
style of each child. It                 SOCIALIZATION
                                                                       You do not work with           Don’t envision yourself
fosters genuine social                  What’s the real ques-
                                                                       others your age, or so-        chained to your kitchen
g races th rough inter-              tion behind “What about
                                                                       cial or economic back-         t able, t e a ch i ng m at h
action with people of                socialization?” Are we
                                                                       g rou nd; why should           facts ‘til you’re blue in
all ages. It is bursting             laboring under the no-
                                                                       children?                      the face.
with real-life problem-              tion that kids need lots
                                                                          C R I T I C I S M YO U              continued on page 50

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Primary Sources and a Virtual Congress
   THE CENTER ON                                  – New Resources from the Center on Congress

   CONGRESS
                                                  G
                                                            ive students the       artifacts, and more. TPS
                                                            real story about       resources, offered free of
           at Indiana University                            historical events.     charge to all educators, are
                                                  Help them understand how         organized in collections
                                                  our government works             around five themes:
                                                  and what it’s like to be a         Public Criticisms of Con-
                                                  Member of Congress. Find         gress: A Look at American
                                                  new, engaging resources to       Political Cartoons – Get a
                                                  teach about Congress, rep-       historical perspective on
                                                  resentative democracy, and       the place of political car-
                                                  citizen participation.           toons in our representative
                                                     The Center on Con-            democracy, explore public
                                                  gress at Indiana University      criticisms of Congress, and
                                                  (www.centeroncongress.           develop your own views
                                                  org) has developed a rich        about Congress.
                                                  collection of resources – in-      Critical Thinking: Ana-
                                                  teractives, lesson plans, pri-   lyzing Congressional Floor
                                                  mary source sets and more        Debates – Examine the
                                                  – that gives students unique     main components of an
                                                  access to primary sources,       effective, thoughtful argu-
      www.centeroncongress.org                    bringing government and          ment in Congress, analyze
                                                  history to life – and takes      examples of Congressional
    YOUR SOURCE FOR                               them inside the workings         debates, and learn how to
    TEACHING ABOUT CONGRESS                       of our government to ex-         present a case on a particu-
                                                  perience first-hand what         lar issue.
    • Interactive learning modules                it’s like to be a member           Consensus Building
    • Facts of Congress short videos              of Congress through the          and the Virtual Congress
    • Videos on compromise and                    Virtual Congress. To help        – Delve into consensus
      how Congress works                          educators learn more about       building in the legislative
    • Lesson plans                                these resources and how          process by examining
    • Teaching with Primary Sources               to use them, the Center is       historical examples and ex-
                                                  offering a series of webi-       perience the process first-
    • Virtual Congress
                                                  nars throughout spring and       hand by taking on the role
    • and more…                Visit              summer 2011.                     of Members of Congress
      democracykids.org                              The Center’s Teaching
                                                  with Primary Sources
                                                                                   within a virtual world – the
                                                                                   Virtual Congress.
                                                  (TPS) project (www.tp-             Still in development are
              “Our mission is to improve the
                                                  scongress.org) is designed       two more themes: The
               public’s understanding about
                                                  to help teachers access and      Impact of Congress: A
               Congress and to encourage civic    use the digitized online         Look at the First Congress,
               engagement.”                       primary source materials         1789-1791 – Examine bills
                                                  of the Library of Congress       passed in the first Congress
                          THE CENTER ON
                                                  – documents, photographs,        that still impact our lives
                          CONGRESS
                          AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY   maps, speeches, cartoons,        today; and Importance
                                                  letters, songs, journals/        of Citizen Participation:
                                                  diaries, autobiographies,        American Social Move-

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ments – Explore the roles          Create lists of activities
citizens have played in         to assign to students or
key 19th and 20th century       groups.                         THE CENTER ON
social movements and get
involved in an issue impor-
                                   View, grade, and mark
                                up your students’ work          CONGRESS
tant to you.                    online.                                   at Indiana University
   Homeschool educators            View and customize les-
can use the Center’s TPS        sons that are aligned with
site in several ways. Let’s     state standards.
take a quick tour.                 Registering on the TPS
   When you go to www.          site also gives you and your
tpscongress.org you can         students access to an excit-
enter the site as a teacher     ing new resource – the Vir-
or as a student. To begin,      tual Congress. The Virtual
enter as a teacher and you’ll   Congress is a fully func-
be taken to a “TPS Home”        tional online 3D replica of
page. Then you will be          the U.S. Congress. In the       TEACHING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES
invited to preview the          Virtual Congress, you and
resources in each theme.        your students can take a        Engage middle and high school students in
Select a theme and access       virtual tour of the Capitol     learning about Congress, representative
videos, lesson plans, and       and experience role playing     democracy, and citizen participation!
student interactives – all of   as members of Congress:
which you can either use or     Proposing your own ideas        • Lesson plans                 • Guides for searching
download right away. Back       for legislation, discussing     • Student interactives           & using Library
                                                                • Teacher & student              of Congress digital
on the TPS Home page,           them in-world with other
                                                                  workspaces                     collections
you will also be invited        student-members, and
to register. Registration       trying to find common
is simple and free, and it      ground in order to move
allows you to use the TPS       your proposals along. In the    THE VIRTUAL
site and resources in a         Virtual Congress, your stu-     CONGRESS
unique way. Although you        dents can meet up in a safe,
can use the TPS resources       password-protected online       Experience this fully functional online
without registration, by        world with students around      3D replica of the U.S. Congress.
registering you will get a      the community, region,
                                                                • Take a virtual tour         • Involve students in
password-protected space        or country to learn what                                        role playing as
                                                                  of the Capitol
on our server — accessible      it’s like to be a Member of                                     members of Congress
to you and your students        Congress.
any time of day from any           When you take a tour of                    www.tpscongress.org
computer with Internet ac-      the Virtual Congress, you
cess. Registration provides     will find information signs       Provided free of charge    www.centeroncongress.org
a simple and powerful           that lead to collections of     by the Center on Congress
way to choose, assign, and      primary source materi-               at Indiana University
                                                                through funding from the     For more information:
grade the student activities    als providing historical               Library of Congress   congress@indiana.edu
available on the TPS site –     background of the various
a personalized workspace        locations in and around the
from which you can:             Capitol – the Capitol Build-                    THE CENTER ON
   Provide students with        ing, the Rotunda, House                         CONGRESS
                                                                                AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY
their own workspaces to do      and Senate committee
and save their work.                     continued on page 85


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Why Can’t Saltwater Fish
                                     Live in Fresh water?
                                     By Connor Bernstein
                                        In this article I’m going   as stenohaline. There are
                                     to discuss a topic that I      also euryhaline fish, like
                                     thought about a lot when       salmon, that can survive
                                     I was younger. Have you        in salt water OR fresh wa-
                                     ever wondered why, ex-         ter. Why are fish so picky
                                     actly, saltwater fish can’t    about what kind of water
                                     live in fresh water and        they live in? Read on to
                                     freshwater fish can’t live     find out.
                                     in salt water? When I was         The key to the answer
                                     creating my Insta-pets         is osmosis. To explain
                                     kit (see end of article)       osmosis, let’s start with a
                                     and watching the little        cell -- the building block
                                     guys swimming around           of life. Cells are responsi-
                                     in their saltwater tank, I     ble for the vital functions
                                     decided to find out why        of all living things. We’re
                                     the amount of salt in their    made of them, plants are
                                     water was so critical to       made of them, and so are
                                     their well-being.              fish. Before I talk about
                                        As most of us know,         osmosis, let’s take a look
                                     there are two main types       at two important parts of
                                     of fish: Saltwater and         a cell: the cell membrane
                                     freshwater. Saltwater fish     and the cytosol.
                                     can’t survive in fresh            Think of the cell mem-
                                     water, and freshwater fish     brane as the “skin” that
                                     can’t survive
                                     in salt water.
                                     In nat ure,
                                     they live in
                                     different en-
                                     vironments
                                     (t he ocea n
                                     vs. a stream,
                                     for example)
                                     and in cap-
                                     tivity, we keep them in        surrounds a cell and think
                                     different types of aquari-     of the cytosol as the sub-
                                     ums. If a saltwater fish       stance that fills the cell
                                     somehow makes its way          and surrounds its contents.
                                     into a freshwater aquari-      The cell membrane’s job
                                     um, it will die after only     is to keep ever ything
                                     a few hours. Most fish         inside safe, and to keep a
                                     can survive in just one        balance between the lev-
                                     type of water. These are       els of chemicals (mostly
                                     referred to by scientists      salts) in the cell and in the

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surrounding environment.       tion below to get a bet-       water fish get rid of salt
It’s made up of water and      ter idea of how osmosis        because they live in such a
lots of different kinds of     works:


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dissolved chemicals that                                                      salty envi-
a cell needs to work prop-                                           ronment. Freshwa-
erly. Cells like to keep the      An example of osmosis:      ter fish concentrate salt in
concentration of chemi-        Water is moving from an        their bodies because they
cals on the inside the same    area of low concentration      live in an environment
as on the outside. For         of salt, outside the cell,     where salt is harder to
example, if a cell that was    (notice the cell is smaller)   come by.
previously surrounded by       to an area of high concen-       Saltwater fish’s cells
a fairly diluted solution      tration of salt, inside the    naturally contain a very
(like fresh water) is sud-     cell. Once the process is      high concentration of
denly exposed to a salty       finished, the concentra-               continued on page 28
solution, the cell mem-        tion of salt is the same
brane will allow most of       on the outside and inside
the water inside the cell      of the cell (now the cell
to leave. This makes the       is larger because there is
cell shrink, and increases     more water in it). Before is
the concentration of salts     on the left and after is on
in the cytosol so that the     the right.
concentration inside the          Fish need a cer tain
cell becomes equal to the      amount of salt in their
concentration outside the      bodies to stay healthy.
cell again.                    Too much or too little can
   Confusing? Think of it      cause problems. Since
this way: The cell mem-        fish’s natural habitats are
brane lets water move          always changing, due to
through it from areas of       weather and other forces,
low concentration (less        they have to be able to
chemicals, more water)         adapt to small changes
to areas of high concen-       in salinity by controlling
tration (more chemicals,       how much salt is present
less water). This helps        in their bodies. This is
keep the concentration         called osmoregulation,
of chemicals the same on       and it’s one of the func-
the inside and outside of      tions of the kidneys, for
a cell.                        both fish and people. The
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Celebrating Our Children and Ourselves
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                                     parties, perhaps making        are not celebrated and          quantity of their school
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                                                                    they become unmotivated         get it right?...Well, if there’s
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If children live with the        So now, how about you?
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How Much History Do
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                                                                    through natural levels of        (When was the last time
                                                                    awareness and ultimately         you heard a student call his-
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                                                                    history education is to          standard certainly is one
                                                                    help children develop the        of the coolest things in the
                                                                    “history habit.” To put          world–ever!–but do most
                                                                    the matter plainly, to learn     kids think so?) Students
                                                                    history children first have      were learning for the first
                                                                    to develop an interest in it.    time what a democracy is
                                                                    For that to happen it must       by studying the example of
                                                                    be presented in a manner         Athens. When this same
                                                                    that is compatible with their    class of lower elementary
                                                                    level of thinking and their      students learned that Ath-
                                                                    natural interests. History       ens had lost the Pelopon-
                                                                    has to be taught as an excit-    nesian War against Sparta,
                                                                    ing story, with characters       I could hear voices crack-
                                                                    and story lines as amazing       ing. (Yes, I have actually
                                                                    as any work of fiction. But      seen tears shed by young
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Homeschoolers partici-       are more likely to be civi-
pate in community activi-       cally engaged than families
ties such as Scouts, 4-H,
Little League, Pop Warner
Football, AYSO soccer,
theater classes, martial arts
                                who send their children to
                                public and private schools.
                                   Homeschoolers display
                                fewer behavior problems
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have because instead of         and mastery levels.
being socialized by inter-         Homeschooled children
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children in a classroom,           Homeschooled children
who are the exact same          are more socially mature.
age, on the exact same aca-        Homeschooled children
demic track, from the same      have better leadership
geographic and socio-eco-       skills than other children.
nomic area – homeschool-           Homeschooled children
ers get to interact with        who attempt higher educa-
people of varying ages,         tion are successful.
abilities, ethnicities, and        Homeschooled graduates
socio-economic diversity        experience no prejudice re-
on a day-to-day basis in the    garding employment.
real world.                        Homeschool graduates
   I’ve pointed people to-      function effectively as
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Looking for the Best in                     When All Else Fails, Play a Game!
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                                                       here are days when     game. Most children love
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                                                       work. The children     can sneak a lot of learning
                                               can’t concentrate on math      into an otherwise hope-
                                               and complain loudly about      less morning by inserting
                                               the writing assignment.        games and activities into
                                               They constantly invent         the day. Often, physical
                                               excuses to leave their work.   activity is what is needed.
                                               Even their favorite books      Children need much more
                                               and story CD’s are met with    activity than adults, a fact
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Do Smart People Play Chess or Does
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Playing Chess Make People Smart
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            ith all the tech-    chess first began.”
            nolog y out             Nobody really knows
            there, it is a bit   just how old the game of
ironic that Chess, arguably      chess is. However, Mrs.
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   “Chess not only teaches       changed somewhat. In the         - Math skills
children critical analyti-       15th century, chess began        & more all while having FUN
cal skills, but it teaches       to more closely resemble
them about choices–that          the game we now play,
each action is followed by       she added. But chess re-
a natural—but very real–         ally started taking off in the
consequence and that each        1800’s when tournaments,
of those choices must be         chess clocks, champion-
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IQ, memory, pattern rec-            Chess is now the most
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Scheduling a
                                     Charlotte Mason Day
                                     By Sheila Carroll and James Carroll


                                     I
                                         magine that it’s Mon-         D o e s t h is s c e n a r io
                                         day morning. It’s about    sound possible to you? It
                                         9AM, and after fin-        is. Charlotte Mason under-
                                     ishing their chores, your      stood how children really
                                     children sit down at the       learn and laid out a set of
                                     kitchen table and begin        principles to make it pos-
                                     school. Because they have      sible to inspire children to
                                     learned that all real learn-   learn by their own self-ef-
                                     ing begins with disciple-      fort. To bring this wonder
                                     ship, they study the Bible     about, the teaching parent
                                     with you. Following that,      must first understand his
                                     each knows they must           or her role. “The children,
                                     check their schedule of        not the teacher, are the re-
                                     readings and written work      sponsible persons; they do
                                     to be sure of the learning     the work by self-effort.”
                                     for the day. Your chil-           There is a table at the
                                     dren look forward to this      end of this article outlining
                                     because each book they         a 4th grade student’s day
                                     read is full of interesting    and week. Don’t rush to it.
                                     and memorable events of        First take in the principles
                                     history, science, nature or    that lead to the creation of

                                          “Education is not the filling of a bucket, but
                                        the lighting of a fire.” —William Butler Yeats


                                     people.                        such a schedule.
                                       As they complete a sec-         Charlotte Mason taught
                                     tion of work they come         that when books are many,
                                     to you for oral narration.     varied, and living, the
                                     Science, by your choice,       child is able to take up the
                                     is a family learning time      ideas in them like a plant
                                     and so the books are read      taking nutrients from the
                                     aloud together and the         soil. The result is “full
                                     whole family narrates.         happy living, resource-
                                     History is also a family af-   fulness, expansiveness,
                                     fair, in fact, the book you    expression, power of ini-
                                     are currently reading is       tiative, serviceableness—
                                     so interesting the children    in a word, character.”
                                     are talking about how          Charlotte Mason believed
                                     they can “hardly wait” till    children learn best when
                                     after lunch for family read    given abundant, high-
                                     aloud.                         quality books; time in the

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ance, nurture, and oppor-      ence Textbook series, but
tunity. Your role as their     retained the living books
teacher is to provide these    reading for history, geog-
things. When you grasp         raphy, picture study and
this single truth it will      composer study.
change your understand-           Ms. Mason once re-
ing of your homeschool         counted her response to a
and your children.             question which included
   My Own Story                the phrase, “I use your
   For three years I waffled   method more or less . . .”
in my consistent use of        . Mason said, “Then you
Charlotte Mason’s prin-        will achieve the results I
ciples such as narration. I    promise . . . more or less.”
also “curriculum hopped”.         The Magic of Short Les-
But I wasn’t seeing the        sons
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Non-Judgmental Drawing: The Monart Way
      By Mona Brookes                     ply come from what one        but if you praise t he            ent teachers. It wasn’t
                                          has been told is “good”       actual drawing it begins          until after graduation
          Author: Drawing with            o r “ b a d ”. W h a t yo u   to control the student’s          that I was finally free
       Children and Drawing for
                                          think is bad art might        experience. They lose             to explore what I really
       Older Children and Teens
       Founder: Monart Drawing
                                          be seen i n Nat ional         focus on their experi-            liked and find my own
                  Schools                 Museums and is worth          ence and get consumed             creativity.



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                                          millions.                     w it h lo ok i ng for t he
               his article needs             W hen I talk about         praise. When teaching
               to be understood non-judgment, the av-                   a dva nce d t e ch n ique s
               f rom t he ba sic erage person assumes                   l i ke p e r s p e c t ive a nd
      premise that I do not I am referring to criti-                    shading, a teacher needs
      believe that there is “a cism. But if there re-                   to show the student the
      r ig ht way t o do a r t ” ally is no such thing                  correct skills, but once
      and that “everyone can a s “go o d ” o r “ b a d ”,               those skills are learned
      learn to draw”. I realize then I see no need to                   the student should have
      that there is a right way i m p o s e o p i n i o n s o r         the right to disregard
      to do many subjects; preferences on a child.                      t h e m , t h e s a m e w ay
      l i ke pl ay i ng a s o ng, When I explain this to                many famous artists do.
      solving a math problem, a child who is fishing                        As a serious art stu-
      or reading a language. for compliments, they                      dent, I knew I had to                    Inspired by “Arty”
      However, if you f re - truly understand, seem                     f ind out the teachers’                     a stuffed toy
      q ue nt a r t ga l le r ie s I relieved, and quickly              prefe re nce s a nd p e r-
      challenge you to tell me become more creative                     for m i n t hat st yle i n
      what is “really” right or and confident. Yes, I am                order to get good grades
      wrong or good or bad actually suggesting that                     a nd receive pr aise. I
      a r t. T here is end less you refrain from prais-                 eventually noticed that
      variety in preferences ing a child’s drawings.                    the same piece of work
      and judgments in the You can praise a child                       could end up with praise
      visual arts. Sometimes for the way they work,                     or criticism from differ-
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(QuickCert)......... 7 Schoolside Press........................... 81 Center on Congress ................. 10,11 Kitchen Specialties....................... 60 ScienceWorks ............................... 85 Children’s Software Online.......... 34 Kits For Kids ................................ 12 Scotto’s Place .......................... 30,77 College Plus ................................. 54 Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum ..... 16 Sea Mineral .................................. 79 Continental Academy ................... 16 Laurelwood Books ....................... 28 Sierra Madre Games .................... 84 Crafty Secrets ............................... 59 Learning By Grace ......................... 3 Sing N Learn ................................ 83 Creative Crafthouse ..................... 21 Lekha Publishers .......................... 67 Soft Star Shoes ............................. 45 Creekbed Tech......................... 46,76 Literacy Unlimited ....................... 74 Stanford University ...................... 37 Curriculum Design for Excellence32 Little Pim Company ................ 30,46 SuperCamp................................... 78 Databased Intelligence, Inc.. ........ 48 Maestro Learning, Inc. ................. 84 Swansbury, Inc. .............................. 6 Dee Walden Learning Solutions... 85 Maine Cloth Diaper Company ..... 23 Talking Fingers .............................. 9 Design a Study ........................ 23,79 Math Mammoth ........................... 72 Tattler ........................................... 26 Dianne Flynn Keith ...................... 61 Michigan Tech University ............ 87 The McHale Report...................... 35 Discovering Music.net ................. 40 Microscope Store, The ................. 13 The Oaks Private School.............. 67 Earth & Sky Magazine ................. 57 Middle School Science Activities 78 The Writing Musician .................. 41 eHarvey ........................................ 18 Monart School of Arts.................. 24 Toy Garden................................... 74 E-Tech .......................................... 36 Montessori Services ..................... 52 Troy University ............................ 61 Excellence In Education .............. 20 Moonjar ........................................ 13 University of Nebraska ................ 38 FACE............................................ 79 Mother Board Books .................... 66 Wall Words ..............................62-63 Find the Fun ................................. 80 National Institute for Genealogical Websters Academy ....................... 15 Fire Station Buddies, Inc.............. 64 Studies .......................................... 58 Wholesale Chess .......................... 76 Folkstyle Productions................... 15 Needak Manufacturing................. 19 Winsor Learning, Inc. .................. 75 Fraction Kits................................. 86 NEMC National Educational Music Woodloch Resort .......................... 44 Gotham Writer’s Workshop ......... 26 Company ...................................... 40 Wordsmiths Jensen Grammar ...... 80 Haan Crafts ............................. 68,85 New Jammies ............................... 14 Workbox System .......................... 35 Harris Communications ............... 22 Noodle Head Inc .......................... 14 Writing C.L.A.W, Inc. .................. 47 Article Index Is Your Child Employable .............. 6 Scheduling a Charlotte Mason Day by Woodloch Resort .......................... 42 Homeschooling Intrigues Me - Where Do Sheila Carroll and James Carroll . 22 History of US Series by Joy Hakim I Start? by Greg and Moira Bell..... 8 Non-Judgmental Drawing: The Monart Review by Michael Leppert ......... 43 Primary Sources and a Virtual Way by Mona Brookes................. 24 Waiting for “Superman” by Stacey Congress....................................... 10 Art Instruction School .................. 26 Kannenberg .................................. 46 Why Can’t Saltwater Fish Live in Fresh Writing With Sharon Watson.com 30 Dr. Maria Montessori by Linda K. water? by Connor Bernstein......... 12 AHA! Unit-based Instruction by Dr. T. Foster............................................ 52 Celebrating Our Children and Ourselves Roger Taylor and Dr. Beverly M. What Do You Mean by by Mariaemma Pelullo-Willis, M.S.14 Taylor ........................................... 32 “Normalization?” ......................... 53 Rock ‘n’ Roll How Much History Do Kids Need? by Ivy Bound SAT and ACT Prep ..... 34 Hemisphere Educational Travel by Scott Powell ................................. 16 You Bought it, Let’s Use It! by Sue Michael Leppert ........................... 56 Yes, My Grown Homeschooled Children Patrick .......................................... 35 Giant Energy Bubbles in our Milky Way Are Odd by Diane Flynn Keith .... 18 The Increasing Prevalence on Online Galaxy by Beth Lebwohl and Deborah When All Else Fails, Play a Game! by Learning in Education .................. 36 Byrd.............................................. 57 Carolyn Forte ............................... 20 Michigan Technological University Pre- Genealogy: A New HomeSchooler Do Smart People Play Chess or Does College Outreach ......................... 40 Opportunity by Louise St Denis, National Playing Chess Make People Flink Learning by Emerson Institute for Genealogical Studies 59 Smart ............................................ 21 Sandow......................................... 42 Our Learning Folio ...................... 70 Page 4 HomeschoolMagazine.com • (805) 499-3306
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  • 8. Homeschooling Intrigues Me - Where Do I Start? By Greg and Moira Bell of time with their age MAY FACE (20-year veteran homeschooling parents of seven) mates to develop impor- Be prepared for the N tant social skills? unleashing of adult peer owadays, it is solving opportunities, What do well-social- pressure if you decide rare to meet an wh ich a r e t hei r ow n ized kids look like any- to pursue homeschool- American par- best tutorial. way? ing. This is a hot issue ent who hasn’t at least Yo u m ay s t a r t h o - • Are they the teens and one that causes peo- heard of home school- meschooling thinking you see hanging around ple to react defensively ing. Those looking at about “academics” and the mall? about their own school ho m e s cho ol i ng f r om “subjects”, but as you • The kids who take choices, no matter how t he out side rout i nely progress, you’ll discover weapons to school and gracious you may be. express two chief con- that the essence of suc- use them? Try not to be shocked c e r n s: 1) “ H o w c a n cessful homeschooling • The kids who dis- when you’re hit with un- homeschooling parents is less about “school- cuss last night’s sitcoms solicited judgment. It’s tolerate being with their i ng” a nd more about as though the actors and wise not to announce a kids 24 hours a day?” “ h o m e ”. Yo u m i g h t situations are real? decision to homeschool and 2) “What about so- realize that families are • Those subdued with until you’ve done the cialization?” the building blocks of d r u g s t o m a ke t h e m research you need to SO W H AT IS HO - human life and see that “manageable”? become firm in the idea MESCHOOLING R E- each child is constituted • Those that pressure and observe for awhile. ALLY? differently right from each other to look, act, You will be char t i ng In a nutshell, home- the beginning and their speak, and believe just your own course. What schooling is the process s t yle of nu r t u r e a nd like the rest of the ado- other people think ho- whe r e by r e s p o n si ble needs are unique. lescent herd? meschooling is may be parents choose to train, AT HOM E W I T H When we’re willing to quite unlike your expe- equip, and launch their MY KIDS ALL DAY?!! face the facts, it’s obvi- rience. Many critics are ow n c h i l d r e n a s r e - Much of the surliness ous that a well-social- silenced when they see sponsible, literate, and that kids exhibit toward ized person is one who your children thriving skillful on-going adult parents and siblings is can respect and interact and learning. learners. It differs from an outcome of spending w it h t hose older a nd If you’ve ha d ch il- traditional public/pri- too much t i me ever y younger than himself; dren in school and are vate schooling in that day receiving the verbal m o r e k n owle d ge a ble br i ngi ng t hem home, parents are the direct a nd e mot ion al abu se and less so. give yourself and them overseers of the child’s of other children in an Some say that chil- a g r a c e p e r i o d of 6 l e a r n i n g p r o c e s s . It i n st it ut ion al set t i ng. dren need to be with a months to decompress. results in family glue When your kids realize room full of age mates When your kids realize rather than family frac- they have innate value all day to learn to “face they have you all day, ture, fostering real-life and uniqueness that is real it y” a nd toug hen ever y day, and sense maturity, from a young not being th reatened, up. This does not har- that your attention is age, and can be cus- they change for the bet- monize with the “real t u r ne d t owa rd t he m , tomized to the learning ter. world” adults inhabit. they will need you less! style of each child. It SOCIALIZATION You do not work with Don’t envision yourself fosters genuine social What’s the real ques- others your age, or so- chained to your kitchen g races th rough inter- tion behind “What about cial or economic back- t able, t e a ch i ng m at h action with people of socialization?” Are we g rou nd; why should facts ‘til you’re blue in all ages. It is bursting laboring under the no- children? the face. with real-life problem- tion that kids need lots C R I T I C I S M YO U continued on page 50 Page 8 HomeschoolMagazine.com • (805) 499-3306
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  • 10. Primary Sources and a Virtual Congress THE CENTER ON – New Resources from the Center on Congress CONGRESS G ive students the artifacts, and more. TPS real story about resources, offered free of at Indiana University historical events. charge to all educators, are Help them understand how organized in collections our government works around five themes: and what it’s like to be a Public Criticisms of Con- Member of Congress. Find gress: A Look at American new, engaging resources to Political Cartoons – Get a teach about Congress, rep- historical perspective on resentative democracy, and the place of political car- citizen participation. toons in our representative The Center on Con- democracy, explore public gress at Indiana University criticisms of Congress, and (www.centeroncongress. develop your own views org) has developed a rich about Congress. collection of resources – in- Critical Thinking: Ana- teractives, lesson plans, pri- lyzing Congressional Floor mary source sets and more Debates – Examine the – that gives students unique main components of an access to primary sources, effective, thoughtful argu- www.centeroncongress.org bringing government and ment in Congress, analyze history to life – and takes examples of Congressional YOUR SOURCE FOR them inside the workings debates, and learn how to TEACHING ABOUT CONGRESS of our government to ex- present a case on a particu- perience first-hand what lar issue. • Interactive learning modules it’s like to be a member Consensus Building • Facts of Congress short videos of Congress through the and the Virtual Congress • Videos on compromise and Virtual Congress. To help – Delve into consensus how Congress works educators learn more about building in the legislative • Lesson plans these resources and how process by examining • Teaching with Primary Sources to use them, the Center is historical examples and ex- offering a series of webi- perience the process first- • Virtual Congress nars throughout spring and hand by taking on the role • and more… Visit summer 2011. of Members of Congress democracykids.org The Center’s Teaching with Primary Sources within a virtual world – the Virtual Congress. (TPS) project (www.tp- Still in development are “Our mission is to improve the scongress.org) is designed two more themes: The public’s understanding about to help teachers access and Impact of Congress: A Congress and to encourage civic use the digitized online Look at the First Congress, engagement.” primary source materials 1789-1791 – Examine bills of the Library of Congress passed in the first Congress THE CENTER ON – documents, photographs, that still impact our lives CONGRESS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY maps, speeches, cartoons, today; and Importance letters, songs, journals/ of Citizen Participation: diaries, autobiographies, American Social Move- Page 10 HomeschoolMagazine.com • (805) 499-3306
  • 11. ments – Explore the roles Create lists of activities citizens have played in to assign to students or key 19th and 20th century groups. THE CENTER ON social movements and get involved in an issue impor- View, grade, and mark up your students’ work CONGRESS tant to you. online. at Indiana University Homeschool educators View and customize les- can use the Center’s TPS sons that are aligned with site in several ways. Let’s state standards. take a quick tour. Registering on the TPS When you go to www. site also gives you and your tpscongress.org you can students access to an excit- enter the site as a teacher ing new resource – the Vir- or as a student. To begin, tual Congress. The Virtual enter as a teacher and you’ll Congress is a fully func- be taken to a “TPS Home” tional online 3D replica of page. Then you will be the U.S. Congress. In the TEACHING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES invited to preview the Virtual Congress, you and resources in each theme. your students can take a Engage middle and high school students in Select a theme and access virtual tour of the Capitol learning about Congress, representative videos, lesson plans, and and experience role playing democracy, and citizen participation! student interactives – all of as members of Congress: which you can either use or Proposing your own ideas • Lesson plans • Guides for searching download right away. Back for legislation, discussing • Student interactives & using Library • Teacher & student of Congress digital on the TPS Home page, them in-world with other workspaces collections you will also be invited student-members, and to register. Registration trying to find common is simple and free, and it ground in order to move allows you to use the TPS your proposals along. In the THE VIRTUAL site and resources in a Virtual Congress, your stu- CONGRESS unique way. Although you dents can meet up in a safe, can use the TPS resources password-protected online Experience this fully functional online without registration, by world with students around 3D replica of the U.S. Congress. registering you will get a the community, region, • Take a virtual tour • Involve students in password-protected space or country to learn what role playing as of the Capitol on our server — accessible it’s like to be a Member of members of Congress to you and your students Congress. any time of day from any When you take a tour of www.tpscongress.org computer with Internet ac- the Virtual Congress, you cess. Registration provides will find information signs Provided free of charge www.centeroncongress.org a simple and powerful that lead to collections of by the Center on Congress way to choose, assign, and primary source materi- at Indiana University through funding from the For more information: grade the student activities als providing historical Library of Congress congress@indiana.edu available on the TPS site – background of the various a personalized workspace locations in and around the from which you can: Capitol – the Capitol Build- THE CENTER ON Provide students with ing, the Rotunda, House CONGRESS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY their own workspaces to do and Senate committee and save their work. continued on page 85 (855) 499-3306 • HomeschoolMagazine.com Page 11
  • 12. Why Can’t Saltwater Fish Live in Fresh water? By Connor Bernstein In this article I’m going as stenohaline. There are to discuss a topic that I also euryhaline fish, like thought about a lot when salmon, that can survive I was younger. Have you in salt water OR fresh wa- ever wondered why, ex- ter. Why are fish so picky actly, saltwater fish can’t about what kind of water live in fresh water and they live in? Read on to freshwater fish can’t live find out. in salt water? When I was The key to the answer creating my Insta-pets is osmosis. To explain kit (see end of article) osmosis, let’s start with a and watching the little cell -- the building block guys swimming around of life. Cells are responsi- in their saltwater tank, I ble for the vital functions decided to find out why of all living things. We’re the amount of salt in their made of them, plants are water was so critical to made of them, and so are their well-being. fish. Before I talk about As most of us know, osmosis, let’s take a look there are two main types at two important parts of of fish: Saltwater and a cell: the cell membrane freshwater. Saltwater fish and the cytosol. can’t survive in fresh Think of the cell mem- water, and freshwater fish brane as the “skin” that can’t survive in salt water. In nat ure, they live in different en- vironments (t he ocea n vs. a stream, for example) and in cap- tivity, we keep them in surrounds a cell and think different types of aquari- of the cytosol as the sub- ums. If a saltwater fish stance that fills the cell somehow makes its way and surrounds its contents. into a freshwater aquari- The cell membrane’s job um, it will die after only is to keep ever ything a few hours. Most fish inside safe, and to keep a can survive in just one balance between the lev- type of water. These are els of chemicals (mostly referred to by scientists salts) in the cell and in the Page 12 HomeschoolMagazine.com • (805) 499-3306
  • 13. surrounding environment. tion below to get a bet- water fish get rid of salt It’s made up of water and ter idea of how osmosis because they live in such a lots of different kinds of works: ® dissolved chemicals that salty envi- a cell needs to work prop- ronment. Freshwa- erly. Cells like to keep the An example of osmosis: ter fish concentrate salt in concentration of chemi- Water is moving from an their bodies because they cals on the inside the same area of low concentration live in an environment as on the outside. For of salt, outside the cell, where salt is harder to example, if a cell that was (notice the cell is smaller) come by. previously surrounded by to an area of high concen- Saltwater fish’s cells a fairly diluted solution tration of salt, inside the naturally contain a very (like fresh water) is sud- cell. Once the process is high concentration of denly exposed to a salty finished, the concentra- continued on page 28 solution, the cell mem- tion of salt is the same brane will allow most of on the outside and inside the water inside the cell of the cell (now the cell to leave. This makes the is larger because there is cell shrink, and increases more water in it). Before is the concentration of salts on the left and after is on in the cytosol so that the the right. concentration inside the Fish need a cer tain cell becomes equal to the amount of salt in their concentration outside the bodies to stay healthy. cell again. Too much or too little can Confusing? Think of it cause problems. Since this way: The cell mem- fish’s natural habitats are brane lets water move always changing, due to through it from areas of weather and other forces, low concentration (less they have to be able to chemicals, more water) adapt to small changes to areas of high concen- in salinity by controlling tration (more chemicals, how much salt is present less water). This helps in their bodies. This is keep the concentration called osmoregulation, of chemicals the same on and it’s one of the func- the inside and outside of tions of the kidneys, for a cell. both fish and people. The Check out the illustra- gills and kidneys of salt- (855) 499-3306 • HomeschoolMagazine.com Page 13
  • 14. Celebrating Our Children and Ourselves By Mariaemma Pelullo-Willis, M.S., How can we celebrate all 100% Organic Cotton Learning Styles Specialist for School & Life Success of our children and ensure T that they see themselves as he New ebrate their children for the marvelous individuals Ye a r who they are. Every single they are? Here are a few has be- one of our children has ways: gun! For many unique gifts and unique 1. Celebrate your chil- of us that means contributions to make dren for who they are, leaving behind the holiday to our world. If children NOT for the quality or parties, perhaps making are not celebrated and quantity of their school New Year resolutions and, ack nowledged for the work. in general, looking for- wonders that they are and 2. Get into the habit ward to new beginnings. for their unique contribu- of pointing out what is 20% o Checkout Perhaps we are getting tions, they will not be able RIGHT about your chil- Code: ready for the next round to discern their natural dren. HmSch20 of parties and celebrations: gifts and talents and their 3. Acknowledge their birthdays, Valentine’s Day, true “calling” during their interests, talents, and the graduations, etc. We love growing-up years. contributions they make to to celebrate! Too often, children are the family. As we move into 2011, evaluated in terms of how 4. Encourage them to newjammies.com I challenge parents (and they perform in school, pay attention to their own teachers!) to really cel- and only those who do positive characteristics and “well” receive acknowl- actions. edgment. Children quickly 5. Teach them to rec- lose heart when day after ognize their accomplish- day they don’t do well ments. on assignments, or fail a Compare these two sets test, or are told they are of comments: not measuring up. Or, “When are you going to they become unmotivated get it right?...Well, if there’s Get out and play! and even depressed when a way to mess it up you’ll urged to go in a direction find it...You’re so clumsy...I Travel & Adventure that is counter to their tal- know you’ll lose it...You’ll ents and natural gifts -- in probably forget like you many cases, the adults in a always do...” child’s life force the child “Wow, thanks for re- into a career or life of the membering to pick that Pawparazzi adult’s choosing. up...I noticed you put Jelly Flyers The adults in a child’s your ring in a safe place... life need to be mentors, Thanks for helping your guides, coaches…helping brother...That was tricky that child discover who he/ and you managed to get it Fun Kits she is. We are to celebrate done...I admire your will- our children in our hearts ingness to do a few math noodleheadfun.com as well as outwardly with problems even though you Creative Fun for Active Kids! support and encourage- really dislike math...” ment. Page 14 HomeschoolMagazine.com • (805) 499-3306
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  • 18. Yes, My Grown Homeschooled Children Are Odd -- And Yours Will Be Too! See what By Diane Flynn Keith real Online I am sick and tired of They stand out from the defending homeschool- crowd, and a trained eye Learning is ing from the ques- can spot them a mile away. all about! tion, “What about social- Now, please understand ization?” Members of that for years I’ve been a The Harvey School has been a bricks and mortar the modern homeschool champion for homeschool- boarding school in New York for 94 years, providing personal attention to each student. movement have insisted ing and have countered for thirty years that home- the socialization argument Now, eHarvey, the online schooled children are well- with rational explanations socialized. We laughingly and practical examples of division of The Harvey refer to socialization as the how homeschoolers are School, brings the “S word.” We deflect the well-socialized. You know same personal socialization question by the drill: attention to your home! insisting it’s a myth. And Homeschool parents yet, it persists. model appropriate social Visit us at We trounced the aca- behavior and teach their demic argument long ago. children how to interact w w w. e H a r v e y. o r g Very few people challenge and get along with others. the notion that home- Homeschoolers inter- schoolers are intellectu- act and play with oth- The PHONICS Road ally curious, self-directed er children and students to Spelling and Reading learners who match or ex- ceed the academic prowess through homeschool sup- port groups at Park Days, of their school-going peers. in co-op classes, and on So, why do you think we field trips, etc. can’t shake the socializa- Homeschooled children tion issue? participate in (and win!) I’ll tell you what I think. math olympiads, spelling The truth is, homeschool- bees, geography bees, sci- ers are not well-socialized. ence competitions, and There. I’ve said it. Some- debate teams. one had to. Homeschoolers join I say this with the great- choirs, orchestras, book est respect and affection clubs, athletic events, and for the homeschooled or they even go to home- Complete 4-year curriculum: unschooled. Nevertheless, school proms! spelling, writing, reading, grammar, in my experience, home- Homeschoolers take composition, and intro to Latin schoolers deviate from the classes and compete aca- norm. They are not well- demically in community For a FREE brochure/sample DVD: socialized in the traditional college, adult education www.thephonicsroad.com school sense. They are odd programs, museum events, Schola Publications Inc, 215 Lake Blvd. #610, Redding, CA 96003 ducks swimming in a big, online forums, summer 530-275-2064 standardized social pool. school, and at camps, etc. Page 18 HomeschoolMagazine.com • (805) 499-3306
  • 19. Homeschoolers partici- are more likely to be civi- pate in community activi- cally engaged than families ties such as Scouts, 4-H, Little League, Pop Warner Football, AYSO soccer, theater classes, martial arts who send their children to public and private schools. Homeschoolers display fewer behavior problems Get Into Shape! classes, dance classes, etc. than do other children. as seen on NBC’s Homeschoolers volun- teer in the community. Homeschoolers have higher levels of parental “The Today Show” Homeschoolers play interest and communica- with neighborhood kids tion, peer independence, a Rebounding Benefits the from both public and pri- sense of responsibility, and vate schools. lowered anxiety levels. Body in 30 Healthy Ways! I’ve also pointed out the Homeschooled children advantage homeschoolers have higher achievement have because instead of and mastery levels. being socialized by inter- Homeschooled children acting with the same 30 have good self-esteem. children in a classroom, Homeschooled children who are the exact same are more socially mature. age, on the exact same aca- Homeschooled children demic track, from the same have better leadership geographic and socio-eco- skills than other children. nomic area – homeschool- Homeschooled children ers get to interact with who attempt higher educa- people of varying ages, tion are successful. abilities, ethnicities, and Homeschooled graduates socio-economic diversity experience no prejudice re- on a day-to-day basis in the garding employment. real world. Homeschool graduates I’ve pointed people to- function effectively as ward the always-positive members of adult society. research studies that have One research study even been conducted on ho- concluded, “The socializa- meschoolers over the past tion of home-educated Great for the entire family three decades by the U.S. students was often better Department of Education than that of their schooled A fun exercise for all ages and other government and peers.” The research proves private organizations. Here homeschoolers surpass is a random compilation of standard social expecta- Call Today findings from the reports: Homeschoolers are not isolated. tions, and in exceeding them, they fall short of social mediocrity. 1-800-232-5762 2675 232 008 1 2675 232 008 1 2675---232---008---1 Homeschool parents actively encourage their I hate to be the one to break it to you, but there’s Or Order Online children to take advantage nothing “normal” about of social opportunities out- side the family. our kids. Your home- schooled child is odd com- www.needakrebounders.com moc rednuoberkadeen www moc..ssrednuoberkadeen..www Homeschooling families continued on page 60 (855) 499-3306 • HomeschoolMagazine.com Page 19
  • 20. Looking for the Best in When All Else Fails, Play a Game! By Carolyn Forte of and cook a special din- Homeschooling Support? Excellence in Education ner for Daddy, or play a T here are days when game. Most children love nothing seems to games and a clever mom work. The children can sneak a lot of learning can’t concentrate on math into an otherwise hope- and complain loudly about less morning by inserting the writing assignment. games and activities into They constantly invent the day. Often, physical excuses to leave their work. activity is what is needed. Even their favorite books Children need much more and story CD’s are met with activity than adults, a fact glazed eyes and whines of which is often overlooked discontent. by parents. A physical- You can bluster and activity-break is needed at Bring the Joy of Learning Into bully, trying to force some least once every hour until children reach age 12-14. Your Homeschool With EiE’s... “learning” into their heads Simple games like hop – or you can recognize the obvious: “Today is not a scotch, Frisbee, catch, jacks, • Books day for formal academics.” marbles, juggling, jumping rope, foursquare or shoot- • Products When faced with this situ- ation, many homeschool ing baskets are wonderfully • Games moms will dig in their refreshing for both mind heels and demand compli- and body. Childrens’ bod- Huge selection of ance, turning the day into a ies were not designed to sit quality books and contest of wills of Olympic still for very long; if we try materials in all proportions. I remember to fight the creator’s design, many such days when my we’re asking for trouble. subjects that are blood started to boil with Active games develop both both interesting frustration. I knew I faced mind and body. Accurately and educational, catching a ball or pick- a choice: Continue to fight at all reading and ing up jacks develops and the reality of childish bio- educational levels! rhythms, accomplishing refines hand-eye coordina- New online nothing more than ruining tion and fine motor skills – everyone’s day, or take an important component in catalog! charge of the situation by penmanship, math and any changing gears and doing writing activity. Log-on today at: Games can teach many something else. Happily, www.excellenceineducation.com I learned early to take the of the skills practiced in Our website has many articles of second option. workbooks – without the interest to all homeschoolers! There are many pos- complaints. A few minutes sibilities for a change of spent playing a game with 2640-A7 S. Myrtle Ave. Monrovia, CA 91016 pace: Bake some cookies dice or cards can accom- Store Hours: M-F 11am-5pm and take them to a friend plish more than the same or neighbor, take an im- amount of time working (626) 821-0025 with flash cards. This is promptu field trip, go to Over 25 years’ experience in homeschooling the park for awhile, plan continued on page 74 Page 20 HomeschoolMagazine.com • (805) 499-3306
  • 21. Do Smart People Play Chess or Does CREATIVE Playing Chess Make People Smart CRAFTHOUSE W ith all the tech- chess first began.” nolog y out Nobody really knows there, it is a bit just how old the game of ironic that Chess, arguably chess is. However, Mrs. Handcrafted Wooden one of the oldest games in Graham said, some experts Puzzle & Games the world, is still leaps and claim that chess is more FOR HOMESCHOOLER’S bounds ahead of today’s than 2,000 years old. Some electronic games in help- evidence suggests that Traditional and Unique ing youth improve their chess, in its earliest form, designs for cognitive skills and learn was played in India in the - Focus real lessons about life, ac- 6th century AD and from cording to Lyndia Graham, there spread around the - Determination manager of Wholesale world. Of course, over the - Problem Solving Chess. years, the pieces and rules - Spatial Visualization “Chess not only teaches changed somewhat. In the - Math skills children critical analyti- 15th century, chess began & more all while having FUN cal skills, but it teaches to more closely resemble them about choices–that the game we now play, each action is followed by she added. But chess re- a natural—but very real– ally started taking off in the consequence and that each 1800’s when tournaments, of those choices must be chess clocks, champion- carefully considered” she ships, and titles like Grand- said. “Chess can help the master were introduced. IQ, memory, pattern rec- Chess is now the most ognition, analytical skills, popular game in the world Math Games overall comprehension, as and growing especially fast Dexterity and well as develop patience.” among children, as schools “It is an ideal game to and parents recognize Creativity Puzzles use in a homeschool setting because the implications the social and intellectual benefits associated with the Classic Wooden Games of choice and consequence game. There are hundreds can be casually discussed of millions of players in and reinforced in a positive, thousands of clubs around Call us for help on but fun setting,” she said. the planet. Women and selections and how “Bad choices — or chess girls are learning chess in to teach with traditional moves — have immediate record numbers. Younger puzzles & games consequences and will im- and younger players are pact the rest of your game achieving Grandmaster — or the rest of your life. status and a few are not AND MUCH MUCH MORE!! There are rules of play that even teenagers yet, she must be followed, or the said. end result is not what you The overall skill level Dave Janelle want. It’s an age-old lesson of chess players is also in- www.CreativeCrafthouse.com as relevant today as when continued on page 86 352-683-6649 (855) 499-3306 • HomeschoolMagazine.com Page 21
  • 22. Scheduling a Charlotte Mason Day By Sheila Carroll and James Carroll I magine that it’s Mon- D o e s t h is s c e n a r io day morning. It’s about sound possible to you? It 9AM, and after fin- is. Charlotte Mason under- ishing their chores, your stood how children really children sit down at the learn and laid out a set of kitchen table and begin principles to make it pos- school. Because they have sible to inspire children to learned that all real learn- learn by their own self-ef- ing begins with disciple- fort. To bring this wonder ship, they study the Bible about, the teaching parent with you. Following that, must first understand his each knows they must or her role. “The children, check their schedule of not the teacher, are the re- readings and written work sponsible persons; they do to be sure of the learning the work by self-effort.” for the day. Your chil- There is a table at the dren look forward to this end of this article outlining because each book they a 4th grade student’s day read is full of interesting and week. Don’t rush to it. and memorable events of First take in the principles history, science, nature or that lead to the creation of “Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.” —William Butler Yeats people. such a schedule. As they complete a sec- Charlotte Mason taught tion of work they come that when books are many, to you for oral narration. varied, and living, the Science, by your choice, child is able to take up the is a family learning time ideas in them like a plant and so the books are read taking nutrients from the aloud together and the soil. The result is “full whole family narrates. happy living, resource- History is also a family af- fulness, expansiveness, fair, in fact, the book you expression, power of ini- are currently reading is tiative, serviceableness— so interesting the children in a word, character.” are talking about how Charlotte Mason believed they can “hardly wait” till children learn best when after lunch for family read given abundant, high- aloud. quality books; time in the Page 22 HomeschoolMagazine.com • (805) 499-3306
  • 23. outdoors; and are taught my daughter’s 4th grade, gently using methods such I went all out with CM. as narration, short lessons, She is now the equivalent and “masterly inactivity.” of a sophomore and what AFFORDABLE, UNIQUE CURRICULA The Basics of CM we call an Independent What is the “bottom Learner. Very self taught line” for a Charlotte Ma- and self motivated. She is son curriculum in my re-reading, on her own, homeschool? The answer books such as Nariño and is: 1) Understand the prin- Lord of the Rings. When ciples of CM; 2) Consis- in Jr. High, she checked tently apply the principles; out of the library and read Visit Our Website for: 3) Plan your school day to over 100 books on horses. •Natural Speller support those principles. She made horses her fo- •Comprehensive Composition •Critical Conditioning It really is that simple. To cus, and they still are. She •Maximum Math •Science Scope learn the principles of a is raising one and riding in •Guides to History Plus Charlotte Mason educa- competitions. •The Maya: Unit Study •Teaching Tips & Techniques tion, visit our website for Your child or children •Workshop Audio Cassettes the Seven Keys to Learn- have some subject(s) they Movies As Literature ing and for Charlotte Ma- will connect with like that Grade level: 9-12 son’s 20 Principles. and out of it other subjects Price: $32 The foundational princi- will blossom because they ple for a Charlotte Mason education is that a child will be seen as useful in pursuing more informa- 1.800.965.2719 www.designastudy.com is a person. Children are tion about their favorite born complete and full subject. Give them the of endless possibilities. freedom to find those Children are not incom- subjects. plete adults; they become Once, in Jr. High, we be- adults. They do not lack gan using some textbooks, maturity, but rather guid- such as the Apologia Sci- ance, nurture, and oppor- ence Textbook series, but tunity. Your role as their retained the living books teacher is to provide these reading for history, geog- things. When you grasp raphy, picture study and this single truth it will composer study. change your understand- Ms. Mason once re- ing of your homeschool counted her response to a and your children. question which included My Own Story the phrase, “I use your For three years I waffled method more or less . . .” in my consistent use of . Mason said, “Then you Charlotte Mason’s prin- will achieve the results I ciples such as narration. I promise . . . more or less.” also “curriculum hopped”. The Magic of Short Les- But I wasn’t seeing the sons results I thought possible; Recently a mother asked Bridgett had a very short for guidance in prevent- attention span. Finally, in continued on page 68 (855) 499-3306 • HomeschoolMagazine.com Page 23
  • 24. Non-Judgmental Drawing: The Monart Way By Mona Brookes ply come from what one but if you praise t he ent teachers. It wasn’t has been told is “good” actual drawing it begins until after graduation Author: Drawing with o r “ b a d ”. W h a t yo u to control the student’s that I was finally free Children and Drawing for think is bad art might experience. They lose to explore what I really Older Children and Teens Founder: Monart Drawing be seen i n Nat ional focus on their experi- liked and find my own Schools Museums and is worth ence and get consumed creativity. T millions. w it h lo ok i ng for t he his article needs W hen I talk about praise. When teaching to be understood non-judgment, the av- a dva nce d t e ch n ique s f rom t he ba sic erage person assumes l i ke p e r s p e c t ive a nd premise that I do not I am referring to criti- shading, a teacher needs believe that there is “a cism. But if there re- to show the student the r ig ht way t o do a r t ” ally is no such thing correct skills, but once and that “everyone can a s “go o d ” o r “ b a d ”, those skills are learned learn to draw”. I realize then I see no need to the student should have that there is a right way i m p o s e o p i n i o n s o r the right to disregard to do many subjects; preferences on a child. t h e m , t h e s a m e w ay l i ke pl ay i ng a s o ng, When I explain this to many famous artists do. solving a math problem, a child who is fishing As a serious art stu- or reading a language. for compliments, they dent, I knew I had to Inspired by “Arty” However, if you f re - truly understand, seem f ind out the teachers’ a stuffed toy q ue nt a r t ga l le r ie s I relieved, and quickly prefe re nce s a nd p e r- challenge you to tell me become more creative for m i n t hat st yle i n what is “really” right or and confident. Yes, I am order to get good grades wrong or good or bad actually suggesting that a nd receive pr aise. I a r t. T here is end less you refrain from prais- eventually noticed that variety in preferences ing a child’s drawings. the same piece of work and judgments in the You can praise a child could end up with praise visual arts. Sometimes for the way they work, or criticism from differ- eduarts_HSM_onethird.pdf 12/7/10 11:34:00 AM Hollan-Age 5 these preferences sim- C Drawing M Y thru the Alphabet CM MY CY by Mona Bro Author of Drawin g with Childre okes CMY n and Founder of Drawing Schools For Ages 3 – 8 K Page 24 HomeschoolMagazine.com • (805) 499-3306