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Having decided to oversee your child’s education at home, the first consideration is that how to get inexpensive home schooling material. This includes many kinds of items: books, illustrated publications for children, games that teach about realities, audio and video material, etc. With a working Internet at home, teaching via computer is the latest means of home schooling your kid.
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by Ann Bowers
It’s September (or any month you decide to begin homeschooling) and you’ve researched curriculum, decided on your educational philosophy, started collecting ideas, prepared a place in your home that will serve as a schoolroom, and convinced your children that home schooling will be FUN! But, where do you start, on the first day and in the first week?
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Teaching the Non-Reader to Read
By Ann Bowers
The child who is a non-reader may be age 3, 5, 7, or even 10. My husband, at the age of 10 in 1957, could barely read. Why? Because he had been taught by the “see and say” method of reading. Children were given little readers, told the words, and expected to remember them, without any means of “cracking the code.” After learning about 100-200 words, the children would get confused by words that looked alike (they and them, for instance) and their reading progress stopped. In 5th grade, my husband’s teacher, Mrs. Wasciepinez, (whom he remembers to this day) taught her students phonics and they learned to read. Today, John is a university graduate and software engineer.
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by Ann Bowers
Is home schooling legal?
In the United States, home schooling is legal in all states, but laws vary from state to state. It is also legal to home school in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Japan, South Africa, and some other countries.
What is the law regarding home schooling?
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by Ann Bowers
Each family must decide how they want to approach home schooling. Whatever approach you take, you will be successful. You children will learn quickly and thoroughly because of the personal attention and teaching techniques geared to each one’s learning style. Your children will acquire knowledge, develop academic skills, and learn your family’s religious and moral values.
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