Newsletter
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
I’ve been thinking of the families who have had their children taken from their homes at gunpoint, recently, in Germany because of an old law put in place by Hitler that declared homeschooling illegal. because It is being reported that ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
I can never think of the right words to use when I am trying to speak. Sometimes, when I can’t think of a word, I substitute the unknown word with the word, THINGEE. Maybe it’s not just me. I have ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
I feel like a hypocrite. I know I always say, “There is a difference between school and learning; focus on the learning,” but it’s really hitting home. Less (school) is more (learning.) While looking over my learning journals I ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
Teaching your child at home is legal in all fifty states. The legal details and regulations vary from state to state but in Texas a homeschool is recognized legally as a private school so your child would be exempt from ...
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Sample Entry from my Journal O' Learning
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
I blogged yesterday about keeping a learning journal and how this helps me document informal learning that takes place in the home. I thought that I would share a sample entry. This is from October 7, 2003: Today, K**** taught ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
Remember when you were in school and some of your classmates would often disappear for a few days to have their tonsils removed? These children would come back to school with scandalous tales of being fed a diet of ice ...
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Sample Entry from my Learning Journal
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
A Good Day Selection from my Journal February 15, 2002 Today I woke up to find M* looking through various History books. The name of one, in particular, is "The last 1000 years" by Dempsey Parr. I thought to myself, ...
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Why I teach my children at home.
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
I just never took them to school, so here we are! Kidding. I was raised by two teachers and often played “school” for hours with my many plush creatures. I created tests, took those tests, graded the tests, recorded the ...
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Homeschooling High School - documenting learning and giving mommy-credits
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
In Texas, as a home educator, I have the freedom to decide what my children learn, what materials are used for learning, what time of the day or week that that learning takes place, and how and whether or not ...
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Homeschool Confessions: Sleeping Late
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
Homeschool Confessions: I find it very hard to get a regular schedule going here in my home because I am unemployed and so are my three children. Well, I guess I am employed but it's a job that is completed ...