Homeschoolers must score 20 points higher than "passing" to "pass"

By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom

If you ever hear of a homeschool student “failing” any “credit by examination” tests when they try to enter Memorial High School, know that “passing” for a homeschooler is a score of 90 or above.  This is 20 points higher ...

Pirate schoolers can jump the grade ship.

By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom

We would be considered pirate-schoolers as we focus on the three RRRRRRRRRs in our home with little busy work.    Young children should be allowed to play most of the day and should never do much seat work.  Too much ...

Greek and Latin Roots Binders - Children as Authors of Their Learning

By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom

 All we did for the first week of “school” was start on our Greek and Latin Roots binders. These are very easy and inexpensive to make.  All you need is a three ring binder, clear plastic page protectors, and a ...

A day in the life of one homeschool family:

By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom

It was nice and chilly this morning!  Children should not be inside when the weather is so nice outside.  Today was one of those days where we had to turn our school inside out.     The children packed up their ...

Teaching reading is not rocket science.

By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom

I remember watching a show on PBS about teaching children to read.  One statement that stuck out was “teaching reading is rocket science…”  Good thing I didn’t have a mouth full of liquids at the time.  I thought it was ...

Diamonds for a girl's best friend

By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom

A phone conversation today brought to mind something that had happened years ago.  I hadn’t thought about it until today!    When my daughter was about four years old I told her that we needed to clean the house because ...

Homeschool burnout indicates a need for change.

By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom

 A discussion of “free schools” over at the Homeschool Victoria Yahoo! Group reminded me of one of my favorite memories of homeschooling my children.  It was a time in my life when I had come out on the other side ...

Play is synonymous with learning.

By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom

Here is the e mail I wrote when my daughter "discovered" the concept of multiplication in her room while playing with her many beanie babies.  I had mentioned it in my last post:   I believe and have observed that there ...

A few things I have learned while teaching my children at home.

By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom

What have I learned from ten years of teaching my own children at home?  I have learned with each child that many of the educational materials out there are a waste of money, children can learn without a “qualified” teacher, and that children ...

A day in the life of one homeschool family:

By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom

Thursday is a busy day!     -I woke up naturally at 6:00am.  My teen was on the computer; he had finished today’s assignments last night while he couldn’t sleep.  (Some kids work better in the evening.)  I fell back ...