Home School Newsletter Archive

September 10, 2010 Issue 347: Homeschooling Costs
September 3, 2010 Issue 346: Determine how long your Homeschooling Year will be
August 27, 2010 Issue 345: How to determine how long it will take to teach curricula
August 20, 2010 Issue 344: Tips for Determining how long it will take to teach curricula
August 13, 2010 Issue 343: Teaching Multiple Grades
August 6, 2010 Issue 342: The Legal Nuts and Bolts
July 30, 2010 Issue 341: Only Child Homeschooling
July 23, 2010 Issue 340: Ok, the kids are home…Now what?
July 16, 2010 Issue 339: Financial Aid
July 9, 2010 Issue 338: Getting Into College, Part 1
July 2, 2010 Issue 337: Getting Into College, Part 2
June 25, 2010 Issue 336: High School Accreditation
June 18, 2010 Issue 335: Transcripts
June 11, 2010 Issue 334: Employability Portfolios
June 4, 2010 Issue 333: High School Diploma
May 28, 2010 Issue 332: Free Home School Math Drills
May 21, 2010 Issue 331: A Rubric For Writing
May 14, 2010 Issue 330: Collage Portfolio
May 7, 2010 Issue 329: Creating a Mini-Portfolio
April 30, 2010 Issue 328: Keeping Track of Grades
April 23, 2010 Issue 327: Timing
April 16, 2010 Issue 326: Audio Recordings
April 9, 2010 Issue 325: Make a Movie!
April 2, 2010 Issue 324: Home Schooling a Special Needs Child
March 26, 2010 Issue 323: Figuring Precentage and Letter Grades
March 19, 2010 Issue 322: Home Schooling Socialization
March 12, 2010 Issue 321: Home Schooling Stress
March 5, 2010 Issue 320: Home Schooling Styles
February 26, 2010 Issue 319: Free Home Schooling Books Online
February 19, 2010 Issue 318: Homeschooling Books, Videos, DVDs and Audio Research
February 5, 2010 Issue 317: Remedial Reading Home Schooling Books
January 29, 2010 Issue 316: Saving Money on Home Schooling Books and Home School Supplies
January 22, 2010 Issue 315: Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
January 15, 2010 Issue 314: Interpersonal Intelligence
January 8, 2010 Issue 313: Intrapersonal Intelligence
January 1, 2010 Issue 312: Linguistic Intelligence
December 25, 2009 Issue 311: Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
December 18, 2009 Issue 310: Musical Intelligence
December 11, 2009 Issue 309: Spatial Intelligence
December 4, 2009 Issue 308: Delayed Academic - Nuts-n-Bolts
November 27, 2009 Issue 307: Eclectic - Nuts-n-Bolts
November 20, 2009 Issue 306: Independent Study Programs
November 13, 2009 Issue 305: School Time
November 6, 2009 Issue 304: Strengths/Weaknesses of the Classical Approach
October 30, 2009 Issue 303: Strengths/Weaknesses of the Unit Study Approach
October 23, 2009 Issue 302: Free Coloring Books
October 16, 2009 Issue 301: The Charlotte Mason Method
October 9, 2009 Issue 300: The Eclectic Method
October 2, 2009 Issue 299: The Parental Method
September 25, 2009 Issue 298: The Parental Method
September 18, 2009 Issue 297: The Principle Method
September 11, 2009 Issue 296: The Trivium Approach
September 4, 2009 Issue 295: The Unit Study - Nuts-n-Bolts
August 28, 2009 Issue 294: The Unit Study Method
August 21, 2009 Issue 293: The Unschooling Method
August 14, 2009 Issue 292: Unschooling - He´s Doing What All Day?
August 7, 2009 Issue 291: Unschooling - Nuts-n-Bolts
July 31, 2009 Issue 290: To School or Not to School?
July 24, 2009 Issue 289: Unschooling: Reading - All Day?
July 17, 2009 Issue 288: What is a Unit Study?
July 10, 2009 Issue 287: Home Schooling Legal Requirements
July 3, 2009 Issue 286: Home Schooling Report Cards
June 26, 2009 Issue 285: Homeschool Inspection
June 19, 2009 Issue 284: Record Keeping to Fulfill Home Schooling Requirements
June 12, 2009 Issue 283: Organization
June 5, 2009 Issue 282: Cookie Crayons
May 29, 2009 Issue 281: Coffee Dough
May 22, 2009 Issue 280: Great Cornstarch Dough
May 15, 2009 Issue 279: Finger Paint
May 8, 2009 Issue 278: Kool-Aid Play Dough
May 1, 2009 Issue 277: Sidewalk Chalk
April 24, 2009 Issue 276: Tea Leaf Dough
April 17, 2009 Issue 275: The Steps To Homeschooling
April 10, 2009 Issue 274: Curriculum Choices
April 3, 2009 Issue 273: Do-It-Yourself Homeschool Curriculum Projects
March 27, 2009 Issue 272: Out-of-the-Box Thinking on Homeschool Curriculums
March 20, 2009 Issue 271: Sharing You Homeschool Curriculum
March 13, 2009 Issue 270: Staggered Homeschool Curriculum
March 6, 2009 Issue 269: One Homeschooling Con
February 20, 2009 Issue 268: Practical Life Skill for Middle School Students
February 13, 2009 Issue 267: Special Interests for Homeschool Middle School Students
February 6, 2009 Issue 266: Teaching New Subjects in Homeschool for Middle School
January 30, 2009 Issue 265: Community College & Self Instructional Courses Help The Homeschool High School Student
January 23, 2009 Issue 264: Homeschool High School Expedition
January 16, 2009 Issue 263: Homeschool High School SAT Help
January 9, 2009 Issue 262: Homeschool History Calendar Dates
January 2, 2009 Issue 261: Homeschool History Contests and Competitions
December 26, 2008 Issue 260: Homeschool History in the Car
December 19, 2008 Issue 259: Homeschool History of People
December 12, 2008 Issue 258: Creating a Homeschool Lesson Plan
December 5, 2008 Issue 257: Homeschool Lesson Plans Materials Organization
November 28, 2008 Issue 256: Planning Ahead in Your Homeschool Lesson Plans
November 21, 2008 Issue 255: Choosing a Math Curriculum
November 14, 2008 Issue 254: The Benefits of Stocking a Variety of Toys
November 7, 2008 Issue 253: Christian Homeschool Curriculum Conventions Are For You
October 31, 2008 Issue 252: Christian Homeschooling Curriculum And Placement Tests
October 24, 2008 Issue 251: Give Updates On Your Christian Homeschool
October 17, 2008 Issue 250: High School Homeschool, Tutors And Electives
October 10, 2008 Issue 249: High School Homeschooling And Athletics
October 3, 2008 Issue 248: Benefits of Homeschool and Travel
September 26, 2008 Issue 247: Technology Greatly Benefits Traveling Homeschoolers
September 19, 2008 Issue 246: The Advantages of Joining A Homeschool Co-op
September 12, 2008 Issue 245: Homeschool History And Literature
September 5, 2008 Issue 244: The Homeschool Math Trap: Grade Levels
August 29, 2008 Issue 243: Benefits of Homeschooling: Tolerance And Humility
August 22, 2008 Issue 242: List The Homeschool Pros And Cons
August 15, 2008 Issue 241: Homeschool Books May Not Be Viable For Every Subject
August 8, 2008 Issue 240: Homeschooling Books And Transcripts
August 1, 2008 Issue 239: Homeschooling Materials And Grade Cards
July 25, 2008 Issue 238: Keep Up With Your Child's Homeschool Materials
July 18, 2008 Issue 237: Homeschool High School Students Faith Often Benefited By Homeschool Environment
July 11, 2008 Issue 236: Online Courses Offer Diversity To The College Bound Homeschooled High School Student
July 4, 2008 Issue 235: Umbrella Schools Are Homeschool Friendly
June 27, 2008 Issue 234: Kindergarten Homeschool And Older Siblings
June 20, 2008 Issue 233: Combating Single Homeschooling Child Loneliness
June 13, 2008 Issue 232: Give Your Homeschooling Children Time Alone
June 6, 2008 Issue 231: Homeschooling Curriculum And Working Alone
May 30, 2008 Issue 230: How To Work Toddlers Into Your Homeschool Curriculum Program
May 23, 2008 Issue 229: Math: Examples of Everyday Things
May 16, 2008 Issue 228: Teaching Geography in Preschool Homeschool
May 9, 2008 Issue 227: Tax Time Math Time!
May 2, 2008 Issue 226: When will he use that?
April 25, 2008 Issue 225: Homeschool Online Forums
April 18, 2008 Issue 224: Homeschool Online Guidance
April 11, 2008 Issue 223: Math In the Home
April 4, 2008 Issue 222: Surviving On One Income
March 28, 2008 Issue 221: Regional Homeschool Support Groups Found Online
March 21, 2008 Issue 220: The Ten Steps to Spelling
March 14, 2008 Issue 219: Web Cams Provide Online Homeschool Learning
March 7, 2008 Issue 218: Current Events Homeschool Resource
February 29, 2008 Issue 217: How do I stay organized?
February 22, 2008 Issue 216: A Homeschool Resource To Evaluate Writing Skills
February 15, 2008 Issue 215: Home Resources for Teaching Life Skills
February 8, 2008 Issue 214: Local Homeschool Resources
February 1, 2008 Issue 213: Public School Access
January 25, 2008 Issue 212: Stanford Solar Center
January 18, 2008 Issue 211: Garden Kits!
January 11, 2008 Issue 210: The Worm Bin Project
January 4, 2008 Issue 209: Homeschool Science and Nature
December 28, 2007 Issue 208: Homeschool Science in the Kitchen
December 21, 2007 Issue 207: Homeschool Science Safety
December 14, 2007 Issue 206: Neighborhood Schience Programs
December 7, 2007 Issue 205: Teach the Colors by Song
November 30, 2007 Issue 204: Making Butter
November 23, 2007 Issue 203: Preventing Science Slips
November 16, 2007 Issue 202: Collections
November 9, 2007 Issue 201: Mobiles
November 2, 2007 Issue 200: Plaster Of Paris
October 26, 2007 Issue 199: An Outdoor Home School Math Idea
October 19, 2007 Issue 198: Everyday Projects For Home School Math
October 12, 2007 Issue 197: The Wild Goose Company
October 5, 2007 Issue 196: Doctor Doctor
September 28, 2007 Issue 195: Homeschool Science Revealed Through A Microscope
September 21, 2007 Issue 194: How To Use The Scientific Method
September 14, 2007 Issue 193: Narration Starters
September 7, 2007 Issue 192: Build a Time Machine!
August 31, 2007 Issue 191: Accepting the Choice to Homeschool or Not to Homeschool
August 24, 2007 Issue 190: Homeschooling's Great Student/Teacher Ratio
August 17, 2007 Issue 189: Christian Homeschool Support And Forums
August 10, 2007 Issue 188: Give Updates On Your Christian Homeschool
August 3, 2007 Issue 187: High School Homeschooling And Athletics
July 27, 2007 Issue 186: Benefits of Homeschool and Travel
July 13, 2007 Issue 185: The Advantages of Joining A Homeschool Co-op
July 6, 2007 Issue 184: Homeschool History And Literature
June 29, 2007 Issue 183: The Homeschool Math Trap: Grade Levels
June 22, 2007 Issue 182: Homeschool Program Online: Virtual Field Trips
June 15, 2007 Issue 181: Giving Others Homeschool Information
June 8, 2007 Issue 180: Homeschool Books May Not Be Viable For Every Subject
June 1, 2007 Issue 179: Homeschool Resource: Lesson Plans
May 25, 2007 Issue 178: List The Homeschool Pros And Cons
May 18, 2007 Issue 177: Keep Up With Your Child's Homeschool Materials
May 11, 2007 Issue 176: What Is A Homeschooling Umbrella School?
May 4, 2007 Issue 175: Preschool Homeschool And Farm Animals
April 27, 2007 Issue 174: Combating Single Homeschooling Child Loneliness
April 20, 2007 Issue 173: Homeschooling Curriculum And Working Alone
April 13, 2007 Issue 172: High School Homeschool, Tutors And Electives
April 6, 2007 Issue 171: How To Work Toddlers Into Your Homeschool Curriculum Program
March 30, 2007 Issue 170: Christian Homeschool Curriculum Conventions Are For You
March 23, 2007 Issue 169: Christian Homeschooling Curriculum And Placement Tests
March 16, 2007 Issue 168: Benefits Of Homeschooling: Tolerance And Humility
March 9, 2007 Issue 167: Homeschooling Books And Transcripts
March 2, 2007 Issue 166: Homeschooling Materials And Grade Cards
February 23, 2007 Issue 165: Homeschooling Resource: Public Library
February 16, 2007 Issue 164: Umbrella Schools Are Homeschool Friendly
February 9, 2007 Issue 163: Develop Homeschool Language Arts Skills
February 2, 2007 Issue 162: Homeschool Language Arts And Phonics
January 26, 2007 Issue 161: Give Your Homeschooling Children Time Alone
January 19, 2007 Issue 160: Kindergarten Homeschool And Older Siblings
January 12, 2007 Issue 159: Technology Greatly Benefits Traveling Homeschoolers
January 5, 2007 Issue 158: 1st Grade Science
December 29, 2006 Issue 157: 2nd Grade Science
December 22, 2006 Issue 156: 3rd Grade Science
December 15, 2006 Issue 155: 4th Grade Science
December 8, 2006 Issue 154: 5th Grade Science
December 1, 2006 Issue 153: 6th Grade Science
November 24, 2006 Issue 152: 7th Grade Science
November 17, 2006 Issue 151: 8th Grade Science
October 27, 2006 Issue 150: 9th Grade Science
October 20, 2006 Issue 149: 10th Grade Science
October 13, 2006 Issue 148: 11th Grade Science
October 6, 2006 Issue 147: 12th Grade
September 29, 2006 Issue 146: Art and Homeschool History
September 22, 2006 Issue 145: Homeschooling as Effective as Regular Schooling
September 15, 2006 Issue 144: What Are Learning Styles?
September 8, 2006 Issue 143: Choosing a Curriculum
September 1, 2006 Issue 142: Curriculum Choices
August 25, 2006 Issue 141: The Day After The First Day
August 18, 2006 Issue 140: An Elementary Homeschool Tip for Children With ADD
August 4, 2006 Issue 138: Yucky, Gross, and Cool Body
July 21, 2006 Issue 137: Weather: NASA Lightning Detection from Space
July 14, 2006 Issue 136: Seven Ways to Help with Handwriting
July 7, 2006 Issue 135: Keeping Your Preschool Homeschooler Busy
June 30, 2006 Issue 134: Preschool Homeschool Readiness Skills
June 23, 2006 Issue 133: Important Homeschool Issues to Weigh
June 16, 2006 Issue 132: A Common Belief of Both Christian and Secular Homeschooling
June 9, 2006 Issue 131: Homeschoolers of Deaf or Hard of Hearing Children
June 2, 2006 Issue 130: Homeschooling the Gifted Child
May 26, 2006 Issue 129: Homeschooling Learning Disabled Kids
May 19, 2006 Issue 128: Physical Education for Elementary Homeschooling
May 12, 2006 Issue 127: Teaching Your Own Kids
May 5, 2006 Issue 126: Picking Your Subjects
April 28, 2006 Issue 125: Critical Family Members
April 21, 2006 Issue 124: Easing the Admissions Process
April 14, 2006 Issue 123: Personal Porfolios
April 7, 2006 Issue 122: Your Start at Home Schooling
March 31, 2006 Issue 121: Basic Home Schooling Books
March 17, 2006 Issue 120: Homeschool High School volunteerism
March 10, 2006 Issue 119: A Homeschool for Middle School Project Organizing Program
March 3, 2006 Issue 118: Homeschool for Middle School VocabularyBoost
February 24, 2006 Issue 117: Can I Homeschool My Preschooler?
February 17, 2006 Issue 116: Edutainment for Preschool Homeschool
February 10, 2006 Issue 115: Journaling: Great Idea for Homeschoolers
February 3, 2006 Issue 114: Keep Abreast of SAT Changes
January 27, 2006 Issue 113: Lesson Plans are Easy to Find!
October 3, 2003 Issue 106: More Birthday Ideas!
March 7, 2003 Issue 96: Kiss Me, I`m Irish...
February 28, 2003 Issue 95: Going Green!
February 21, 2003 Issue 94: It`s a Dirty Job!
February 14, 2003 Issue 93: Spelling Fun!
February 7, 2003 Issue 92: Happy Valentines Day!
January 3, 2003 Issue 91: Employability Portfolios
December 27, 2002 Issue 90: Quick Reference
December 20, 2002 Issue 89: Quick Reference
July 26, 2002 Issue 86: Who Homeschools?
July 19, 2002 Issue 85: Employability Portfolios
July 12, 2002 Issue 84: Employability Portfolios
July 5, 2002 Issue 83: Who Homeschools?
June 28, 2002 Issue 82: Employability Portfolios
June 21, 2002 Issue 81: The Unit Study
June 14, 2002 Issue 80: The Trivium Approach
June 7, 2002 Issue 79: The Principle Approach
May 31, 2002 Issue 78: The Parental Approach
May 24, 2002 Issue 77: Independent Study Programs
May 17, 2002 Issue 76: Eclectic
May 10, 2002 Issue 75: Delayed Academic
May 3, 2002 Issue 74: Charlotte Mason
April 26, 2002 Issue 73: Math: Examples of Everyday Things
April 19, 2002 Issue 72: The Imagination Factory
April 12, 2002 Issue 71: Preparing for Employment - Employability Portfolios
April 5, 2002 Issue 70: Preparing for College - Financial Aid
March 29, 2002 Issue 69: Preparing for College - Getting Into College
March 22, 2002 Issue 68: How do I stay organized?
March 15, 2002 Issue 67: Garden Kits!
March 8, 2002 Issue 66: What Are Learning Styles?
March 1, 2002 Issue 65: Choosing a Math Curriculum
February 22, 2002 Issue 64: You Know You´re a Homeschool Mom When...
February 15, 2002 Issue 63: Seven Ways to Help with Handwriting
February 8, 2002 Issue 62: Timing
February 1, 2002 Issue 61: Keeping Track of Grades
January 25, 2002 Issue 60: Figuring Percentage and Letter Grades
January 18, 2002 Issue 59: Measuring Up?
January 11, 2002 Issue 58: And the winner is...
January 4, 2002 Issue 57: Curriculum Help?
December 28, 2001 Issue 56: A Quick Hello and Plans for the New Year!
December 7, 2001 Issue 55: Christmas
November 30, 2001 Issue 54: Hanukkah
November 23, 2001 Issue 53: Homeschooling for Pennies: Links to...
November 16, 2001 Issue 52: Homeschooling for Pennies: Art
November 9, 2001 Issue 51: Homeschooling for Pennies!
November 2, 2001 Issue 50: Homeschooling for Pennies: History!
October 26, 2001 Issue 49: Homeschooling for Pennies: Math!
October 19, 2001 Issue 48: Homeschooling for Pennies: Typing!
October 12, 2001 Issue 47: Homeschooling for Pennies: Spelling!
October 5, 2001 Issue 46: Homeschooling for Pennies: Scope and Sequence
September 28, 2001 Issue 45: Homeschooling for Pennies!
September 7, 2001 Issue 44: Children`s Fears After A Public Tragedy
August 24, 2001 Issue 42: Finding Support
August 17, 2001 Issue 41: Now What??
August 10, 2001 Issue 40: Back to School Fun!
August 3, 2001 Issue 39: Schooling with a Preschooler
July 27, 2001 Issue 38: Making History Come Alive
July 20, 2001 Issue 37: Making the Grade
July 13, 2001 Issue 36: Free Lesson Plans!
July 6, 2001 Issue 35: What about socialization??
June 22, 2001 Issue 34: Methods and Philosophies
June 15, 2001 Issue 33: Ten Commandments for Homeschoolers
June 8, 2001 Issue 32: Methods and Philosophies
May 25, 2001 Issue 30: Methods and Philosophies
May 18, 2001 Issue 29: Surviving Your First Homeschool Convention
May 11, 2001 Issue 28: Learning Styles
May 4, 2001 Issue 27: Publish your newsletter! Part 2
April 27, 2001 Issue 26: Write A Newsletter! Part 1
April 20, 2001 Issue 25: April showers bring...
April 13, 2001 Issue 24: Earth Day Everyday!
April 6, 2001 Issue 23: Celebrate Spring!
March 30, 2001 Issue 22: Books, Books and more Books!
March 23, 2001 Issue 21: Tax Time Math Time!
March 2, 2001 Homeschool-tips Newsletter, Issue 13, Creative Writing
February 23, 2001 Homeschool-tips Newsletter: Issue 12, Finding Math Help
February 16, 2001 Homeschool-tips Newsletter, Issue 11: Making Math Fun
February 9, 2001 Homeschool-Tips Newsletter, Issue 10, Teaching Math
February 2, 2001 Homeschool-Tips Newsletter, Issue 9, Teaching Math
January 26, 2001 Homeschool-Tips Newsletter, Issue 8, The Dreaded
January 19, 2001 Homeschool-Tips Newsletter, Issue 7, Overkill
January 12, 2001 Homeschool-Tips Newsletter, Issue 6, Getting Started
January 5, 2001 Homeschool-Tips Newsletter, Issue 5, Getting Started
December 22, 2000 Homeschool-Tips Newsletter, Issue 6, Staying Organized
December 15, 2000 Homeschool-Tips Newsletter, Issue 5, Getting Started
December 8, 2000 Homeschool-Tips Newsletter, Issue 4, An Introduction
December 1, 2000 Homeschool-Tips Newsletter, Issue 3, An Introduction
November 17, 2000 Homeschool-Tips Newsletter, Issue 2, Thanksgiving Unit Study
November 10, 2000 Homeschool-Tips Newsletter, Issue 1 -- Thanksgiving Unit Study
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