Sep

26

Friday is Park Day!

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September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

We are blessed to live in a community where there are literally hundreds of homeschool families.  Not everyone is as lucky.  Many folks who homeschool feel isolated, perhaps simply because of their geopgraphy, or perhaps because they just don’t know many other families who homeschool.   And, even if the parents do know other homeschoolers [...]

Sep

14

Debunking the Socialization Myth

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September 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Yesterday afternoon, the kids and I decided to get some sidewalk chalk and make our own four-square court.  If you aren’t familiar with this school yard game, here’s a link to the rules.  Anyway, we are very lucky to live on a street where isn’t much traffic.  So, after about five minutes of playing in [...]

Aug

20

Views on Homeschooling — Conversations with my College Students

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August 20, 2008 | 5 Comments

Greetings! My name is Wade.  I am the lucky father of two terrific children.  I am the husband of the world’s most wonderful wife.  And I am the new guy here at ContentQuake’s Homeschool page. My wife and I have been homeschooling our kids since 2002.  Like many homeschool families, we dealt with worried grandparents [...]

Aug

4

More On Socialization

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August 4, 2007 | 1 Comment

I thought I was done witht his subject but this morning I was checking out blogs in an effort to pretend I was so busy I could not clean the kitchen (working so far!) and I came across a blog I had not read before but will be reading more of..Doc’s Sunrise Rants has a [...]

Jul

31

What About Socialization?

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July 31, 2007 | 1 Comment

It happens to all of us. Sooner or later, if we are homeschooling we will: A. Ask this B. Answer this C. Both I mean, noone wants to have geeky , maladjusted kids…not even those of us that are geeky, maladjusted adults. Exactly what are we refering to when we say those ominous syllables? To [...]