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What are the Benefits of Homeschooling?

By Lauren Hill 1 Comment

What are the Benefits of Homeschooling?

More and more parents are deciding to educate their children at home rather than sending them to public school. Parents might not feel that public schools can teach their child everything that they want them to know, either that or there are certain things that parents don’t want their children to … [Read more...]

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From Homeschooling to Mainstream Education

By Alternative Mama 29 Comments

From Homeschooling to Mainstream Education

So, as you probably know by now, we have always planned to be a homeschooling family. I believe in homeschooling, and it seemed to be a sensible option to best meet the needs of my highly sensitive child; a child who sometimes struggles in social situations, especially in large, noisy … [Read more...]

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10 Reasons Why We Homeschool

By Alternative Mama 6 Comments

10 Reasons Why We Homeschool

This post was inspired by a wonderful post from Demand EUPHORIA entitled Ten Ways for Schools to Confuse a Child. Please go check out this lovely blog if you haven't already! As Monkey is rapidly approaching school age (oh my days, where have the years gone?!), I have found myself being asked … [Read more...]

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5 Homeschooling Myths Busted

By Alternative Mama 8 Comments

5 Homeschooling Myths Busted

Since we became a homeschooling/unschooling family – or rather, since we decided not to send our children to school– I have heard a lot of myths about educating children at home. Thankfully I have not had to defend our decision very much as we have a supportive family and live in a generally … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschooling, Unschooling

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