Are you ready to explore the world of homeschooling in Alaska? You've come to the right place! We've gathered the best and most helpful resources, along with support and ideas to help you, whether you are just beginning to homeschool or you've been homeschooling for years. Kick off your visit by exploring these great starting points:
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The family is the school of duties, founded on love. |
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- Felix Adler |
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Notes from a homeschooling mom: I am not qualified to homeschool |
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Andrea Hermitt |
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How can someone who nearly failed trigonometry teach higher math? How could someone whose teachers babied her through Chemistry allowing her to draw elements when she couldn't name them, teach higher science? How could a person who never took honors classes, or never took a higher math or science in college, not to mention education classes teach a child?
As homeschoolers, we tend to brush off these questions, but you have to admit that they have a point. Still, the answer is quite simple. Here are 3 basic reasons that you are qualified to teach your children. |
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The New Face of Homeschooling |
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As their ranks increase, homeschoolers are tapping public schools for curriculum, part-time classes, extracurricular services, and online learning. |
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Language Arts and Unschooling |
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A former high school English teacher shares some of the ways that reading, writing, and grammar are learned naturally through living. |
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Teaching Young Children at Home |
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Diane Flynn Keith |
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How do you teach young children? What do you do all day? How do you provide a "stimulating environment"? These questions are asked frequently by parents of young children who understand the immense magnitude of what it means to take responsibility for their child's education.
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