Homeschooling With Encouragement
Do you ever feel discouraged? How about questions of where you fit in with the homeschool world? Do you know how to plan a school day? This book can help you.
My dear friend, Valerie, has come out with NEW book entitled “Homeschooling With Encouragement”.
This little 36 page e-book ( 64 page printed book) is packed full of encouragement, but kept simple while covering the topics that seem to overwhelm us during those first three years of homeschooling. Valerie wanted to give this book the feeling that she was having a personal conversation with you, walking you through the “bumps in the road” every homeschool mom comes across. Here are the points covered in the book.
- What is a Homeschool Approach (traditional, eclectic, hebraic, classical, etc)
- How to Create a School Schedule (180 school year schedule)
- How to Constructing a School Day (sorting through curriculum)
- Fighting the Social Stigma
- How to Evaluate Your Progress as a Homeschool Family
- A Plan to Action for the New Year
- How to Avoid Homeschool Burnout
- How to Jump Start Your Homeschool Routine
Valerie’s heart is to encourage the homeschool family and I think she does just that through this book.
This book is soon to be released in stores online so if you want a discounted copy you better hurry! Visit Weblink Education to get your copy now!
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June 13th, 2008 at 5:29 am
Thanks friend. My blog feeder is acting up – I’m not getting my updated posts!!! Glad you dropped me a line to let me know about this post. Thanks.
SoCalVal
June 13th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
If that “making a 180 day schedule” tells you how to stretch a 160 day lesson plan from the books to 180, I need to read that one.
My wife and I were trying to figure out what to do with the extra days!
June 13th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
field trips, lots of field trips! *grin*
June 13th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Ahh, so that’s how you do it? I figured it had to be testing or something (then again, not sure what tests you give a kindergartner).
What counts as field trips? Days to the library? Museum? Historic Battlefields? Cleaning their room?
June 13th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Testing days count too! All of those things you mentioned except maybe cleaning the room…BUT you can count that as life skills! *grin*
I even count trips to the dentist or the doctor, I just try and make sure to teach them something while we are there.
For a kindergartner the zoo is a great place too! Even just a play day at the park can count as PE, they need to run and exercise. Sunday school, VBS, or awana (and the like) can count as Bible class.
Do not forget swim lessons, music lessons, or any other type of extra curricular stuff.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
We live in a high “report” state, but we didn’t include Bible on our list of courses that we submitted to the state– but you can still count that as ed? I mean, SS can count even when you have your own curricula?
It’s just so gray with the fact that the state demands 180 and you really can cover it with 160 and they don’t say what’s necessary to count for a day.
When he hits 1st grade it’s days and hours– at least that’s more clear.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
we always count Bible as a “subject”. We do have set things that we do but often count other things as a part of it. I really have not had to use SS but we have used AWANA and VBS before. We have used children’s choir for music before too.
One thing we have also done is add in days for “catching up”.
You could just supplement a subject with reading from the library. Read to them for a bit and count it under the course it belongs in (science, history, etc.)
I would say be creative and have fun. Have a couple of art days.
After all, it is unbelievable how many times I hear public schoolers coming home saying they watched this movie or that (entertainment movies not educational ones) just filling their day requirement.
Also an “hour” of study does not necessarily mean 60 minutes it means a unit of study.
June 14th, 2008 at 12:51 am
I can help answer the questions… First, what curriculum are you using that is for 160 days? Never heard of that unless it is a unit study of some sort that I’m unfamiliar with. Also, a “high report” state is sort of like CA (where I’m from) and I know what is required by the state. You can contact me directly. I probably can answer your question in more detail if you share a little more. BTW – I’m the author of the book.
weblinkeducation@gmail.com
Valerie
June 14th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Valerie, I sent you an e-mail which is from my name @ my name . com. Make sure it didn’t end up in your spam folder!