Comments on: Take Heart: 26 Steps to a Healthy Home School – A Review

By: Anne Gregor

Anne Gregor — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:38:32 +0000

Time management and organization are another vital study skills in a homeschool setting. Homeschooled students must learn to organize their materials, clean their workspace and manage their time so they can also do some other important things.

Anne Gregor
http://HomeschoolingOption.com/

By: Janice Campbell

Janice Campbell — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 20:42:46 +0000

In reply to HomeschoolDad.

It has been fun to watch the evolution of homeschooling. We started homeschooling in the late 1980s, so we got all the questions, from “is it legal?” to “will they be able to go to college?” and “what about the prom?” Socialization was big question for a long time, but seems to be fading a bit.

As we have traveled to conferences in recent years, it seems as if the number of full-time homeschooling dads and involved dads has been increasing. I do know that some moms don’t mind doing all the homeschooling, as long as they’re getting emotional and practical support, help around the house, and generous doses of kindness and consideration. A lot depends on personality type and gifts, I think. If dads are leading by example in developing wisdom, virtue, and humility, that’s a huge contribution.

You’re right that Mari needs to publish her book in Kindle format. I hope it will happen soon!

By: Homeschool Lives, Homeschool Places: Carnival of Homeschooling | Janice Campbell

Tue, 19 Aug 2014 07:29:11 +0000

[…] Veteran homeschooler Mari Fitz-Wynn has written a helpful new book of wisdom and encouragement for home educating moms, and I’ve reviewed it in Take Heart: 26 Steps to a Healthy Homeschool– A Review. […]

By: HomeschoolDad

HomeschoolDad — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 07:02:04 +0000

Hi Janice,

It is interesting to watch the homeschooling scene evolve over time. My favorite, though I’m so young I didn’t experience it, is how popular doubts went from “are they learning anything?” to “what about socialization?”.

I feel like the “Homeschool Dad” angle is in deficit right now. Or more accurately, attention on the “involvement of the working spouse”…

It pains me to see one parent doing everything as often as I see it. The kids suffer too.

Mari needs to publish her book on Kindle.