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How The “10,000 Hour” Rule Can Benefit Any Child
10,000 hours for Big Time Success is a rule that benefits homeschoolers and self-directed learners, even if they don’t spend those hours in any one field. Continue reading
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School ADD Isn’t Homeschool ADD
How a child diagnosed with ADD suffers in school and flourishes when homeschooled. Continue reading
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Fun Theory
A child’s stubborn insistence that learning be meaningful and interesting is actually a sign of positive selfhood. We need to pay close attention to each child to really see what sparks enthusiasm, evokes awe, sharpens focus, builds on interests, and challenges abilities. That’s the best way to advance learning. Continue reading
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Making History Relevant
When children ask “why” we often realize we don’t know. The answer invariably leads us back to history. Let’s learn about history in ways that unlock curiosity and lifelong interest. Continue reading
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Gathering Fifty Wise Homeschoolers in One Place
Award-winning Home Education Magazine has been published since 1984 by Mark and Helen Hegener and their third-generation homeschooling family. Each issue inspires, informs and invigorates readers. Of all the magazines our family receives, this is one we keep. The copies are … Continue reading
If Jane Goodall Were An Alien
Imagine someone with Jane Goodall’s observational powers coming from outer space to observe us for a few days. Continue reading
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How to Make Spiders Your Teachers, Trees Your Guides
Pay close attention to anything. In it you’ll find wonders. Consider the spider. We appreciate spiders in our family. A large orb weaver lives just outside the front door. Every night when we take the dogs out before going to … Continue reading
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Anyone Hear A Horn Tooting?
This handbook on educating the whole child provides a wealth of ideas and resources that help to preserve curiosity, awe and intellectual vigor as lifelong attributes. Continue reading
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Gone Visiting
I was raised to be quiet and deferential to others. (Fist shake at outdated values.) Perhaps as a direct result, I wanted to insure that my own children felt free to be themselves.
Homeschooling gave us that freedom. Natural learning is an antidote to cultural factors relentlessly trying to pressure us into sameness. Continue reading
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Race to Nowhere?
Natural learning isn’t just the antidote to soul-crushing pressure. It’s the way young people have learned throughout time. It’s time to redefine success on our own terms. Let our children sleep in. Let them dream. Continue reading
