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		<title>Do You Wish You Had More Time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marilyn Rockett Every mom, especially a homeschool mom, wishes she had more time. Good news! In February 2012 you get your wish. You gain one day on February 29 (Leap Day). Have you been so busy that you didn’t realize 2012 is a Leap Year? Now you have a choice—what to do with that extra, precious day. Clean the house, do additional schoolwork, catch up on mending, grocery shop? I don’t think so! I suggest that you enjoy your “extra” time doing something fun and rewarding with your children. Maybe choose something that you have forever wanted to do and just not taken the time to do it. Before February 29, plan a unit study about Leap Year. Or if you feel very guilty and think that you have to do schoolwork on that day, do the unit study in lieu of any other work. Maybe these suggestions will spur your imagination: Math and science: Why do we need leap years? Talk about the earth’s revolutions around the sun and that relationship for calculating another year in our calendars. How do we calculate leap years? Look at the differences between the Julian and Gregorian calendars. History and social studies: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Child a Struggling, Reluctant Reader?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Max Elliot Anderson (#2 in the Series) As a child, I never liked to read. When I mention this to people, I can anticipate their reactions. Their mouths drop open in disbelief, followed by gasps. “You’re kidding!” often follows. That’s probably because I’ve also written a number of action adventures and mysteries targeted especially for children who may be facing similar reading difficulties. I used to think that a reluctant reader was simply someone who hadn’t found the right book yet. But the causes may go deeper than that. Diagnose Reading Difficulties At the outset it’s important to understand the terms. If facing a struggling, reluctant reader, parents must be certain that there aren’t any problems with vision, neurological issues, or other medical conditions that might hamper reading. You may need help with diagnosis from professionals, but first look for difficulty with vision and good posture while your child reads. It is possible for a child to suffer from learning disabilities, but carefully research and obtain more than one opinion before accepting a final diagnosis. It is not possible in this space to explore this topic. [See the March/April 2011 issue of Homeschooling Today for one source of help. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Homeschooling</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You don’t need to buy a goat to be an Organic Homeschooler. If you believe that education is discipleship and that people learn best from real life and real books, you are a good organic candidate. Explore these ways to use real life and real books to teach your children at home. Use Picture Books Picture books aren’t for little children only. They have introduced me to a staggering amount of content, packed with accurate, understandable information. Writing coaches encourage professional writers to find children’s books at the library covering topics they need to learn. A picture book introduces a topic, generates interest, and teaches detailed content in an enjoyable format. Older children learn, appreciate the information conveyed, and learn writing techniques from the author. An older child’s learning may not end with picture books, but it certainly should begin there. Reread Don’t miss rereading opportunities. Preschoolers often teach themselves to read a few words from a well-loved book that you read to them repeatedly. All children benefit from repeated exposure to quality picture books’ language, style, and illustrations. The words and pictures become part of their mental furniture from which they will later draw their own unique ideas. Build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Simple Ways to Stretch Your Homeschooling Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the Lord said, “Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?”                                                                                                 —Luke 12:42 (NKJV) When presenting the idea of homeschooling to my husband about fifteen years ago, it was hard to imagine how he would react. I had given up my job to be a stay-at-home mom until the children entered kindergarten. Homeschooling would add another twelve years to our one-income lifestyle. But if I had known then what I know now, I wouldn’t have worried. Experience has proven that you don’t need to spend a lot of money for a quality education. If you’re feeling the financial pinch, consider these options to avoid going broke and to keep your children excited about their homeschooling adventure. Find Discards Watch for school or public library discards that can give you a great core curriculum but still allow freedom to use what your budget allows to supplement. One principal let us sort through oodles of learning games, activities, flash cards, and so forth with the invitation to take whatever we wanted before everything was hauled off to the landfill. Buy Used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Started Homeschooling Today (partial)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find a support group, attend a convention, study educational philosophies, pinpoint your child’s learning style, and choose a curriculum—many articles geared toward new homeschoolers give similar advice. However, the regional convention is far away, and at conventions we have witnessed the glazed eyes of the overwhelmed, inexperienced mom with her arms loaded with books as she wanders between vendor booths searching for the “perfect” curriculum for her family. Support groups are not available in some areas of the country, or it is difficult to find a group that shares your philosophy. In the beginning, we spent hours reading about different philosophies and children’s learning styles, but ultimately, I still had no idea how to homeschool our children. The labyrinth of choices available to the niche market of Christian home educators is confusing at best and misleading at worst. The advice we received wasn’t necessarily bad advice, but as a new homeschooler, we didn’t find it helpful. At Homeschooling Today magazine, we desire to offer practical help to our readers. Home education will look different in every family, and there is no exact formula for everyone, but we have found certain similarities and particular family habits that guide our choices and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Twelve Days of Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marilyn Rockett, Editor in Chief</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you think you have an unmanageable Christmas shopping list, think again! Using the popular song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” as your shopping list, your holiday tab would run above $100,000.00 (figured out by people who have too much time on their hands). That should max out your credit card! The repeating song requires your true love to make twelve shopping trips for 364 total gifts including twelve partridges (not one), twenty-two turtledoves rather than two, and so on. Your list turns into a staggering $101,119.84, by 2011 price calculations. Fortunately you don’t have to shop from that list. In fact, the famous Christmas song doesn’t even mean twelve days before Christmas nor a human “true love” trying to impress the object of his affection with lavish gifts. The twelve days of Christmas is arguably one of the most misunderstood parts of the Church calendar. The twelve days are from December 26 until the beginning of Epiphany on January 6 on some Church calendars and from December 25 until January 5 on others. Differences in Church calendars, world traditions, and various ways to celebrate have made the origin complicated. My purpose is not to enumerate the many ways and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feel The Difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Humphrey, Executive Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to our new website!  We just recently went live, so we are still working through some of those &#8220;fun&#8221; transitional changes.  If you see anything amiss, please let us know.   In fact, let us know what you think of the new site! You should be receiving your newest issue at any time.  You will immediately FEEL THE DIFFERENCE that it is much larger than before.  We have added new resources and have come up with a new way of delivering the magazine that should allow us to be more timely.  Instead of bi-monthly we are now quarterly.  Overall a year&#8217;s subscription will equate to more helpful content and fewer ads! We have also teamed up with Organic Homeschooling to offer you a simple solution to your homeschooling dilemma.  Check out our combo deal for a subscription to Homeschooling Today magazine and Organic Homeschooling curriculum. If you are a current subscriber and missed the free issues we released over the summer digitally, please let us know.  All print subscribers now receive a free digital subscription.  We are growing, and more is to come.]]></description>
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		<title>Without Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like basketball’s Boston Celtics or football’s Pittsburgh Steelers, we homeschoolers are, so to speak, a dynasty. Competitively, we dominate. Every year, seemingly, homeschoolers take top honors at the National Spelling Bee, span the globe victoriously at the Geography Bee, and argue our way to statewide forensics titles. We populate the better side of standardized test bell curves. We outlearn, outserve, and outscore every other educational demographic. We needn’t be ashamed of these good things, but they are also dangerous, and we have no reason to be proud. The devil is an equal-opportunity tempter. When things don’t go our way, he is happy to pile on heaping doses of discouragement. He reminds us how weak we are. He points out the daunting cliffs that separate us from our goals. He whispers in our ear that we won’t make it and that we don’t deserve to make it. When things do go our way, however, he doesn’t go away. Instead he reminds us of how strong we are. He points out the great hurdles we have overcome. He whispers in our ear that we made it on our own. The Devil in the Details The same strategy works in our homeschools. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super Mom is Dead!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it’s true. I’m sorry to report that they found her unconscious in the middle of her pristine living-room floor. The emergency medical technicians said they’d never seen a house so clean or kids so sad. It was a terrible thing to happen the week before Christmas. Maybe it was the elaborate decorating and four dozen Martha-Stewart-style cookies she made for the missions society bake sale, the late-night gift-wrapping marathons, two shifts of bell ringing for the Salvation Army, and organizing the Christmas Eve pageant at church that sent her over the edge. Or maybe it was keeping up with her usual two loaves of homemade bread, daily wiping beneath the bottom drawer of the fridge, twice-daily toilet-bleaching routine (She has boys, you know!), and the requisite starching of the children’s turtleneck shirts before their twice-weekly playgroup that killed her. It’s hard to say. Either way, she’s gone now. The oldest kids say that she started to look sick a few months ago—right after the seventh baby was born. She started getting up even earlier so she would have time to make it to the gym three times a week and work on that “baby bulge” that disturbed her. To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fruitfulness of Balance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Balance, balance! You’ve heard experienced homeschoolers, authors, and speakers say that you have to balance your life while homeschooling. You wear multiple hats, keep a busy schedule, and still want to disciple and enjoy your children while you accomplish many tasks. Sounds good, and I’ve offered that advice as well. But what does “balance” mean and what does it look like? Did you learn to ride a bicycle when you were young? Perhaps you started with training wheels or maybe you courageously skipped the “sissy wheels.” Your parent or older sibling helped by giving you a push and instructing you to “balance” and keep pedaling. You swayed left and right, adjusting your body to stay upright and not crash. You moved, dodged, and felt what to do so you could remain on the seat and enjoy your ride. Soon you learned to swerve to miss obstacles in your path, and after practice, you could confidently sail down the street with the wind in your face and a sense of freedom in your heart. Just one catch—the only time that bike was perfectly balanced was when you were straddling the bike with your feet on the ground and not riding it [...]]]></description>
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