Real-Life Homeschooling

Chapter One: Running for the School Board

Family:
Glenn (53), Ann (52), Judith (18), Rebecca (10).

Location:
Alexandria, Virginia.

Best advice:
Relax and make learning fun.

Worst advice:
Follow the steps in The Well-Trained Mind. (This is not to discount the many useful resources and ideas in the book; just to say that while the theory is enticing, the practice is overwhelming.)

Favorite quote:
"To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition: to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Favorite resources:
Saxon Math by Hake and Saxon, Saxon Publishing.

History of US series by Joy Hakim, Oxford University Press Children's Books.

Literature-Based Reading series, Inter ... read full excerpt from: Real-Life Homeschooling: The Stories of 21 Families Who Teach Their Children at Home ebook