tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.comments2023-06-03T04:18:39.067-04:00Indie EducationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02112089539976490759noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-83382778984400122172010-08-22T18:28:12.160-04:002010-08-22T18:28:12.160-04:00Thanks for using The Snarky Student's Guide to...Thanks for using The Snarky Student's Guide to Grammar! Feel free to send in questions and best real-life examples of grammar goofs.Snarkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813344126019286979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-19862731945643414202010-04-15T08:42:53.549-04:002010-04-15T08:42:53.549-04:00Ooooohhh...another homeschooling Loreena McKennitt...Ooooohhh...another homeschooling Loreena McKennitt fan! Glad you stopped by to say hi!<br /><br />The Asian commenters can be a pain. It's nice to simply allow comments, but I may have to start approving them. Looks like they include a large number of links to illegal pharmacies and ways to grow body parts that some of us don't have....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02112089539976490759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-30917298401964112572010-04-15T07:57:17.282-04:002010-04-15T07:57:17.282-04:00Sounds like a busy year even without home educatin...Sounds like a busy year even without home educating lol. I think we're going to be 'year rounders' here... my boys lose the plot without SOMETHING organized to do for 10days.. I shudder to think of a whole summer break! (granted, that's only 6wks or so here lol)<br /><br />You might want to moderate comments.. I'm not sure what all those asian links are, but I'd not be trusting them. Apparently they have a way around word verification :(Cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13101654851982990627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-31736352336596905142010-04-13T16:05:40.999-04:002010-04-13T16:05:40.999-04:00Topsy, I think that we're reassuring the state...Topsy, I think that we're reassuring the state that our kids are actually being educated, rather than just warehoused....or that's what it's supposed to do. It's not very accurate, and it implies that the state (or the testmakers) are somehow the final arbiters of What Children Should Know, which is silly. It's also difficult for kids with learning difficulties or those who choose alternate learning experiences, like unschooling.<br /><br />In Ohio, we can choose to submit a portfolio of the child's work to a certified teacher for evaluation, which is what I usually do. Neal and Allie wanted to know how they 'measured up' to other kids their ages last year, so we did the tests. They found them to be easy, and they did well. <br /><br />The real question is whether the government has the right to require anything from homeschoolers. I can see both sides of the question. I have met a few families who didn't seem to be doing much in the way of education, but they've been few and far between.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02112089539976490759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-43820004010723880002010-04-13T07:59:27.089-04:002010-04-13T07:59:27.089-04:00Teaching bathroom cleaning skills for homeschool??...Teaching bathroom cleaning skills for homeschool?? CHECK!!! Great post!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-31025276582907206682010-04-13T07:55:52.041-04:002010-04-13T07:55:52.041-04:00NC has an annual standardized test requirement as ...NC has an annual standardized test requirement as well. The whole process is a head-scratcher for me. I just don't get it. Just exactly WHAT are we accomplishing when we take these things???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-18813788045257428652010-04-12T15:15:30.645-04:002010-04-12T15:15:30.645-04:00Thanks so much for the nice blog, especially the s...Thanks so much for the nice blog, especially the shout-out about Ranger Rick. We appreciate it!<br /><br />It sounds as though you're a great teacher and great Mom!<br /><br />With warmest wishes,<br />Libby Schleichert, Sr. Editor<br />Ranger Rick Magazine<br />National Wildlife Federation<br />Reston, VirginiaLibbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13659100781548641673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-30107990574123506662010-04-09T21:16:06.691-04:002010-04-09T21:16:06.691-04:00Thanks very much! It is a real adventure to watch ...Thanks very much! It is a real adventure to watch the kids discover their own paths. Your kids will do very well, since they obviously know how to learn!<br /><br />I just started exploring your blog, but I love it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02112089539976490759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-41079957438030020632010-04-09T21:02:34.502-04:002010-04-09T21:02:34.502-04:00Thanks for the confessions! I found your post quit...Thanks for the confessions! I found your post quite reassuring as my older creeps closer to official high school age. I watch him learn best when doing somewhat scary science experiments with friends, looking for information about chemisty/meteorology/geography/whatever that HE wants to know, and just dinking around on his own. My younger lives to re-enact events in history, build from sculpy all the ships and planes from Pearl Harbor, and perfect scrambled eggs. I haven't added bathroom cleaning, but that's certainly a more worthy pursuit than spelling lessons (at least in the age of word processing). <br /><br />They may make it to college yet. Great job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-52866206675140451112010-03-26T04:26:02.027-04:002010-03-26T04:26:02.027-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.8787https://www.blogger.com/profile/00697592932656549705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-86909452139477341622010-03-11T06:02:07.963-05:002010-03-11T06:02:07.963-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-52012165196577335742010-02-18T07:06:06.887-05:002010-02-18T07:06:06.887-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-48277200520456883282010-02-13T10:58:07.929-05:002010-02-13T10:58:07.929-05:00This one was totally new to me, and that's say...This one was totally new to me, and that's saying a lot! ;) Thanks for sharing. I'll be looking into this much more closely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-43908835589110388512010-02-01T11:36:38.299-05:002010-02-01T11:36:38.299-05:00The Future is Open Source: Linux and Homeschooling...<i>The Future is Open Source: Linux and Homeschooling</i><br /><br />I fully agree, for reasons that will be clear in a moment. What puzzles me is simply that I did NOT find this post dated 2008 a few months ago, when I was actively searching for homeschoolers using Linux to interview. I don't understand why I missed it. Anyway, eventually I did the interview all the same, here it is:<br /><br />http://stop.zona-m.net/node/68<br /><br />Hope it gives you and your readers even more ideas and motivation than you already have.<br /><br />MarcoMarco F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11241356222917560812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-66334257955515991232009-09-30T15:15:58.374-04:002009-09-30T15:15:58.374-04:00Quite true...but the sentiment is the same for bot...Quite true...but the sentiment is the same for both the Fourteenth and the sixteenth...except that the Sixteenth did actually try to improve things. He was just too late. His ancestors had looted the country pretty thoroughly. He gets a bit of a bad rap, I think.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02112089539976490759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-82518919962546074712009-09-30T15:02:14.136-04:002009-09-30T15:02:14.136-04:00Sun King = Louis XIV
Pink satin pants wearer in th...Sun King = Louis XIV<br />Pink satin pants wearer in the song = Louis XVI<br />Louis XIV (Sun King) reigned longer than any other European monarch. Louis XVI had his reign cut off along with his head.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14875436561221210706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-33962801997105937312009-03-16T12:47:00.000-04:002009-03-16T12:47:00.000-04:00I was happy to discover your Indie Education blog ...I was happy to discover your Indie Education blog today. I was unable to find an email link or profile profile. I hope it's OK that I'm contacting you through a public comment. I've developed an educational program for Windows called SpellQuizzer that helps children learn their spelling words without the battle that parents often have getting them to sit down and write them out while the parents dictate to them. The parent enters the child's spelling words into the software making a sound recording of each word. Then the software helps the child practice his or her words. It really helped my children with their weekly spelling lists. <BR/><BR/>I would appreciate your reviewing SpellQuizzer in Indie Education. You can learn more about the program at http://www.SpellQuizzer.com. There's a video demo you can watch at http://www.spellquizzer.com/SpellQuizzer-Demo.htm. I'd be happy to send you a complimentary license for the software. Please let me know if you are interested.<BR/><BR/>Thank you very much!<BR/><BR/>Dan Hite<BR/>TedCo Software<BR/>Dan@SpellQuizzer.comDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218586712316050849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-30274384193642507282008-06-17T20:25:00.000-04:002008-06-17T20:25:00.000-04:00Thanks for the info!Thanks for the info!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02112089539976490759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510413018535300978.post-40386153208263361652008-06-17T16:30:00.000-04:002008-06-17T16:30:00.000-04:00Homeschooled students are also eligible for financ...Homeschooled students are also eligible for financial aid at <B>Charter Oak State College</B> if they have completed a state-approved homeschooling program.<BR/><BR/>You can see more details here:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.charteroak.edu/Current/sfa/apply.cfm" REL="nofollow">Homeschool Financial Aid</A>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362191564363045554noreply@blogger.com