Travel The World With Your Children - In Your Living Room
March 18, 2009 by Alexis · Leave a Comment
I have always found traveling to be both a fun and educational experience for me and my children. Sure, you get to see fascinating places, taste exotic food, and stay in cushy hotels (sometimes). But more than that, traveling brings history and geography to life. Standing on the very ground where an important battle took place and changed the fate of an entire country… seeing clay jars made by people who lived thousands of years ahead of us… those lessons are seared into our memories much more effectively than the often lifeless words in a textbook.
Most of all, traveling teaches us that we are all citizens of one world, no matter what our color, language or creed. Traveling breaks cultural stereotypes. There’s something about meeting and interacting with people whose lives are very different from ours that enables us to genuinely accept each other and have compassion for our fellow human beings. Traveling shows how we are different from each other, but also how much we are all the same: craving love, acceptance, peace and happiness.
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Finding Social Groups for Your Homeschooled Child
January 23, 2009 by Tricia · Leave a Comment
Parents who have made the decision to homeschool their children oftentimes find themselves defending this choice. Unfortunately, some misinformed individuals feel that children who are homeschooled won’t have enough social interaction with their peers.
This is not the case. Homeschooled children have many opportunities for socialization. These planned events are more likely to be positive group encounters, as opposed to much of the negative social interaction that occurs in the school setting on a daily basis.
Homeschooling Programs for Toddlers
September 26, 2008 by Alexis · 2 Comments
Last week, I was looking for homeschooling programs for toddlers. You see, I’ve decided to homeschool my toddler. I’m not really a homeschooling Mom. My two older children attend regular school. I do consider myself a “blended schooling” Mom: I recognize my role as my children’s first teacher and teach them whatever I feel their schools cannot or do not teach. I’ve taught my two oldest children to read and, when they were still in secular schools, we had Catholic catechism at home. I also augmented my first daughter’s preparation for Holy Communion with special “classes” at home.
Well, now that I’m a stay and work at home Mom, I thought it would be great to homeschool the little one before he reaches school age. I spent a couple of hours online looking for homeschooling programs for toddlers. I was disappointed. The few that I found were paper-and-pencil activities, which in my opinion are not appropriate for two-year-olds.
