Tuesday, June 9, 2009

"The investments we make today will pay great dividends tomorrow."

CONGRATULATIONS Homeschool Graduates of 2009!


Who do your want influencing your children?


When your children are in public school all day you don’t have the opportunity to decide the people who influence their lives, but when your child attends home school you have the entire say in the later. Find out what one mother has to say on the topic.

What Are The Homeschool Statistics?

In 2007 there were 1.5 million homeschool students in the United State. That’s about 2.9 percent of children ages 5 to 17 nationwide.

This Issue Brief provides estimates of the number and percentage of home schooled students in the United States in 2007 and compares these estimates to those from 1999 and 2003. Estimates of homeschooling in 2007 are based on data from the Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey (PFI) of the 2007 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES).

To read the complete home school report
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I Will Survive

I'm still a newbie home school parent. "When do you become a veteran?" My son and I have just SURVIVED second grade and ouur first year of homeschool. Yes, I do mean "survived". Most days were a battle, but was the home school experience worth it? "You bet it was and I'm going to do it again next year and....




I'm sure that most of you have seen this, but it is soooo motivational on our home school bad days!