It's so much fun, it can't
be legal
AN A to Z ARTICLE
But homeschooling is legal and fun for the whole family.
My
Kids Won't Let Me Teach
By Ann Leadbetter, HEM. Your kids won't go along and let you
"play teacher." What do you do?
Unschooling
- Triviality: Textbooks For Unschoolers
By Sandra Dodd, HEM. "So you don't use books?" Like
fingernails on a chalkboard that question breaks into a calm
day from time to time.
What Camp Are You In?
I still feel twinges of panic at the thought of upcoming state-required testing, evaluations, and portfolios, but deep inside, I trust that natural, relaxed homeschooling works, and therefore the state requirements are more of a nuisance than a threat. By Agnes Penny, HEM J/F 2010.
ACME Academy Course
of Study - Elementary Students
This is a plan for elementary that took Carol's unschooling curriculum
and expanded it using the California state educational standards'
language. It could be customized by someone needing to submit
something to a school official. It would also be useful as a
"suggestion list" for putting different activities
under educationese-sounding headings, if you have to turn something
in like a report or portfolio.
ACME Academy Course
of Study - Secondary Students
This is a secondary education plan that took Carol Narigon's
unschooling curriculum and expanded it using the California state
educational standards' language.