Homeschool View - June 2009

When it comes to homeschooling, do you ever wonder what a father's role is supposed to be? As a homeschooling father, my initial response toward the responsibility of my children's education was simply to work hard at my job and be a good provider. However, as the years went by and our family developed a routine, I began to contribute more to each day's activities at home. Although I made plenty of mistakes along the way, I learned the tremendous importance of my active involvement as a homeschool dad. Here are seven wonderful ways fathers can affect their children's educational success:...

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Have you ever felt unappreciated as a homeschool parent? Do you know of other hard-working homeschooling friends who've felt the same way? If so, now is your opportunity to make a difference by nominating fellow homeschoolers for AOP's Homeschool Parent of the Month....

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Ask seasoned homeschool parents everywhere, and they'll all tell you the same thing. What sells a recipe to kids best is serving it with the right presentation and calling it by the right name. The same holds true for summer snacks. With access to fresh summer produce, now is a great time to sell healthy fruits and vegetables to your children with cleverly crafted, name-appealing snacks....

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Taking a break from homeschooling this summer doesn't mean the learning needs to stop. Summer is a great time to reinforce grammar and writing skills by journaling with your Switched-On Schoolhouse® (SOS) curriculum from Alpha Omega Publications®. Located on the new, customizable 2009 MiSOS homepage, your child's SOS journal is easily accessed and can be used to record daily observations, store favorite jokes and poems, remember family vacations, and keep those hard-learned English rules razor sharp through creative writing activities....

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National Standards
Are national standards the next homeschool battleground? Due to high school dropout rates and America's poor K-12 academic rankings, Congress is considering a multitude of school reform options. One option Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, has championed is to reduce dropout rates by establishing national education standards:...

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