Welcome to the 81st Carnival of Homeschooling, where we are taking some time off teaching for some professional development. Teacher in-service days mean no school, so help your young scholars find something to do while you peruse the offerings. Whether a quick tip or research into how children learn, each presentation is designed to help you become a little better teacher and parent, with just a touch of controversy to keep it interesting.
All good meetings begin with a humorous anecdote. This one is brought to you by Dewey’s Treehouse. Enjoy your in-service!
If you don’t know what you are doing, you will never get it done. Write a simple vision statement! Presented by Trinity Prep School
The Wood Between the Worlds: what does home mean to you? Presented by The Little Homeschool on the Prairie
Why are you homeschooling? So you can keep up with the curriculum or so that you can teach your child? Presented by: Seeking Rest in the Ancient Paths
I am the bionic woman. Find out where your bionics come from. Presented by Mother-Lode
Why won’t your son be going to kindergarten? A former public school teacher answers. Presented by boys + academy
Why is homeschooling so successful? The not-so-secret secret of educational success. Presented by Alasandra
Ten Little Commandments for the Home School. Presented by My Domestic Church
Working Memory Training Presented by Sharp Brains
Testing and teacher competence. How do you measure up? Presented by Barbara Frank
Discover your learning style. Presented by The Online Education Database
Should everyone homeschool? Should you be homeschooling? Presented by Homeschooling Journey
Testing, No Child Left Behind and what you probably already do. Presented by Homeschool 2.0
Diagnosis: Pervasive Development Disorder. Presented by Homeschool Daze Blog
The number one rule of parenting. Presented by Just Enjoy the Journey
The Half-Life of Knowledge, teaching and learning in the 21st century. Presented by Principled Discovery
Setting short and long term goals. Presented by Lothlorien
Literature from Egypt. Presented by Trivium Pursuit
The Kingdom Series by Chuck Black. Warning: Spoilers! Presented by The Milk and Honey Tea House
“What’s Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew?” Presented by The Thomas Institute
English Translations of the Classics. Presented by Redbud’s Lane
Create your own family newsletter. Presented by Beverly Hernandez
Give your kids a sport they can love. Presented by The Eclectic Telegragh
Incorporating the President’s Challenge into your homeschool. Presented by Stepping Heavenward
Give your kids a break! Appreciate the downtime. Presented by Life Without School.
Idyllic evenings, a perfect example of downtime. Presented by salterblog.com
Education can be practical and delicious! Berry Picking 101, presented by Stop the Ride
Sew a simple puppet stage. Presented by HowToMe
Make learning delicious with this lollipop unit study. Speaker: broken homeschool
The principles of art appreciation. Presented by The Common Room
The artwork of summer. Presented by Heart of Harmony
Sharing artwork. Presented by SuperAngel
Explore nature with the nature study. Presented by Eclectic Homeschool
Make the science/literature connection with environmentally friendly books. Presented by Mommy Babble
Welcome to the electronics learning lab! Presented by Po Moyemu–In My Opinion
Learning tens is child’s play! Presented by Let’s Play Math
When should you start teaching your children about money? Presented by HomeschoolCPA
How do children understand math? Insights into the mind of a child. Presented by The Not Quite Crunchy Parent
Promoting moral development. Presented by Why Homeschool
TV is bad. Children’s television is worse. Presented by Life on the Road (I debated whether to say anything at all, but since it has been such a big deal in the past, yes, she sent him to bed without supper and quoted Michael Pearl. For some that will be offensive. For others I’m sure it will be welcome. And most of the world I think wouldn’t understand why I’m even explaining this.)
Law
Why should you do legal research? Presented by APMFormulators
Virginia School Division Policy Manuals and Central Virginia Government School Websites Presented by Po Moyemu-In My Opinion
Opinions for all: HSLDA and its multi-issue stance as a single-issue organization. Presented by Question the Culture
New Answer to an old question: is homeschooling legal? Presented by All Info About Homeschooling
A Notice to the Connecticut Department of Education. Presented by Consent of the Governed
The NEA’s stance on abortion. Presented by No Fighting, No Biting
Why homeschool independently? Presented by Independent Homeschooling
Planning a trip to the museum? How about a free pass? Presented by Bending the Twigs
Enjoy some relaxed summer learning, where the lessons go well beneath the surface. Presented by Diary of 1
Planning for college. Presented by Campus Grotto
Feminist homeschooling concerns. Presented by Just enough and Nothing More
Thank you for attending this in-service training. The Carnival of Homeschooling is maintained by Why Homeschool and submission guidelines may be found here. The next edition will be hosted at Tami’s Blog.
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wow looks like lots o great reading. Thanks for the wonderful hosting job!
Wow! It looks great! I can’t wait to go back and read through some of those posts!
~Heather
Dana, it looks great. I can’t wait to get a chance to read it!
Thank you for putting this together. I’m looking forward to doing some reading
Trackback to the carnival http://apmformulators.com/?p=903
Thanks Dana for squeezing me in! This looks great day; I need an in-service day.
Thank you for visiting and taking the time to comment! Let me know if you find anything strange. It got kind of late, and I think everything is linkded correctly.
But I’m also not positive I would have noticed when I checked.
Thank you for sponsoring the In-service!
Christie
What a great idea for a theme! I am going to enjoy surfing these…thanks!
You did a great job on the carnival.
Thanks for publishing the Carnival. It is huge, wow what a lot of work. I just linked to it. Have a great night!
Thank you everyone! And Christine, it took me completely by surprise. I’m not sure where everyone came from, but I enjoyed it. Or will have when I catch up on sleep!
Does that make any sense? I’m just thankful I seem to have gotten away with only one mistake which the blog owner caught for me pretty early before too many people had come through.
Thanks for hosting. You picked a clever theme.
Great CoH. I just now had a chance to sit down and read it.
Fabulous - how on earth do you have time for all that you do?? You amaze me and my seemingly lazy self, LOL!
Thanks for all the work, Dana! I’ve linked to your post on my blog:
http://marcys-musings.blogspot.com/2007/07/carnival-of-homeschooling-teacher-in.html
Melissa, “lazy” is hardly the word I’d use to describe you, but thank you.
Thank you for the comments and links!
Dana,
Thanks for hosting this. It is fabulous, especially for new homeshoolers who are reading a wide variety on the subject.
I am linking to it on my blog http://homeschooldiva.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/blog-stickyness/
Keep me posted on the next one!
Amber