Sunday, September 03, 2006

Tagged and Answering a Few Homeschool Questions

1) ONE HOMESCHOOLING BOOK YOU HAVE ENJOYED
Homeschoolers' Success Stories : 15 Adults and 12 Young People Share the Impact That Homeschooling Has Made on Their Lives, by Linda Dobson, because it offers an exciting and encouraging picture of the possibile paths and futures of today's homeschoolers. These young people have created hand-made lives; they are carving their own niches in the world. Reading their stories reinforces the hope that homeschooling my children will feed their uniqueness and enable them to make their own, custom, satisfying paths in life.

2) ONE RESOURCE YOU WOULDN’T BE WITHOUT
The Internet. It is a dictionary, library, encyclopedia, foreign language course, history resource, bookstore, music store, community portal and grassroots organizing tool all rolled into one.

3) ONE RESOURCE YOU WISH YOU HAD NEVER BOUGHT
Books and curricular materials for which my children had not expressed prior interest, as most of them were shunted.

4) ONE RESOURCE YOU ENJOYED LAST YEAR.
Tickets to "Le Nozze di Figaro" at George Mason University.

5) ONE RESOURCE YOU WILL BE USING NEXT YEAR
Tickets to "Carmen" at George Mason University.

6) ONE RESOURCE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUY
Season tickets for theatre, opera, or symphony.

7) ONE RESOURCE YOU WISH EXISTED
History- or theatre based mathematics, to make it more interesting for my children.

8) ONE HOMESCHOOLING CATALOGUE YOU ENJOY READING
FUN Books, of course!

9) ONE HOMESCHOOLING WEBSITE YOU USE REGULARLY
VaHomeschoolers.org

10) TAG 5 PEOPLE
Marjorie, Robin, Stephanie, Missy, Susan

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