Homeschool Wisdom

Welcome to RMEC’s Articles page! This is a wide-ranging collection of my favorite thought-provoking essays, musings, inspirations and plain old tried-and-true advice from homeschool parents and other home education advocates the world over. Grab something to drink, kick off your shoes and stay awhile. You have hours of good reading ahead …

A Carrot-Free Homeschool
But I Wanna Go To School!
Current Threats To Homeschool Freedoms

Deschooling
How To Answer The Socialization Question Once and For All
Milestones

The First Year of Homeschooling: It’s All Greek To Me!
The Magic Is In The Child

A Carrot-Free Homeschool — NEW
Vouchers or tax credits for homeschoolers? Sure, they sound great, but you’d have to give up your freedom to get them. Are you willing to do that?
By Cindy Englan Wentz.

But I Wanna Go To School!
You’re rarin’ to go … but the kids aren’t. Now what?
By Alison Moore Smith.

Current Threats To Homeschool Freedoms
Are you giving up your rights to homeschool? Many of you are … without even realizing it.
By Treon Goossen.

Deschooling for Parents
Take a breath and picture your favorite, clearest school year. Is it vivid?
By Sandra Dodd, unschooling mom and author of Moving A Puddle.

DE-Schooling
I asked Christopher one night, “What have you learned today?” Then I stopped to wonder: why did I need proof?
By Pattie Donahue-Krueger.

How To Answer The Socialization Question Once and For All
Please stop telling others about all the opportunities your kids have for “socialization” and start gently exposing them to the real issue here.
By Marsha Ransom.

Milestones
He’ll be turning 21 in a few days. Twenty one. My baby. A legal adult. I can hardly believe it. Where did all those years go?
By Cindy Englan Wentz.
 
 

“I want to make it clear that I don’t see homeschooling as some kind of answer to the badness of schools. I think that the home is the proper base for the exploration of the world which we call learning or education. Home would be the best base no matter how good the schools were.”  - John Holt

The First Year of Homeschooling: It’s All Greek To Me!
When I started homeschooling, I was nervous. I wanted instructions, a turn-by-turn Google Map, an exact how-to guide. There were literally thousands. And I couldn’t read a one of ‘em.
By Cindy Englan Wentz.

The Magic Is In The Child
We are all so much a product of our own schooling that in teaching our children we sometimes unwittingly make the same mistakes schools make.
By Diane Flynn-Keith.

More articles to come ….