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Missouri Homeschool Daily Log

• Interview: What would I tell a Mom who feels inadequate to homeschool?

  2010 Feb 02

  One of the first things many mothers express to me when they find out that I homeschool our children is that they simply do not have the patience to teach their children. This causes me to chuckle for two reasons. The first is that they think I have a special dispensation of grace that enables [...]

• Another Homeschool Victory

  2010 Jan 27

  For those of us following the political asylum case of the homeschooling family from Germany… The Judge has granted them asylum! (click the link for the article by HSLDA)

• Don’t Call it a “Book Report”

  2010 Jan 19

  Nothing can shut down the joy of reading faster than telling a student that you expect a book report to be completed after the book has been read. So, don’t call it a book report but a book review and promise to post it somewhere on the web such as Amazon, on a blog, or [...]

• Ground Hog Day

  2010 Jan 12

  If you’ve ever seen the movie Ground Hog Day with Bill Murray you might identify with it if you are a teacher of a child who struggles in school. Every morning is a brand new day and everything you did the day before wasn’t “right” and now you have to start all over again. But [...]

• Missouri Compulsory Attendance Law

  2010 Jan 08

  For those of us that are five to six steps behind (like me) it is helpful information to be made aware of Missouri’s new compulsory attendance law passed on August 28, 2009. Nothing to panic about, just a little hoop to jump through. Missouri Revised Statues here. HSLDA analysis of the law here. [...]