By Shannon on Sunday, February 12, 2006Filed Under: My Son, Parenting
What a difference a year makes.
A year ago, my son would not even consider participating in a class without me by his side. Joining a sports team seemed like an impossible dream. He still wanted me to help him bathe and get dressed. He didn’t care how his hair was styled. He was happy watching [...]
By Shannon on Sunday, February 12, 2006Filed Under: Homeschooling, Link Love
The Carnival of Homeschooling is an excellent way to read what homeschooling bloggers are saying all around the blogosphere.
The archive of Homeschooling Carnivals can be found here at Why Homeschool.
By Shannon on Saturday, February 11, 2006Filed Under: Thriving
Did ya miss me? It’s been stimulating, and frustrating at times, to make the switch from Blogger to WordPress, but now I’ve got this snazzy new blog with some cool bells and whistles. Here’s what’s new:
You can now subscribe to a comments feed. If you read this blog in a feed-reading program, you’ll be [...]
By Shannon on Friday, February 3, 2006Filed Under: Homeschooling
Just a quick update for those who thought Oprah’s exclusion of homeschoolers was an oversight:
“We asked whether or not they could make an amendment to the rules to allow homeschoolers to participate, and they were not willing to do that,” [said Ian Slatter, a spokesman for HSLDA].
According to Slatter, the Oprah organization would not commit [...]