by Laurie Bluedorn | Mar 20, 2006 | Homeschooling
We have been homeschooling our three children (ages 7, 9, and 11) since our oldest was 5 years old. My wife has been near-burnout for some time now, and we have several homeschool friends who are in similar situations. As the “breadwinner” I have a full...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Mar 16, 2006 | Homeschooling
We are just beginning homeschooling. I downloaded your article on What to Do With Children Under 10 Years. I have read some of it with my husband and we have discussed it as well. He sees the hurdle in front of us as — ourselves. Neither one of us has been...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Mar 15, 2006 | Homeschooling
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by Laurie Bluedorn | Feb 15, 2006 | Homeschooling
Dear Laurie, Is it necessary for my child to do all his schoolwork on his own? I sit on the couch with my 10-year-old son and help him with the introduction to his assignments. For example, with his math lessons, I go through the lesson with him (takes us five...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Feb 11, 2006 | Homeschooling
Dear Harvey and Laurie, I have a boy who manifests the following behavior: 1) Hates to hold a pencil and has terrible handwriting. 2) Isn’t motivated. 3) Does the minimum required — seems lazy. 4) Wanders around with seemingly nothing to do. 5) Has to be...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Feb 7, 2006 | Homeschooling
Question from one of our readers Our oldest son (in fifth grade) has been anxious about public school from the time he started kindergarten, so now we are thinking about homeschooling him. Our youngest son (in third grade) loves school and is at the top of his class,...
