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Homeschool Field Trips

Who says homeschooling has to happen at home? Most homeschoolers will tell you that they spend almost as much time out of the house as in it. Field trips are learning opportunties that offer fun ways to make every life experience a learning experience. You’ll also find tips and strategies for planning, managing, and attending field trips with your homeschool support group.

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Homeschoolers Must Respond to Big Media's 'Guilt-by-Association' Tactics
The "guilt-by-association" smear tactic is the easiest and most common method used by opposing political campaigns to damage the public's perception of a candidate. Even raising the question of an unsavory association, whether real or perceived, can be devastating, and the candidate often never fully recovers. This "guilt-by-association" smear strategy is now being used on home schooling families.
Curriculum Express
Offering discounted home school curriculum, materials, and homeschooling supplies.
How Do I Keep Organized?
Tips for using calendars, binders, notebooks, and a weekly assignment record to organize your homeschool. Although this article is specific to one curriculum, there are some useful general tips.
Math With Legos: Preschool Roll and Count
Use 1 x 1 Lego bricks and a 12-sided math die to encourage counting and learning.
Colleges that Admit Homeschoolers FAQ
Wondering which colleges admit homeschoolers? The list is growing every day. This compilation by Learn in Freedom lists more than 1,000 schools of higher education with links to over 980 college Web sites.
How Can I Homeschool If I Can't Even Keep My House Clean?
Susan Franklin reveals some basic concepts that empowered her to create an organized home and homeschool. She talks about how doing housework first thing in the morning, paying attention to small details, scheduling, and regular habits help create order and cleanliness. Includes her top ten tips for others with messy tendencies.
Starting Charlotte Mason from Scratch

Looking for ways to implement the methods of Charlotte Mason into your home education? Wondering how to make it all work? This video features Sonya Shafer discussing the best approaches to implementing Mason's ideas and strategies into your homeschooling. It doesn't have to be hard! This video has tips that are useful for both new homeschoolers and those who have been at it for years. 

Licensing & State Laws in Utah
Utah’s three-stage licensing process allows teens to gradually gain exposure to complex driving situations, easing them into driving over an extended period of time. The learner’s permit and intermediate stages are key steps.
What’s My Child’s Learning Preference?

Discover and unleash your child's superpower! Your observations about your child can help you understand his/her particular learning style and preferences. These really are your child's superpowers for learning. Insight into learning styles can help you choose curriculum and can guide your homeschool planning, resulting in enhanced learning, improved attitudes, and more enjoyment for you child and for you too. 

The Ultimate Guide to Field Trips for Homeschoolers
Field trips don’t have to be elaborate or cost of ton of money to be both fun and educational. Some of the best “field trips” are a nature walk and park lunch with friends. Especially when your children are young, keep them simple. Nature walks, zoos, and local places like the bakery, pizzeria, greenhouse, post office, police station, fire station, coffee shop, you name it you can tour it!

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