The reviews below are based on my experience using the materials with my children. They are curricula that I decided to use after extensive research and paid for myself. I did not receive any compensation from the publishers or authors. …
Author: Secular Home Education
Review of Torchlight level K
I used Torchlight level K with my daughter this year for her kindergarten curriculum. We started in about October, because we finished the Pre-K level first, when she was about 5.5 years old. We used Logic of English for a …
Op-Eds
While all of the articles on this page reflect my opinion, the articles linked below are specific responses to homeschooling issues raised in the media. COVID-schooling is not Homeschooling Response to “The Risks of Homeschooling” Response to NPR 1A-How should we …
Review of Singapore Primary Math Standards Edition
I used Singapore Primary Math Standards Edition 1 with my daughter during her kindergarten year.
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Maryland Homeschooling Contact Information
The following chart has links (current as of May 2020) to the website in each Maryland county where information about homeschooling can be found. The available information varies greatly from county to county. Some merely mention that a particular office …
Homeschooling FAQs
There are particular questions that come up time and again in my local homeschooling Facebook group. So, I have compiled my answers to those questions here. I will add more from time to time How do I start homeschooling in Maryland? …
Electronic Portfolios
The way I have presented my kids’ portfolios has changed a little over the years. I began with a binder, but moved to PowerPoints in the last couple of years. I noticed that the reviewers just copied down exactly what …
COVID-schooling is not Homeschooling
Everyone from my high school classmates to celebrities is complaining about being sudden homeschoolers during the pandemic. While, yes, their children are doing all of their school work at home, that does not make them homeschoolers. The physical location of …
Response to “The Risks of Homeschooling”
In the May/June 2020 issue of Harvard Magazine, the article “The Risks of Homeschooling” appeared. While the article makes many of the trite stereotypical assertions that homeschoolers have long dealt with, a larger concern is that Harvard has scheduled an …
What about socialization?
My neighbor once asked me about the stereotypical “s” word. My older son had already been homeschooling for a couple of years and both of my kids were playing with the neighbor’s girls, as they do all the time. The …
