Utah Homeschool - Wasatch Home Educators Network

EACH CONTRIBUTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL - Holly Robbins

2004-01-22T23:42:49-05:00

ALL CONTRIBUTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF EACH

When I think of the pioneers of the homeschooling movement, I am dazed at the thought of how lonely it must have been for most of them and the work involved in creating a well-rounded situation for one's own family; no science fairs, no spelling bees, no co-ops, no combined field trips etc.

HOMESCHOOLERS AND DCFS - Tammy Hinckley

2003-08-29T11:53:41-05:00

The Utah Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) is the government entity that investigates reports of child neglect and abuse. Usually caseworkers call on homes that have been reported by angry family members or frustrated neighbors, and most often (at least among homeschoolers) these charges are unfounded.

REJUVENATION AND REMEMBRANCE- Marjorie Meyer

2003-08-29T11:48:28-05:00

Ah, fall is in the air. The gentle rustle of leaves, the brisk morning freshness, the frosty remnants of the cool night air, the shorter daylight hours. Colors in the landscape turn from living green to vibrant red, yellow, and orange. Change is everywhere. Our hearts and our minds return to the fall rituals so familiar to our childhood-- squeaky new shoes, new sharpened pencils, notebooks, and a ride on the big yellow school bus into the unknown but alluring experiences of a new school year.

THE CALM MOM AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM - Holly Robbins

2003-08-29T11:36:03-05:00

As we gear up for the changes that occur when the neighborhood children go back to school, we sense how it effects the structure of our homeschools. It's a time of change for our families as well as for those who go "back to school."

HOW DO YOU HOMESCHOOL? - Marji Meyer

2003-05-07T21:57:13-05:00

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble
- Helen Keller

The answer to the question �How do you homeschool?� varies. Perhaps the person asking this question has six children, and her son is captain of the local high school football team, and her daughter was just chosen as the new yearbook editor. What would you tell her?

A NEW APROACH - Marianna Dolan

2003-04-30T21:20:42-05:00

Most of us who home-educate have our efforts colored by our own experience in public school. We choose curriculum by finding programs that we can follow. Our day is scheduled into (possibly class-like) sessions for each subject. We gauge our progress by grade-level comparison. We have high ideals for the quality of our education, and we feel bad if we have trouble doing all this in the best of moods. But still the kids tire of worksheets, the curriculums don�t always provide the individual challenges we need, our schedule is frustrated by trying to work with multiple ages, the house still needs attention, and our struggle for perfection in everything we do easily dampens the mood until it is all very difficult to accomplish. Re-organizing the schedule doesn�t seem to help. We know there must be a way for all of us to enjoy effective home-education, but the method is illusive. Does this sound familiar? Perhaps it�s time for a new approach.

SELF-DOUBT - Karen Rowley

2003-04-30T19:59:42-05:00

Often I have felt to echo other�s opinions about the way I have chosen to educate my children: �What am I doing? Am I giving my children a good, rounded education? Am I teaching them what they need to know? Will I be able to prepare them properly for college? Should I let my pre-teen go to junior high?� Perhaps many of you have agonized over these, and other questions?

GRATITUDE - Brigitte Eastman

2003-04-28T20:49:53-05:00

One thread underlies all my homeschooling: gratitude. I am grateful to my Father in Heaven for allowing me the privilege of having children.

I am grateful to my husband for bringing up the idea of homeschooling, and continuing to bring it up for years until I finally gave in. He is also a big support to me and has helped a lot with the newsletter and website.

MISSION STATEMENTS - Holly Robbins

2003-04-28T00:00:00-05:00

The Biblical parable of the sower is very useful in how we view each of the many different ideas we have. Some of our ideas we drop squarely into rich loamy soil and eventually see them bear satisfying fruit. Other ideas sound great, but for whatever reason, we choose to drop them into stony places. We need both kinds of places available to us to plant or discard the thousands of ideas we have each day.