reader questions

This is one of those issues that worries many homeschoolers who have young children.  I know that your answers will help many readers!  Our question from a reader this week: I would like to learn about teaching kids to read.  Did you use any special books, methods, or materials?

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I have seen this question come up many times before, but I can’t recall a time that we ever talked about it here on The Homeschool Classroom.  The question comes from Cat from [A]Typical Family: My husband and I are prayerfully considering homeschooling our older two daughters (4th and 7th grade, one ESL/ELL).  My question [...]

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This week’s question comes from Angie at Many Little Blessings (hey wait — that girl sounds familiar).  Oh, okay, yeah, I have my very own question this week, and I can’t wait to hear what everyone has to say. Do you limit the amount of time that your children can use the computer and/or video [...]

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This week’s question comes from Kelly on our Facebook page: What do you school on furniture wise? Individual desks or one large table? Something else? I am buying new classroom furniture and would love to hear what has worked for people. I suspect we’ll have all kinds of different types of answers on this one, [...]

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This one is a tough question (or set of questions), but I thought it would be an interesting one for some of you to try to tackle.  I hope that this will be especially helpful for some of our readers that are just newly getting ready to start their homeschooling journey. Brandi asked on Facebook [...]

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Stephanie, who is currently discerning whether to homeschool, recently left the following comment: I do have a question–is there anything that you regret about homeschooling your kids?  My husband and I go back and forth about whether or not to homeschool, and it would be helpful if I knew about some tangible challenges we would [...]

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