Monday, February 1, 2010

Free Online Constitution Town Hall Meeting

Hillsdale College is offering a FREE Online Constitution Town Hall Meeting at their website. This is a wonderful opportunity for your homeschooler to learn about the U.S. Constitution. Parents, too, can learn from this free online experience. The online seminar is titled: "Reviving the Constitution" from the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship.

The art of outdoor play

This article 'Ancient Skills Inspire Kids To Get Outdoors' is an interesting look at the vanishing art of outdoor play. The Children of the Earth Foundation sponsors programs for homeschoolers and other groups to teach children outdoor survival skills.

"Decreasing natural areas and increasing dangers encouraged indoor play and the eruption of electronic entertainment has left children without the sense of freedom and creativity that play in nature brings."

As a child my siblings and I roamed the mountain top where we lived and it was nothing for us to hike, fish and build forts all day long. Mom would send us out the door in the morning and tell us not to come back until supper time. She told us, "if you get hungry, go to the garden. If you get dirty, go to the brook to wash." If we got tired we took a nap in the haystack. The older children watched over the younger children (although we were close in ages). I can remember hardly ever wearing shoes for an entire summer. I made sure my two homeschooled children had many of the same experiences I had by moving to the country and allowing them to learn from nature.

Another homeschool family that thinks outside the box

This is a wonderful story about a homeschooling family that used imagination and creativity to design and build their dream house. Conventional contractors, ones used to cookie cutter projects, said it couldn't be done but the Suttons proved them wrong.

Homeschooling just keeps getting easier and easier

What can the newfangled iPad do for homeschoolers? Read this article to learn how yet another technological advance benefits homeschoolers and learning on the go.

Friday, January 29, 2010

We have a new look!

Guerrilla Homeschooling has a new look. I decided it was time for an update with a few color changes and a new format. Tell me what you think.


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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Teaching financial literacy to your child

The best way to teach financial literacy to your homeschooled child can be summed up in four words:

Rich Dad Poor Dad!

We used Robert Kiyosaki's books and games to help teach financial literacy to our children. We are still using his books and learning everyday how important this subject is to our very survival, now and in the future. Kiyosaki turns everything you ever learned about money on its head.

Grown Without Schooling video

It's been brought to my attention there is a video titled Grown Without Schooling available that documents the lives of ten grown homeschoolers from ages 19 to 31. This documentary is the brain child of Peter Kowalke. I haven't viewed this 107 minute film but if someone would like to send me a copy I'd be happy to review it for my readers. You can learn more at http://grownwithoutschooling.com/index.php.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Mother Arrested For Cursing At Principal

Mother Arrested For Cursing At Principal

...and the Dork Award goes to Superintendent Joseph Luongo for asking whether or not the 13 year old daughter was wearing a thong and to school board member Joseph Rinke for flexing his testicles and trying to blame the mom for this fiasco!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Einstein quote...

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Recently I responded to a survey...

The question was asked: Should Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid step down for his racially insensitive remarks? I voted 'NO' and voiced my disgust with them all down there in DC...

"Democrats and Republicans all need to grow up and stop acting like playground bullies and wusses. Are they really that thin skinned? We cannot read Reid's mind so how would anyone on this planet, besides Harry Reid, know whether his remarks were meant to be 'insensitive' or not? The same goes for Trent Lott who was run out of town for speaking his mind. I can think of better ways to describe Obama...how about traitor, derelict and incompetent, and yes, I think his skin color is a factor because he's a racist as well. He likes stickin' it to the establishment and we all know who he thinks represents the establishment...white corporate America. Talk about a proverbial chip on the shoulder. Geeeeesh!"

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Harms of Homeschooling debunked...AGAIN!

Read HSLDA's response to Robin L. West's whine fest about homeschooling. Sounds to me Ms. West has an axe to grind. West gets our Dork Award!

Johnathan Goodwin...7th grade drop-out

John Taylor Gatto talks about Jonathan Goodwin in his lecture on C-span 2 Book TV about his new book Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling. Yet another inspirational story about someone who instinctively knew public schooling was not the way to an education and success.

Weapons of Mass Instruction--John Taylor Gatto

Extraordinary video speech by John Taylor Gatto on his new book Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling. This appeared on C-Span2 Book TV and is free for the watching on the internet. Incredible insight and research once again by John Taylor (yes, I'm on a first name basis with him) whom I adore and admire greatly. Listen to his speeches and read his books to know what is destroying the very fabric of this once great country.