HEM's Online News - February 2002
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Welcome to HEM'S ONLINE NEWS, a free monthly newsletter published by
Home Education Magazine and full of the best internet resources,
homeschooling news, announcements and article excerpts. For more
information on Home Education Magazine, see the end of this
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In the February issue:
~ Homeschool Resource Center in a Public Library ~
~ Special Offer ~
~ Homeschooling Learning Differences ~
~ Gilligan's Isle ~
~ Homeschool Website of the Month ~
~ Reader Response ~
~ HEM Back Issue Sale ~
~ Winter 2002 Olympics ~
~ Best Black History Month Websites ~
~ Best Groundhog Site ~
~ Unclassified Ads ~
~ The Final Word ~
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"If you live in a material universe where acquiring things is very
important to you, then family is an absolute deterrent to maintaining
that sort of a world, because family involves values like affection,
and sympathy, and passion, and types of pleasure that lead nowhere in
a material sense." ~~John Taylor Gatto in "Alternatives in Education"
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HOMESCHOOL RESOURCE CENTER IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/HEM/191.html
Have you ever wanted your library to have a wealth of homeschooling
supplies, curriculums and resources like microscopes and telescopes?
Most of us have that fantasy, and in one small town in Illinois, it's
a dream that has come true.
For many years now I have held a vision of the library of the future.
This library would be a public learning center. It would do more than
lend out materials. It would be far more than a school. It would be
similar to the private Homeschool Resource Centers that are cropping
up in areas, but it would not require a paid membership to use. It
would be a community-based learning Mecca!
I never really expected to see even a small part of my dream become a
reality, but I knew that I wanted my small town library to be as
strong as it could be. I began to volunteer with the Friends of the
Johnsburg Public Library almost as soon as we moved into the area.
From the first, I found volunteering was a win-win situation. I could
help them raise money for programs and updated technology and
meanwhile get first pick of all the books in the used book sale for
my family. Best of all my children could volunteer along with me and
I knew that when they were bored or tired they could wander off and
find a good book for a while.
Over a few years, as I volunteered more and more, I slowly began to
share some of my ideas with the staff and the Friends group. Together
we were able to make numerous small changes, such as providing the
library with receipt printers so every patron gets a full listing of
all the items checked out (great for sticking in a file to look back
on when you worry that the kids aren't learning enough!). Library
staff was made increasingly aware that a large number of
homeschoolers lived in the area because we kept pointing ourselves
out to them whenever possible.
Staff and volunteers together have built, month-by-month, project
upon project, a strong foundation of trust. In Stephen Covey's book,
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, he discusses how people need
to build relationships (networking), they need to work within their
sphere of influence and they need to begin with the end in mind. At
my small town library we were actively doing these things in our own
ways. Slowly our small library has become technologically advanced,
well equipped and well respected.
~~ excerpt from an article by Kathy Wentz in the January/February
2002 issue of Home Education Magazine ~~
You can read the rest of this article, as well as more articles and
columns from the Jan/Feb issue at the address above, but you'll have
to get the magazine--the one you hold in your hands--to read them
all! See special subscription information below and at the end of
this newsletter or visit your local bookseller and get your copy
today!
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HOMESCHOOLING LEARNING DIFFERENCES
From Prima Publishing: In "Complete Guide to Successfully
Homeschooling the Child with Learning Differences" (Prima, ISBN
0-7615-3569-1), author Leonore Colacion Hayes shines a spotlight on
the challenges and joys of homeschooling special-needs children
(children with disorders ranging from autism or ADD to those with
other learning disabilities or who simply march to the beat of a
different drummer). Author Hayes, who has experienced and met this
challenge personally as well as worked professionally with hundreds
of homeschooling families, begins with simple starting points and
moves through issues such as how to develop strong family bonds with
a child who may not want to do this naturally and ends with extensive
lists on where to get help from both public and private sources.
Scattered throughout are experiences from homeschooling families
across the country who emphasize how they were able to successfully
homeschool their special needs children.
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UNSCHOOLING.COM
http://www.unschooling.com
"I'm glad today that Kirby is a tattler. Marty, Caiti (Rhiannon's
Caiti) and Holly were halfway up our LONG street--about five houses
away, on the other side, and still truckin'. Holly was absolutely
naked except for wet sand on her feet and up to her elbows. Marty had
on a pair of torn pants, no shirt, no shoes. At least Caiti was
clothed. No one was out there to see them except three humorless
grandparents. I walked down and said, "Whose idea was it to walk up
here?" Marty immediately pointed at Caiti with a sincere look, and
Caiti pointed at Marty with a devilish look, and Holly let me carry
her home and put clothes on her. Now they're eating popcorn, turkey
sandwiches, watching Tiny Toons, and drinking chocolate milk or juice
(some one, some chose the other).
When I used to watch Gilligan's Island in 4:00 re-runs after school
every day, I would wonder whose idea it was for the plot, how many
writers there were, how they decided who could come and visit, what
device they would use to prevent the visitor from rescuing them, how
they must plan in advance not to have too-similar plots near each
other, and the re-runs must be kept in that same order too. I
wondered about them changing the theme song--at first it had said,
"the movie star, and the rest," but in later seasons it said, "the
movie star, the professor and Mary Ann," and I wondered whether they
had resung the whole thing or just spliced in that line, because it
sounded the same as it had before. And had they done it because the
actors complained? Their agents complained? I wondered whether the
pedal-powered washing machine (or whatever it was) really worked by
the pedals, or whether it was just secretly plugged in, and if so,
where did the wires run? I wondered if much of it was on indoor sets.
How deep was that water? (As an adult, I saw what's left of the set
at Universal Studios. Cool! Outside! Actual little lake.) When I
would see a show the second time, I'd look around for things I had
missed the first time. I would re-write lines in my mind, things that
could have been funnier, or sounded more in character for that
person. I'd wonder who knew more about hammock making, the captain or
the professor? Maybe Ginger or Mary Ann knew macramé. When there was
a show which didn't have one of the actors in, I'd wonder whether he
was sick or on vacation or what? And if an actor misses the filming
of a sitcom, does he still get paid? I wondered about them having to
keep their hair the same for years, and which of them were might be
wearing wigs. Where were they supposed to be getting nail polish and
lipstick? Hair spray? I wondered if the professor was a physics
professor or engineering, or what, and whether he would lose his job
at the university. I wondered about that Mr. Magoo voice on Thurston
Howell. I wondered about Amelia Earhart. I wondered about the
soundtrack music. Did they just have little themes they pushed a
button on during final edit, or was each show done separately? I
wondered if the fruit was real or props. I wondered about
cameras--where were they? Did they have to sweep the dirt between
takes? I wondered if the guy who played the lost WWII pilot was
really Japanese. I could think more during an episode of Gilligan's
Island than most other people I knew could think in a whole week. I
didn't bother to ask my parents any of the questions. They would have
thought it was stupid to be thinking them. So to all outside
appearances (except to my cousin, Nada, who was my age) I was just
zoning out, involved in the plot of another 25 minutes of Gilligan's
Island. That wasn't true at all."
~~ Sandra Dodd, message board at unschooling.com ~~
Unschooling.com offers message boards, essays, articles, an email
list and more just for unschoolers. Check it out!
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HOMESCHOOL WEBSITE OF THE MONTH
http://borntoexplore.org/unschool
Unschoolers Unlimited is the website for an informal group of
Connecticut unschoolers. You'll find a decent list of resources and a
number of good articles. If you suffer from doubting family members,
share with them the article about site owners Luz Shosie and Ned
Vare's 21- year-old son Cassidy. Other websites sharing the same home
page give information on the myths about ADD. Lots to explore here.
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READER RESPONSE QUESTIONS
Questions for the May/June issue of Home Education Magazine's
Questions and Answers column:
"We are moving to a remote area of Alaska in the next few months. We
homeschool the two children still at home, ages 10 and 14. I don't
know how we will fill their time without libraries, museums, theaters
and other enrichments. Any suggestions?"
~~ Emma ~~
"There was a time in our home when 'Let's read!' meant I had about
two seconds before 10+ books landed on the bed in front of me. We
couldn't get enough of reading. Sometimes the only way I could stop
reading was if I fell asleep, at which time the eight year old (now
10) would pick up reading where I left off. During a very hectic year
and a half of moving three times we lost our insatiable reading times
together, and now that we are finally settled in a new town and new
home I want them back again. But, alas, those times seem to be gone
forever. Our children don't want to read anymore, nor listen to me
read. I don't and can't force them to sit and listen to me read but I
feel they are really missing out, especially the younger one, age
six. Will he love books and stories like his brother if he doesn't
get the exposure that his older brother received? How can we get back
into reading together or have I lost my read-aloud job forever?" ~~
Kandi ~~
To answer a question, or propose your own question, please write to
Laura Weldon via ReaderResponse@... or Questions &
Answers, c/o Home Education Magazine, PO Box 1083, Tonasket, WA
98855. Your responses must meet our deadline of the 1st. Please
recognize that your submission may be edited for length or clarity.
Indicate how you prefer your question or answer signed.
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HEM'S ANNUAL BACK ISSUE SALE
Home Education Magazine is again offering an opportunity to stock up
on some great homeschool reading for the winter with our popular
Annual Back Issue Sale. Our office manager has selected our most
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WINTER 2002 OLYMPICS
The Winter 2002 Olympics begin February 8 in Salt Lake City, UT. The
official Olympics website gives you information on news, travel
information, behind the scenes chitchat, bios of the participants and
much more. It should be cold enough for winter games. The morning I
wrote this, the temperature was -2 degrees in Salt Lake City. Brrrr.
http://www.saltlake2002.com
The Utah Education Network offers another good website with
information about the various nations participating in the Olympics,
background on Utah and a complete educator's guide with lots of good
ideas for digging deeper into the Winter 2002 Olympics.
http://www.uen.org/2002
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BEST BLACK HISTORY MONTH WEBSITES
There are tons of websites for Black History Month. Here are a couple
of my favorites, both loaded with further links to follow:
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
http://fe.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html
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BEST GROUNDHOG SITE
http://ourworld.cs.com/DonaldRHalley/ghdsongs.htm
Groundhog day is February 2. How about a rousing round of groundhog
songs to celebrate the day? And a one, and a two...
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With the January/February 2002 issue of Home Education Magazine, we
welcome A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling's Ann Zeise
(www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling) as one of our columnists. Ann has
given generously of her time and Internet expertise over the years,
and I know you'll enjoy her column titled "Do You Yahoo?"
The January/February issue also features articles on Grapes in the
Freezer, Chocolate chips and Blue M&Ms, Sub-VERSE-ive Poetry, an
ultimate field trip, an epiphany and more. From the columnists: the
Kaseman's review "Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the
Homeschooling Movement"; Becky Rupp solves mysteries; David Albert
speculates about Standaristas; Sandra Dodd slays the Math Monster;
and Carol Narigon (that's me) gives advice on the learning to read.
Other columnists include Barbara Theisen, Peter Kowalke, Linda
Dobson, and Laura Weldon.
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HOME EDUCATION MAGAZINE'S ONLINE NEWS
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Welcome to HEM'S ONLINE NEWS, a free monthly newsletter published by
Home Education Magazine and full of the best internet resources,
homeschooling news, announcements and article excerpts. For more
information on Home Education Magazine, see the end of this
newsletter or visit our web site at http://home-ed-magazine.com. For
subscription information for the newsletter, scroll to the end,
reading everything in between. Send your comments and questions to
editor Carol Narigon at HEM-Newsletter@....
In the February issue:
~ Homeschool Resource Center in a Public Library ~
~ Special Offer ~
~ Homeschooling Learning Differences ~
~ Gilligan's Isle ~
~ Homeschool Website of the Month ~
~ Reader Response ~
~ HEM Back Issue Sale ~
~ Winter 2002 Olympics ~
~ Best Black History Month Websites ~
~ Best Groundhog Site ~
~ Unclassified Ads ~
~ The Final Word ~
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"If you live in a material universe where acquiring things is very
important to you, then family is an absolute deterrent to maintaining
that sort of a world, because family involves values like affection,
and sympathy, and passion, and types of pleasure that lead nowhere in
a material sense." ~~John Taylor Gatto in "Alternatives in Education"
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HOMESCHOOL RESOURCE CENTER IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/HEM/191.html
Have you ever wanted your library to have a wealth of homeschooling
supplies, curriculums and resources like microscopes and telescopes?
Most of us have that fantasy, and in one small town in Illinois, it's
a dream that has come true.
For many years now I have held a vision of the library of the future.
This library would be a public learning center. It would do more than
lend out materials. It would be far more than a school. It would be
similar to the private Homeschool Resource Centers that are cropping
up in areas, but it would not require a paid membership to use. It
would be a community-based learning Mecca!
I never really expected to see even a small part of my dream become a
reality, but I knew that I wanted my small town library to be as
strong as it could be. I began to volunteer with the Friends of the
Johnsburg Public Library almost as soon as we moved into the area.
From the first, I found volunteering was a win-win situation. I could
help them raise money for programs and updated technology and
meanwhile get first pick of all the books in the used book sale for
my family. Best of all my children could volunteer along with me and
I knew that when they were bored or tired they could wander off and
find a good book for a while.
Over a few years, as I volunteered more and more, I slowly began to
share some of my ideas with the staff and the Friends group. Together
we were able to make numerous small changes, such as providing the
library with receipt printers so every patron gets a full listing of
all the items checked out (great for sticking in a file to look back
on when you worry that the kids aren't learning enough!). Library
staff was made increasingly aware that a large number of
homeschoolers lived in the area because we kept pointing ourselves
out to them whenever possible.
Staff and volunteers together have built, month-by-month, project
upon project, a strong foundation of trust. In Stephen Covey's book,
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, he discusses how people need
to build relationships (networking), they need to work within their
sphere of influence and they need to begin with the end in mind. At
my small town library we were actively doing these things in our own
ways. Slowly our small library has become technologically advanced,
well equipped and well respected.
~~ excerpt from an article by Kathy Wentz in the January/February
2002 issue of Home Education Magazine ~~
You can read the rest of this article, as well as more articles and
columns from the Jan/Feb issue at the address above, but you'll have
to get the magazine--the one you hold in your hands--to read them
all! See special subscription information below and at the end of
this newsletter or visit your local bookseller and get your copy
today!
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HEM'S ONLINE NEWS SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION OFFER
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/sale/_hemonline.html
This is the price you've been waiting for! Start your subscription
now and take a 30% discount! For a limited time we are offering
readers of HEM Online News an opportunity to subscribe for a 30%
discount. A one year, 6-issue subscription is ONLY $22.40. Use our
secure online order form at the address above.
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HOMESCHOOLING LEARNING DIFFERENCES
From Prima Publishing: In "Complete Guide to Successfully
Homeschooling the Child with Learning Differences" (Prima, ISBN
0-7615-3569-1), author Leonore Colacion Hayes shines a spotlight on
the challenges and joys of homeschooling special-needs children
(children with disorders ranging from autism or ADD to those with
other learning disabilities or who simply march to the beat of a
different drummer). Author Hayes, who has experienced and met this
challenge personally as well as worked professionally with hundreds
of homeschooling families, begins with simple starting points and
moves through issues such as how to develop strong family bonds with
a child who may not want to do this naturally and ends with extensive
lists on where to get help from both public and private sources.
Scattered throughout are experiences from homeschooling families
across the country who emphasize how they were able to successfully
homeschool their special needs children.
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UNSCHOOLING.COM
http://www.unschooling.com
"I'm glad today that Kirby is a tattler. Marty, Caiti (Rhiannon's
Caiti) and Holly were halfway up our LONG street--about five houses
away, on the other side, and still truckin'. Holly was absolutely
naked except for wet sand on her feet and up to her elbows. Marty had
on a pair of torn pants, no shirt, no shoes. At least Caiti was
clothed. No one was out there to see them except three humorless
grandparents. I walked down and said, "Whose idea was it to walk up
here?" Marty immediately pointed at Caiti with a sincere look, and
Caiti pointed at Marty with a devilish look, and Holly let me carry
her home and put clothes on her. Now they're eating popcorn, turkey
sandwiches, watching Tiny Toons, and drinking chocolate milk or juice
(some one, some chose the other).
When I used to watch Gilligan's Island in 4:00 re-runs after school
every day, I would wonder whose idea it was for the plot, how many
writers there were, how they decided who could come and visit, what
device they would use to prevent the visitor from rescuing them, how
they must plan in advance not to have too-similar plots near each
other, and the re-runs must be kept in that same order too. I
wondered about them changing the theme song--at first it had said,
"the movie star, and the rest," but in later seasons it said, "the
movie star, the professor and Mary Ann," and I wondered whether they
had resung the whole thing or just spliced in that line, because it
sounded the same as it had before. And had they done it because the
actors complained? Their agents complained? I wondered whether the
pedal-powered washing machine (or whatever it was) really worked by
the pedals, or whether it was just secretly plugged in, and if so,
where did the wires run? I wondered if much of it was on indoor sets.
How deep was that water? (As an adult, I saw what's left of the set
at Universal Studios. Cool! Outside! Actual little lake.) When I
would see a show the second time, I'd look around for things I had
missed the first time. I would re-write lines in my mind, things that
could have been funnier, or sounded more in character for that
person. I'd wonder who knew more about hammock making, the captain or
the professor? Maybe Ginger or Mary Ann knew macramé. When there was
a show which didn't have one of the actors in, I'd wonder whether he
was sick or on vacation or what? And if an actor misses the filming
of a sitcom, does he still get paid? I wondered about them having to
keep their hair the same for years, and which of them were might be
wearing wigs. Where were they supposed to be getting nail polish and
lipstick? Hair spray? I wondered if the professor was a physics
professor or engineering, or what, and whether he would lose his job
at the university. I wondered about that Mr. Magoo voice on Thurston
Howell. I wondered about Amelia Earhart. I wondered about the
soundtrack music. Did they just have little themes they pushed a
button on during final edit, or was each show done separately? I
wondered if the fruit was real or props. I wondered about
cameras--where were they? Did they have to sweep the dirt between
takes? I wondered if the guy who played the lost WWII pilot was
really Japanese. I could think more during an episode of Gilligan's
Island than most other people I knew could think in a whole week. I
didn't bother to ask my parents any of the questions. They would have
thought it was stupid to be thinking them. So to all outside
appearances (except to my cousin, Nada, who was my age) I was just
zoning out, involved in the plot of another 25 minutes of Gilligan's
Island. That wasn't true at all."
~~ Sandra Dodd, message board at unschooling.com ~~
Unschooling.com offers message boards, essays, articles, an email
list and more just for unschoolers. Check it out!
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HOMESCHOOL WEBSITE OF THE MONTH
http://borntoexplore.org/unschool
Unschoolers Unlimited is the website for an informal group of
Connecticut unschoolers. You'll find a decent list of resources and a
number of good articles. If you suffer from doubting family members,
share with them the article about site owners Luz Shosie and Ned
Vare's 21- year-old son Cassidy. Other websites sharing the same home
page give information on the myths about ADD. Lots to explore here.
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READER RESPONSE QUESTIONS
Questions for the May/June issue of Home Education Magazine's
Questions and Answers column:
"We are moving to a remote area of Alaska in the next few months. We
homeschool the two children still at home, ages 10 and 14. I don't
know how we will fill their time without libraries, museums, theaters
and other enrichments. Any suggestions?"
~~ Emma ~~
"There was a time in our home when 'Let's read!' meant I had about
two seconds before 10+ books landed on the bed in front of me. We
couldn't get enough of reading. Sometimes the only way I could stop
reading was if I fell asleep, at which time the eight year old (now
10) would pick up reading where I left off. During a very hectic year
and a half of moving three times we lost our insatiable reading times
together, and now that we are finally settled in a new town and new
home I want them back again. But, alas, those times seem to be gone
forever. Our children don't want to read anymore, nor listen to me
read. I don't and can't force them to sit and listen to me read but I
feel they are really missing out, especially the younger one, age
six. Will he love books and stories like his brother if he doesn't
get the exposure that his older brother received? How can we get back
into reading together or have I lost my read-aloud job forever?" ~~
Kandi ~~
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WINTER 2002 OLYMPICS
The Winter 2002 Olympics begin February 8 in Salt Lake City, UT. The
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http://www.saltlake2002.com
The Utah Education Network offers another good website with
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With the January/February 2002 issue of Home Education Magazine, we
welcome A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling's Ann Zeise
(www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling) as one of our columnists. Ann has
given generously of her time and Internet expertise over the years,
and I know you'll enjoy her column titled "Do You Yahoo?"
The January/February issue also features articles on Grapes in the
Freezer, Chocolate chips and Blue M&Ms, Sub-VERSE-ive Poetry, an
ultimate field trip, an epiphany and more. From the columnists: the
Kaseman's review "Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the
Homeschooling Movement"; Becky Rupp solves mysteries; David Albert
speculates about Standaristas; Sandra Dodd slays the Math Monster;
and Carol Narigon (that's me) gives advice on the learning to read.
Other columnists include Barbara Theisen, Peter Kowalke, Linda
Dobson, and Laura Weldon.
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