New York Times Reposts an Old Story

From time to time I take a look at various online editions of mainstream newspapers and magazines to see what they're saying about homeschooling.  I was infuriated when I saw today's New York Times edition where they reposted a story from 2008.  Front and center was the booking photo of a woman charged with murder by neglect of her children who she was homeschooling.  What followed was a discussion of the number of states with little to no supervisory laws for parents who choose to homeschool.  One expert was quoted as saying the following:

"Clive R. Belfield, a professor of economics at Queens College and formerly a researcher at the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education at Columbia Teachers College, said that “limited compliance and follow-up” gave abusive families “an excuse to get out of being observed.”

You can read the entire article here  and feel free to post your comments.

Summer Book Club

With summer just around the corner, now is the time to start planning for a summer reading program for your child.  I will be offering a virtual book club for various age groups, and the cost will be $5.00 per child.  The age groups will be as follows:

Girls Ages 8-10 - The Ramona Series (Ramona the Pest; Ramona the Brave; Ramona Quimby, Age 8)
Boys Ages 8-10 - Ralph the Mouse Series (Ralph S. Mouse; Runaway Ralph; The Mouse and the Motorcycle)
Boys Ages 11-13 - Henry Huggins Series (Henry Huggins; Henry and the Clubhouse; Henry and Ribsy)
Girls Ages 11-13 - Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great; Blubber; Starring Sally J. Freeman as Herself
Boys and Girls Ages 14-16 - The Hunger Games Trilogy

Each age group will have 3 books to read and discuss at our online meetings.    If you are interested in enrolling your child(ren), please leave a comment here and I will contact you promptly.

Newest CurrClick Offerings

Lately, I've been working on two main projects for CurrClick.  I have begun a series entitled World Expedition, and I'm creating one WebQuest for each country.  Students pretend that they have been hired to work at the UN and must gather information about the countries of the world.  The WebQuests include links to find basic information such as the capital, leadership, type of government, and much more.  Students earn a passport stamp for completing each quest which can be placed in the passport that is available on CurrClick as a free download. An example of a passport stamp is included in this post...to the right.  Additionally, students will create a trading card for each country which will include a snapshot of information for their collection.  An Olympic Games addendum is planned and will be released next month.

Check out this new series from CurrClick as well as my other products.