Tips For New Parents: Help Your Child Develop Pre-Reading Skillls

Posted on January 30, 2009 by soonkv

Here’s tip for parents with young children embarking on homeschooling… Many professionals have said that parents are the first educators. And, whether parents elect to traditionally educate their children or dedicate a significant portion of their own time, effort, and resources to homeschool their children, scientific evidence strongly holds that parents can, should, and do [...]

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Happy Chinese New Year!

Posted on January 28, 2009 by soonkv

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Homeschooling Works in Jamaica

Posted on January 20, 2009 by LearningBeyondSchooling

We are sure, it works for Malaysia as well…  (KV/WL) AS primary school-aged children all over Jamaica donned neatly ironed uniforms and excitedly hurried off to their respective schools to begin the new term two weeks ago, two children moved from their bedroom to a makeshift classroom adjoining their home to begin the day’s lessons. [...]

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The Best Time to Learn English

Posted on January 15, 2009 by soonkv

Here’s a post for homeschoolers or homeschooler-to-be  Written by Sloane Mak:   After five years of teaching commercially to students of all ages, I have found that some of my original ideas about what the best age is to start children learning languages needs to be reviewed.  It is without a doubt that it is [...]

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MY VIEW (BY JIANWEN, Homeschooler, Penang)

Posted on January 15, 2009 by soonkv

Here’s a poem by a homeschooler from Penang. Enjoy!   Jianwen reading MY VIEW @ the recent HOME’s SKOOL 2009

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HOME’S KOOL 2009: What a Night!

Posted on January 13, 2009 by LearningBeyondSchooling

First and foremost, we would like to thank all of you who attended Saturday night’s HOME’S KOOL 2009. We were overwhelmed by your fantastic response and mesmerized by the children’s (and a Dad!) very talented performances which consisted of a poem recitation by Jian Wen (all the way from Penang!), an original song presentation (Crunchy [...]

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Socialization Skills Can Be Taught at Home

Posted on January 2, 2009 by soonkv

We found this interesting article on Natural Moms Talk Radio.  You do not need to worry about socialization. Really! One of the concern that people have about home schooling is the socialization aspect. Will the children get to interact with other kids? This topic has been blown way out of proportion.I’m going to share my [...]

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Homeschooling in GUAM & OKINAWA

Posted on January 2, 2009 by soonkv

Guess where homeschooling is be regarded as a viable alternative?  Check out these stories: Pacific Daily News:  Parents teach their kids: Homeschooling as attractive alternative More than 10 years ago, Liz Perez dreamed about life as a full-time homemaker. When a student shoved her daughter, Kim, to the ground at P.C. Lujan Elementary School, she [...]

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