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The free fall of our nation’s education
Frankly speaking, I was neither surprised nor shocked at the recent announcement by our education minister about reversing the teaching of Math & Science back into BM. For don’t we all know by now that decisions on educational policies have … Continue reading
The Future of Work
One of things we constantly think about what’s the future of work. In other words, what will our children be? Will they even get a job if they are homeschooled? What will work be like in the future? As our … Continue reading
More Parents Turn to Home Schooling To Help Kids Blossom ‘Like Flowers’
‘Children are not grass that they can be cut to the same height. Children are just like flowers, they are different from one another.’ Seto Mulyadi, Asah Pena Check out homeschooling in Indonesia from the Jakarta Globe. Seems like it … Continue reading
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My home, my school
The STAR Published yet another article on Homeschooling on April 19, 2009. Check this article here. The writer, ALYCIA LIM featured David Tan and Sook Ching (homeschoolhomefrontier.com) and Hafiza (Malaysia Homeschool Unite) and several other homeschoolers. While I think it is always … Continue reading
The Darkside of Preschool
(Thank you Dominique for sharing the article: The Darkside of Preschool: Peers Social Skills & Stress) “Researchers found that the more time kids spent in non-maternal care during the first 4.5 years of life, the more behavioral problems they developed.” … Continue reading
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Tagged homeschool, learning, preschool, Socialization, stress
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Who Should Not Homeschool
Who Should Not Homeschool By Brenda Hoffman (Found this though a posting by Olive, thanks. Check out http://hubpages.com/hub/whoshouldnothomeschool for article and feedback) There really are some people who should not homeschool While I am a strong proponent for homeschooling, I … Continue reading
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Educating our children: a privilege or a right?
In response to a homeschooling story that came out on Sunday Times (May 11,2008). The first piece by Nurin, Homeschool: In the comfort of their home, was okay about how we homeschool pretty positive. Then came the not so positive … Continue reading
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Downside of Homeschooling?
Some comments and clarification on “The Downside of Homeschooling” from the article “Homeschooling: Is it for you?” written by Elizabeth Brown in the Mother & Baby magazine (December 2002) issue. We would like to commend the writer for her informative … Continue reading
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Homeschooling in the NST (May 2008)
Our family appearing in May 11,2008’s NST (picture source NST) in the article on homeschooling. (picture source by http://www.NST.com.my) If you did not picked up today’s NST (May 11, 2008), there is feature on homeschooling.
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Learning Beyond Schooling 
Homeschooling in the Chinese Media: Oriental Daily (Aug 5, 2009)
Of late, we have been getting a lot of interest on homeschooling in the Chinese media. We believe, parents are seriously rethinking Chinese schools. We think this is due to the fact that the Chinese medium schools in Malaysia are … Continue reading →