http://www.timmy-stephenson.bloglion.com Timmy Stephenson Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:14:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en African Americans are the fastest growing demographic group of home schoolers in the United States. Because this is a new development in home schooling, there is a great deal of interest in the world of epidemiological research concerning the details of the African American home schooling experience. The focus, specifically, ... http://www.timmy-stephenson.bloglion.com/2007/12/29/resources-for-african-american-home-schoolers-rise-to-meet-the-growing-demand/ Hi there, I'm a homeschooling mother, I've been doing this for 2 years now. You may be asking yourself what made me ever think of homeschooling my child. Well she (Emma) was in a good francophone school here in calgary alberta, everything went well until she had one particular boy bully her over ... http://www.timmy-stephenson.bloglion.com/2007/12/27/www-everythingschooling-com-new-homeschooling-site/ The Home-school Legal Defense Association released some statistics that were not very surprising recently. These statistics show families that if they are looking for an alternative to the plummeting test scores and academic mediocrity of the public school system, they should look elsewhere when presented with offers from public virtual ... http://www.timmy-stephenson.bloglion.com/2007/12/26/public-cyber-schools-fair-worse-than-traditional-public-schools/ As each person that God has created is unique, there is a certain uniqueness associated with how a person learns. There are three types of learning styles: visual, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic. Some students need to be shown what to do (working best with pictures and diagrams) while other ... http://www.timmy-stephenson.bloglion.com/2007/12/20/uniqueness-and-online-learning/ As “sparkle season” and “happy holidays” surround us on all sides, teaching our homeschoolers the true meaning of Christmas can be especially challenging. After all, advertisements for shiny new dolls and videogames bombard them for weeks before the big morning. Overspending abounds during the holiday season. How can we break ... http://www.timmy-stephenson.bloglion.com/2007/12/18/teaching-our-homeschoolers-the-true-meaning-of-christmas/ The Christmas season is a time for Christians to share the love of Christ through charity. Charity organizations have things in full swing to make it easy for home-schooling families to take part in the giving. Your home-schoolers should learn that charity is an integral element of the Christian faith. ... http://www.timmy-stephenson.bloglion.com/2007/12/14/popular-christmas-charities/ It's no secret that home schooling is the fastest growing forms of education in the world. But what about online homeschooling? On the forefront of educational progression, this subgroup is making serious waves in the education world and the public school is struggling to jump on the bandwagon. ... http://www.timmy-stephenson.bloglion.com/2007/12/14/online-learning-benefits-of-online-learning/ Homeschooling parents often wonder what the significance of their homeschooler's IQ score really means. In order for homeschooling parents to understand what an IQ score really means in terms of intelligence, they must first understand how an IQ score is determined. After learning how it is determined, homeschooling parents can ... http://www.timmy-stephenson.bloglion.com/2007/12/08/the-homeschoolers-intelligence-quotient-is-an-irrelevant-quotient/ Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog of epic celebrity. A groundhog is a rodent of the family Sciuridae. Also known as a marmot, whistlepig, or woodchuck, the groundhog eats wild greens and infuriates farmers by digging up or eating their crops. More than any other woodland creature, ... http://www.timmy-stephenson.bloglion.com/2007/12/08/meet-punxsutawney-phil/ Will your child believe in Jesus when he or she graduates from high school? Most parents would respond with an emphatic "yes". These parents might want to reconsider their answer after a recent study by Dr. Brian Ray. Eighty-eight percent of public schooled children from Christian homes reject their faith ... http://www.timmy-stephenson.bloglion.com/2007/12/06/public-school-graduates-reject-christ/