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Claire McBride has a M.Ed. in Exceptional Student Education and taught in public schools in Florida for eight years. She initially was involved with the homeschool community providing portfolio evaluations. She began homeschooling three years ago. Claire is also interested in exploring area parks, scrapbooking, and reading. Contact Claire here with your thoughts or questions.

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Teen/young adult book author visits in Orlando

As mentioned in the previous article, Nurturing the young homeschooling author, young writers enjoy meeting authors of books that they have read....
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Nurturing the young homeschooling writer

Following a child's interest and incorporating them into the child's studies can be one of the greatest joys of homeschooling. Children who love to...
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Homeschooling and scrapbooking collide in lapbooking

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Take office supplies, scrapbooking supplies and the materials for a topic that your homeschooling student is studying and remix them at the kitchen...
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Beyond hot dogs and fireworks this 4th of July

Homeschooling is not restricted to 8am to 3pm, Monday through Friday, August through June. Independence Day is a wonderful opportunity to discuss...
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Ten reasons to homeschool

What are the top ten benefits that homeschooling has to offer that public schools may not offer? 10. A child can have an individualized education. A...
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Homeschooling is the ultimate school volunteer job

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In a letter to the editor of the Orlando Sentinel published on May 26, 2009, Amy Platon asked homeschoolers not to quit the [public school] system and...
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Quick Florida history lesson plan

An interesting and educational field trip is a visit to the Orange County Regional History Center. The museum is...
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Selecting picture books for preschoolers

My youngest son is a very active 4 year old. The process of selecting books for him in the library reminds me of...
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Summer reading the homeschooling way

A few weeks ago I started talking to my 9 year old about gathering recommendations from my friends for a list for myself for summer reading....
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Exploring nature

In Last Child in the Woods, author Richard Louv discusses a phenomenon he calls Nature-Deficit Disorder. I love nature but have to force myself and...
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