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January 26 2012
AHEA Homeschooling Conference
Are you interested in attending Alberta’s province-wide homeschooling conference? AHEA (Alberta Home Education Association) annually provides a large conference, a great opportunity for Christian support and encouragement! If you come, stop by the Roots booth to say ‘Hi’. http://aheaonline.com/index.php/convention-2012…
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January 26 2012
The Ordinary Homeschooler
By Deborah Wuehler
There is nothing out of the ordinary about our family. We are your average, middle-income, American family. We just happen to have more children than the average (8), and we just happen to have this “against the…
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January 26 2012
Give Thanks! A Unit Study About Gratefulness
As homeschooling families, we have the opportunity daily to nurture Godly character in our children, both by example and via instruction. Gratefulness is a character quality that is pleasing to God. We know this because throughout His Word, in both…
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November 08 2011
The Impatient Homeschooler
As a follow-up on Gail’s recent support group presentation on how we as Christians deal with anger, I encourage you to read this article. As Gail wisely instructed us, we need to learn how to deal with our own anger…
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October 20 2011
Teaching Your Right-Brain Child: Plan B By Dianne Craft, MA, CNHP
God has a wonderful sense of humor, I believe. He wants us to grow and stretch. One of the ways He does this is to give us children who are very different from each other. Just as it is very…
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September 20 2011
Steve Demme - A Homeschool Journey
Steve Demme—A Homeschool Journey
By Liz Koon
God began leading Steve Demme to homeschool in 1976, even before he had children or was married. A class he attended in seminary led to the beginning of his homeschool journey and…
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September 20 2011
Research Revelation about Homeschooling
Research Revelations About Homeschooling
By Brian D. Ray, Ph.D., President, National Home Education Research Institute
Parent-led home-based education continued to be common, if not the norm, for most of the time for most children’s lives through the nineteenth century.…
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August 17 2011
Families Interested in Joining Roots
Families interested in joining Roots are strongly encouraged to get their paperwork submitted soon. As families are accepted into the program, two things happen. First, they are assigned a facilitator. Roots has a limited number of qualified facilitators. Submitting your…
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March 17 2011
Independance
http://www.jeanniesjournal.com/2008/09/independence.html
Did you know that homeschooled students perform better in college than their institutionally schooled counterparts? One thing that makes homeschooled students perform so well in college is the fact that they are used to being autonomous and independent…
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November 02 2010
Interviews with Christian Artists - Part 1 & 2
Anna Van Hooft, a TV and movie actor, interviewed fellow Christian artists with the goal of sharing a little of their journeys with Roots families. Since the volume of information was too extensive for our newsletter, she has divided her…
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