{"id":1680,"date":"2013-08-23T06:30:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2013-08-22T08:14:12","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T15:14:12","slug":"how-to-help-someone-start-homeschooling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/2013\/08\/23\/how-to-help-someone-start-homeschooling\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Help Someone Start Homeschooling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Cindy Short and Sue Welch, co-editors<br \/>\n<\/em>Taken from Newsletter #375<br \/>\nwww.teachinghome.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Look around at your church, support group, relatives, or neighbors.\u00a0 Is there anyone who would appreciate a little help in considering or starting to home school?\u00a0 Here are some ways you can help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0 Tell Your Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Realistically give your convictions and reasons you home school, as well as your experience, both challenges and successes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0 Provide Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Point your friend to various sources of information, including the following:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Encourage your friends and support group to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachinghome.com\/SignUp\/\">sign\u00a0up<\/a>\u00a0to receive this Homeschool Foundations Series.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0The Teaching Home website offers hundreds of articles, including:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachinghome.com\/started\/q&amp;a\/index.cfm\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a>\u00a0(also in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachinghome.com\/started\/q&amp;a\/spanish\/index.cfm\">Spanish<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachinghome.com\/started\/basics\/index.cfm\">Articles on Getting Started<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachinghome.com\/started\/basics\/checklist.pdf\">Checklist for Starting a School Year<\/a><br \/>\nBack Issues of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goestores.com\/home.aspx?Merchant=theteachinghomen\">The Teaching Home Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Basic books on home education, such as:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/birchcourtbooks.com\/product-info.php?pid1178.html\">Homeschooling: The Right Choice<\/a>\u00a0by C. Klicka<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/birchcourtbooks.com\/product-info.php?pid1173.html\">The Christian Homeschool<\/a>\u00a0by Gregg Harris<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0 Share an Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Schedule a day or a week of homeschooling together (call it a Day Camp or something fun!).\u00a0 You could work on basic skills, explore just one subject area of interest and\/or do a simple unit study, such as one of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.squidoo.com\/groups\/unitstudies\">Free Homeschool Unit Studies online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A field trip on the last day would round out a good sampling of homeschool opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Of course the best way to help someone is to pray for them and be there to answer questions and give encouragement!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Cindy Short and Sue Welch, co-editors Taken from Newsletter #375 www.teachinghome.com &nbsp; Look around at your church, support group, relatives, or neighbors.\u00a0 Is there anyone who would appreciate a little help in considering or starting to home school?\u00a0 Here are some ways you can help. 1.\u00a0 Tell Your Story Realistically give your convictions and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-informative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1680"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1683,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680\/revisions\/1683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}