In Celebration of Our Children By Blair Lee I gave birth to my son the day before finals. He was two weeks early, which neither my doctor nor I expected. The only person who thought he would be early was one of my students, a mother of three. Two days before I gave birth, she came up to me and told me she didn’t think I would make it through the weekend. She had been watching the location of my pregnant belly shift throughout the week, and she could just tell. I am glad my student was correct because it …
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January 1-January 31January Teen Book Club: Tipping Point 2021Ages 13-18Dr. Michelle Parrinello-Cason$10-35Space Available January 1-January 31January Tween Book Club: The Last Unicorn 2021Ages 9-12Dr. Sabrina Weiss$10-35Space Available January 8-January 22Research Boot Camp for Middle School (Session 1)Ages 11-14Samantha Matalone Cook, MAT$60Class is Full January 8-January 29Historical Thinking and Writing Bootcamp: Middle School (Session 1)Ages 11-14Samantha Matalone Cook, MAT$90Space Available January 11-February 1Fantasy Map-Making Workshop Spring 2021 (Session 1)Ages 10-18Samantha Matalone Cook, MAT$100Space Available January 19-January 26Science: A Way of Knowing: Part 1 (Section 1)Ages 11-14Dr. Sabrina Weiss$60-70Space Available January 20-February 24Befriending and Understanding Your Emotions (BeE) (Teen) Ages 13-17Mary Martin, …
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The Benefits of Secular Eclectic Academic HomeschoolingThere is a revolution going on in education. The revolution started before the Covid 19 pandemic, but that event took the revolution from a slow burn to an explosion. The revolution is called homeschooling. The homeschool community is fractioned into several cohorts based on how you homeschool and whether you use secular academic (evidence-based) materials and programs or religious ones. Because many of the people coming to homeschooling during and since the pandemic choose it as an option that will best serve their children, not because they are opposed to what is being taught …
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Homeschooling ResourcesHomeschooling 101Join The 100,000+ Families In Our Community!Homeschooling 101 Free Live Sessions at Our August ConferenceSEA ResourcesHelp with HomeschoolState-Specific LawsFrom The SEA BlogSEA Homeschoolers Homeschooling 101 - Your Source For Secular Homeschooling Resources On this Homeschooling 101 page, we are here to provide a community filled with information, resources, and support to help your family on your eclectic academic homeschooling journey. We were founded as a place to discuss innovative learning and academics that empower and facilitate. At SEA Homeschoolers, we recognize what a big responsibility the education of our children is. Along with you, we have chosen to …
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Farrar Williams and Jill Harper Farrar Williams is a longtime educator who left the classroom to homeschool her twin sons. She's now more than ten years into her homeschool journey, and is excited to be helping others individualize education for their own families. Farrar received her undergraduate degree in history from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts and her master's degree in education and teaching from Goddard College, where she focused on alternative approaches to education. She has been lucky enough to have a wide variety of experience in the classroom, including teaching at a traditional public high school and at …
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“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” Susan Sontag Travel is a big part of our homeschooling journey. When we can, we worldschool. When worldschooling we incorporate travel throughout our children’s journey through learning. My husband and I want our son to be a global citizen. We want him to understand that many different cultures have looked at situations and come up with equally viable answers, one not necessarily better than the other. We want him to experience and appreciate different cultures and this big beautiful planet he lives on. We started traveling with Sean when he was …
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As a follow-up to the talk I gave at the SEA Homeschoolers Convention 2018, “Playing School: Bridging Play and Education for Academically-Minded Preschoolers and Kindergarteners,” I would like to share a list of some of the most-loved items in our child-led homeschool. We are eclectic homeschoolers and that definitely shows in this list. All the products on this list have been selected and tested by my kids. Some are updated versions of materials my teens loved when they were little, and others are new additions to our homeschool toolbox as I start this journey again with my youngest. (This post …
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Live Virtual Vendor Booth Friday, July 24, 2020 4:30pm EST/1:30pm PSTGlobal Academic Productions GAPro Courses serve students who are late middle school to early high school. These courses are designed to be the transition step, building "college ready" skills using social studies content. Students finish the courses with the tools needed to enroll into Community College or Universities. College Ready Skills include: Critical thinking, non-fiction reading & note taking, listening, studying, comparative analysis, timed writing, essay/ research writing. Important Details about GAPro Courses: 100% online, everything is included. All readings, videos, activities, projects, parents guides, tests.... No extra purchases. No …
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Victoria Khaze Victoria Khaze’s passion for business and children lead her to create Money Munchkids; a children’s financial education company. She has almost a decade in business, five years in marketing, over 10 years as a child care professional and 13 as a sister. She utilized both her own experience as a homeschooler, extensive research into children’s learning and education and the expertise of multiple national and international child education professionals to create the products and services that focus on financial education for children. Victoria is a four-time published poet and has been featured in several local and national publications. …
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Joshua Jernigan Joshua Joshua Jernigan (he/him/his) is a transgender rights activist and philanthropist living in the greater Charlotte metropolitan area where he and his husband are raising their daughter together. He started the Gender Education Network, an organization helping transgender and gender diverse kids 12 and younger, and is passionate about ensuring every child has a safe and loving home to nurture their growing identities. He also is passionate about accurate LGBTQ+ History. Most recently he published his first children’s books, Meet My: Best Friend, the first in a series of books about getting to know our trans loved ones. Saturday …
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The Secular Homeschool Conference November 4-5, 2023 Sunday, August 13th 12:25pm EST/9:25am PST: Opening Remarks – SEA Homeschoolers 12:30pm EST/9:30am PST: Decolonizing Your History Homeschool – Amy Sharony, Ph.D. 1:20pm EST/10:20am PST: Dayla Learning 2:00pm EST/11:00am PST: Use Current Events & Case Studies to Energize Science Learning – Blair Lee, M.S. 3:00pm EST/12:00pm PST: Outschool 3:40pm EST/12:40pm PST: How to Help Your Child with Math if You’re Not a Math Person – Manisha Snoyer SEA Homeschooling - Inspiration, Help, Resources, & Support Whether you’re new to homeschooling or have been homeschooling for years, we’re here to support you and provide you with the resources you need to succeed! One …
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Amy Sharony, Ph.D. Amy Sharony, Ph.D., is the editor of home|school|life magazine and the author of The A+ Homeschool Planner. She homeschools her rising 7th grader, recently celebrated graduating her 12th grader, and teaches literature, history, and Latin classes for homeschoolers in Atlanta. Sunday November 5, 2023 12:30pm ET/9:30pm PTDecolonizing Your History Homeschool Most of us want to create a homeschool that is progressive, decolonized, and historically accurate — but doing it can feel overwhelming, especially when we know our own educations didn't make us the kind of experts we want to be. The good news is that you don't …
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Elizabeth Porter Elizabeth Porter is a National Board Certified French teacher (EAYA/WLOE) with a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education and a Bachelor’s in French and Linguistics. Elizabeth also holds a French Degree in called a DEUG Français Langue Étrangère (FLE) from the Université de Caen in Normandy, France. Elizabeth began her career teaching elementary and middle school English in Normandy France, then returned to the United States in 2002 where she taught for three years at the French Immersion School of Washington. Elizabeth then taught high school French and was a World Languages Curriculum Specialist in Washington State and Iowa. …
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Samantha Matalone Cook, MAT Samantha Matalone Cook, MAT, is an educator, historian, writer, maker, and speaker. She has almost three decades of experience in education, program development, and the arts and has worked with both small and large organizations to create educational programming that centers and connects the learner to concepts and skills. She has taught in classrooms and in private workshops, mentored other educators, and worked for and with many museums including the Smithsonian. Samantha recently released her co-authored book, Project-Based Learning: Creating a Modern Education of Curiosity, Innovation, and Impact, and she is currently working on a new …
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