The Benefits of Secular Eclectic Academic HomeschoolingThere is a revolution happening in education, and it's called homeschooling. Though it began before the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic transformed this movement from a slow burn into a wildfire. Homeschooling today is divided into several cohorts, with distinctions between those who use secular, evidence-based materials and those who prefer religious curricula. Many families who turned to homeschooling during the pandemic weren't rejecting what schools were teaching; they simply wanted an option that better served their children. This influx has fueled the growth of the Secular Eclectic Academic Homeschooling (SEA) community, which has had …
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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 Jernigan (he/him/his) is a transgender and queer rights activist living in the greater Charlotte, NC metropolitan area where he and his husband are raising their family together. He started the Gender Education Network, an organization helping transgender and gender diverse youth under 12, and is passionate about ensuring every child has a safe and loving home to nurture their growing identities. Joshua has extensive experience in early childhood education both in traditional classroom settings and remotely. He has previously taught classes on numerous topics ranging from sign language instruction to racial and gender identities to queer history …
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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. Amy Sharony and SEA Homeschoolers founder, Blair Lee, co-host the podcast Secular Homeschooling with Blair & Amy. Check out the unit studies and curriculum from home|school|life on sale now at SEA Books & More! Sunday November 3, 2024 3:10pm ET/12:10pm PTHow to Create Learning Conversations in Your Homeschool "Read this and talk about it" is a common …
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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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Lindsey Sodano Lindsey Sodano is the author of Hearth & Story Homeschool Language Arts and several books in the popular History Quest series. Lindsey lives in Mason, Ohio, with her husband, three kids, and a golden retriever. She studied education and English at Boston College and communication at Ohio University. In her spare time, Lindsey studies public policy development, reports on corruption in the disability care system, and helps organize state and federal level grassroots lobbying campaigns to influence Medicaid home and community based services (HCBS) law. Connect with Lindsey Sodano on social media: Facebook Instagram YouTube Sunday March 17, …
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Pandemics - Unit Study Several days ago Pandia Press reached out to Pandia authors & SEA Homeschoolers Samantha Matalone Cook, Amy Sharony, Lindsey Sodano, and Blair Lee and asked us to collaborate on a unit study focused on the history and science of the causes, cures, and responses of pandemics. Here it is as a direct download. We worked to create something usable for a large grade range. Much of the science is excerpted, rearranged, and edited (to be specific for this topic) from RSO Biology 2. All the rest is newly written. Even the science has some new labs …
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Advice on Homeschooling to College By Blair Lee, MS This year is an exciting one for us. Our son, who was homeschooled from 1st grade until he graduated, is going to college. He applied to nine colleges and was accepted at six of them and was put on the waitlist of one of them. He received scholarship offers at three of the colleges. In the end, and after some soul searching on his part, he accepted the offer from the college that was closest to home, San Diego State University. We have a close-knit family, and he decided that he …
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