Hi readers!

I'm sitting here waiting on baby, any day now he should make his appearance! In the meanwhile I've updated some old articles and written some new ones, so keep your eyes open for newsletters and new articles at http://homeschooling.bellaonline.com

Happy Homeschooling!
Meg

New articles
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Curriculum Review : Headsprout Phonics & Reading
Headsprout is a phonics and learn-to-read program geared towards young children learning to read.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art47037.asp

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Letting Go of Grade Level Expectations
“Every baby develops differently” is a phrase most new parents hear from their child’s doctor and all child-rearing “experts”. We know most babies crawl somewhere between 5 and 10months, most walk in the area of 9 and 16 months. Most children will be toilet trained between 2 and 4 years of age. These variances are considered normal, even the variances as great as two years. Why is it, then, that when a child turns the magic age of five they are all expected to start developing along the same timeline? Variances are no longer considered normal, they are labeled “retarded development” or “gifted”.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art38327.asp

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