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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.brighthub.comhttp://www.brighthub.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Posts by Leah Witmond</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/search/searchresults.aspx?u=2638&amp;o=DateDescending&amp;a=275</link><description>Posts by Leah Witmond</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><item><title>Home Education: Distance Learning</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/13043.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:47:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:13043</guid><dc:creator>Nelodra</dc:creator><description>With the internet being available to almost all households, distance learning has come out of its stuffy corner and can help homeschooling parents providing their children with exactly the education they need. Distance Learning Home Educating parents might want to consider distance learning for their children for various reasons. Some may feel more...</description></item><item><title>Home Education: The Eclectic Approach</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/13321.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:33:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:13321</guid><dc:creator>Nelodra</dc:creator><description>Eclectic homeschooling is for parents who cannot choose. That&amp;#8217;s how some people would define the eclectic approach. But is this true&amp;#63; Eclectic Homeschooling Eclectic homeschoolers are picky. These are the parents that will not settle for one particular curriculum because they don’t feel any complete curriculum can fulfil their children’s ...</description></item><item><title>Home Education: The Charlotte Mason Method</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/11603.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:39:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11603</guid><dc:creator>Nelodra</dc:creator><description>&amp;#34;I Am, I Can, I Ought, I Will.&amp;#34; &amp;#13;&amp;#10;&amp;#34;Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life&amp;#34;&amp;#13;&amp;#10;&amp;#34;Education is the science of relations.&amp;#34;&amp;#13;&amp;#10;These were some of Charlotte Mason&amp;#39;s mottos. Charlotte Mason Charlotte Mason (1842-1923) was a British teacher. In a time where only the children of the rich were fortuna...</description></item><item><title>Home Education: Classical Education</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/11604.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:11:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11604</guid><dc:creator>Nelodra</dc:creator><description>Seeking to emulate and recreate the educational system that has been used for over 2000 years and produced some of the world&amp;#39;s greatest thinkers, modern Classical Education is widely used by home educators who wish to give their children a solid, classical base. Classical Education Modern Classical Education, also often referred to as the Latin...</description></item><item><title>Home Education:  Autonomous Learning</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/13042.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:15:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:13042</guid><dc:creator>Nelodra</dc:creator><description>Autonomous Learning, Child Led Learning, Unschooling... Isn&amp;#39;t that just a little too radical&amp;#63; Do Unschooled children really learn enough&amp;#63; Autonomous Learning In autonomous learning, also known as Unschooling or Child Led Learning, the whole notion of education as we know it, is put aside. This doesn’t mean there is no education at all –...</description></item><item><title>Home Education: Unit Studies</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/11282.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:32:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11282</guid><dc:creator>Nelodra</dc:creator><description>Unit Studies can provide you with a fun and cheap way to home educate your children. Unit studies are versatile and creative, and probably best of all&amp;#58; the whole family can take part in them. Unit Studies Unit Studies, also called Project Studies or Integrated Learning and sometimes referred to as the Rolls Royce of Learning, can be a fun and c...</description></item><item><title>Home Education: The Curriculum Based Approach</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/11281.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:00:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11281</guid><dc:creator>Nelodra</dc:creator><description>Home educating your children using the curriculum based approach. What are the main characteristics of this method, and what are the pros and cons&amp;#63; The Curriculum Based Approach When we’re talking about the curriculum based approach to home education, the first question you’ll probably ask, is: “But isn’t that exactly the same as School at Home...</description></item><item><title>Homeschooling Methods and Philosophies - Introduction</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/11279.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:30:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11279</guid><dc:creator>Nelodra</dc:creator><description>Home Education allows us to tailor our children&amp;#39;s education to their specific needs and interests, and those of our families.&amp;#13;&amp;#10;In this first article of the series I&amp;#39;ll introduce the reader to several approaches to home education. Introduction In many countries around the world Home Education is recognized as a valid and valuable alt...</description></item><item><title>Home Education: The School at Home Method</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/11280.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:12:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11280</guid><dc:creator>Nelodra</dc:creator><description>In this second article in the series Homeschooling Methods and Philosophies I&amp;#39;ll discuss the School at Home Method with its pros and cons. School at Home The School at Home method of home education is exactly what the term suggests: school at home, and often people who are not familiar with home education will think of this approach as the only...</description></item><item><title>Organic on a Budget</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/money/personal-finance/articles/29054.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:51:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:29054</guid><dc:creator>Nelodra</dc:creator><description>You want to feed your family a healthy diet of natural, organic food, but too often, organic food is way more expensive than regular food. So now you find yourself looking for ways to save money on organic food. Why Organic A healthy diet , consisting of natural, organic food is best for our bodies and minds. We all need plenty of vegetables, fruit...</description></item></channel></rss>