Summer vacation — a time for families to enjoy road trips, splashing in the pool, camping under the stars, and backyard barbeques. It’s also a great time to get lost between the covers of a book. Many public libraries host fun and inspiring summer reading programs. The only question is which books, out of the …
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Laura El Alam
When you think of homeschooling your children, what sounds like the most difficult part? Choosing curriculum? Creating lesson plans? Recalling long-forgotten skills like multiplying mixed fractions or balancing chemical equations? While every homeschooling parent will have his or her own unique list of challenges, most will agree that the majority of the complications actually have …
My two-and-a-half-year-old daughter is, like most people her age, a character. On good days (when we are well-rested and have access to our sense of humor), my husband and I call her “spunky,” “bright,” and “determined.” The rest of the time we call her “The Dictator.” Like most intense and creative people, she throws herself …
For four years my husband and I have been homeschooling our two older children, who are now in fifth and seventh grades. Prior to that, our kids had attended both private and public schools. I am not one of those people who insists that only one type of education is the “right” one. Homeschooling is …
About the author: When asked her job title, “Zookeeper” is what immediately comes to mind to Laura El Alam, homeschooling mother of four. The daily drama of raising two toddlers and two teens keeps Laura perpetually on her toes . . . and frequently on her last nerve. In her nonexistent free time, she …