Meet Camille RodriquezAuthor Since: 2010-03-19 21:06:20Mrs. Camille Rodriquez is a wife, mother, and author with experience as a pastor's wife for more than a decade and as a homeschool mom for almost 20 years. She has been an educator in their home, in a private school, and more recently as a pioneer in a learning system that prepares students to be fully equipped for entering secondary education. Camille has spoken at homeschool conferences, and helped other homeschool families with their programs and curricula. Camille has led numerous Bible studies for women, including Marriage and Parenting classes with her pastor-husband. Her first book, "When I Die - On Being, Living, and Having the Last Word," is a Christian devotional that looks at living an intenional life now - long before ours comes to an end. It's available wherever books are sold. |
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College admissions are not as daunting as they might seem if you plan ahead. There are a few basic steps that should be followed and will benefit students no matter what college they plan to attend or whether they change their minds at the last minute, as our teenagers have been known to do.
There are some common traps that homeschool families need to be on the lookout for in order to ensure that they meet goals with integrity, value, and purpose. Avoiding these traps will also ensure their students have easy access to post-high school options.
Most homeschool families have at least one student who either doesn’t like math or finds it more challenging. It’s just “one of those things.” Unfortunately, math skills are such a source of contention, both for parents and students that we often just toss our hands up and think that there isn’t going to be an answer to our woes in this area.
If you are a parent to more than one child, then you will readily agree that each of our children is very different. They may have similar looks or traits, but in the end, each is unique and has different learning styles that they prefer.
When children are young, it is easy to set up some basic “rules” that will help them to understand their role in the home and their role towards others if you take the time to craft your rules in simple, easy to follow terms. As they grow, the rules can expand to fit children’s changing situations.
Recently, I attended one of the annual homeschool conferences that I always attend. In the last several years, it has been impossible not to notice a changing “typical homeschooler.”
One of the constant items that homeschoolers request at conferences and exhibitor venues is writing curricula. Good writing tools are in high demand, and there are lots of writing curricula available to review. Sometimes, however, good writing skills come just from the habit of regular writing!
I’ve found that one of the most fun ways to plan for “accidental” teaching moments with my kids is by having a family movie night. You might think that a family movie night would just end up with no one doing any talking, but that’s not the case at all. Our family has made a tradition out of watching movies together, and we’ve even come up with a game that has been lots of fun for all of our children, is great to play anywhere, and leads to some great parenting moments where we can easily and without lecturing, introduce our children to life issues and offer instruction for them on a variety of topics.
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How are numbers silly, you might ask? Actually they’re not, but we can have fun with them to learn new things if we try.
Preparing our homeschool students for later life will include training them in a variety of skills in addition to teaching the basic core subjects in an educational sense.
