Suki Wessling: writer, teacher, radio host

Category: Homeschooling

  • UC Scout curriculum: a new option for homeschoolers

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    Note: This post is outdated. I am leaving this post up in order to provide information, but since this piece was written, many more A-G certified options have become available. Check out currently certified providers here. Please see comments below for more recent feedback! I have known a lot of homeschoolers who have approached the…

  • Authoritative homeschooling

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    One of the questions that new homeschoolers often ask is “how am I ever going to get my child to do any work?” Having had a child in school, they lament, “it was hard enough to get him to do homework!” Like everything in homeschooling, the answer depends on the family, their values, the choices…

  • Helping teens navigate MOOCs

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    At the end of the day, a MOOC is still just a talking head on a screen. It takes human interaction to facilitate the deepest and most important learning.

  • Recycling reality

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    Last week I went on a fieldtrip with our homeschool group that was a real eye opener. I’d always been told that taking your kids on a fieldtrip to the dump is a great experience, and now I know why. To set the stage, I should describe our family’s relationship to garbage: We are, I…

  • Science and inquiry

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    Each year, as soon as our county adds its science fair dates, I get them on the calendar and block out the weekend so I’m sure we don’t schedule anything over it. Since my son became eligible, I started blocking out those dates as well. For the last two years, he and I went to…