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It has been in the news, on the blogs, and published in many different locations–homeschooling is growing!

Every day we speak with homeschoolers who homeschool because they are dissatisfied with the public school system.

For some it is because they are unhappy with the undermining of faith that is so prevalent in the schools, for others it is because they believe the school is lacking in academics, and for others it is because the “socialization” is so damaging to their children.

The benefits are clear.

• Homeschool students are demonstrating higher academic ability
• Homeschool students area target of college recruitment officers
• Homeschool students are scoring above average on standard tests and college admissions testing.

There is no doubt that homeschooling prepares students for stronger academics.

Many homeschoolers often ask me for suggestions on how to keep skills sharp over the summer without committing a large amount of time to summer school.  

One of the best programs I have found to keep learning alive during the summer months (short of continuing with focused schooling all summer) is the Summer Bridge program.  

Diagramming, identifying sentence patterns, finding parts of speech . . . every student’s favorite element of grammar, right?  How many times have you heard your child ask, “Why do I have to learn this?” As a writing teacher, I loved that question because it was always the perfect lead in to a unit on the value of sentence patterns in writing.