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Quotations

"A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap."
Danish proverb

"I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand."
Chinese proverb

What Makes A Healthy Homeschool?

  • A place where parents are honored as the authorities.
  • Parents who are patient and content.
  • Whole foods.
  • Plenty of living books.
  • A peaceful home atmosphere.
  • Children who have room to learn who they are and what their interests are.
  • A place where teaching children to love learning is a cornerstone!
  • Respect.
  • Freedom from pressure to fit into someone else's idea of "cool."
  • A place where love lives.
  • A place where children are seen as whole individuals and not test scores!
  • Being willing for change.
  • Yearly choices that reflect what is best for everyone.
  • A sense of humor.
  • Realizing that all homeschooling families are different.
  • Not comparing yourself too much with other homeschooling families.

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More Quotations

"The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn from the crow."
William Blake

"What we learn with pleasure we never forget."
Louis Mercier

"A learned man has always wealth in himself."
Latin proverb

"My mother was the making of me. She was so true and so sure of me. I felt that I had someone to live for -- someone I must not disappoint. The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me."
Thomas A. Edison

"You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be --
I had a Mother who read to me."
Strickland Gillilan

"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."
Henry Ward Beecher


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