Remembering Sono Harris

Sono Harris, Joyful Mother of Children
For twenty-one years Basic Skills presented the Winter Home Schooling Workshop. Sono Harris was among the many speakers who made regular presentations. Sadly for us, on July 4, Sono passed away after battling cancer.
My wife Jenny and I met Gregg and Sono in the early 80’s when the home school [...]

Frisbees, Microwaves, and Velcro

Frisbees, Microwave Ovens, and Velcro have something in common…
In the 1940’s Yale students sailed pie tins through the air and played catch. Ten years later, Walter Frederick Morrison, a flying-saucer enthusiast, improved on the idea. Morrison and the company Wham-O produced and sold a saucer-like disk which they called a Frisbee. It was named after [...]

Social Networking For Homeschool Children

Home school students as a whole have been a pretty successful bunch, though this is difficult to measure because there are not many statistics taken yet. It is not at all uncommon to hear about the young home school author, the music prodigy, or the computer genius.
I have also not witnessed homes school students’ inability [...]