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Handwriting Questions and Discussions from the EclecticHS Email List by EHO Staff and Readers
In preparing the update for our handwriting focus, EHO turned to the members of the EclecticHS email list. Past questions and discussion about handwriting were gleaned from the list, as well as a call to members to pass on their insights about homeschool handwriting.

Handwriting Resources by EHO Staff
Information on the different styles of handwriting, handwriting helps, worksheeets and worksheet software, handwriting fonts, and resources for left-handed writers.

Handwriting, What to Do? What to Do? by Beverly S. Krueger
After sixteen years of homeschooling five children, I’m still on the fence about how to handle handwriting.

Stress-Free Summer Plans: (Or How to Homeschool Year Round without Noticing!) by Tamara Eaton
Shhh…I’ll let you in on a secret –we’ve always homeschooled year round but don’t tell my children! Frankly, by the time most summers roll around, we’re all ready for a break from our normal studies and routine, including me. So I’ve learned to slip in summer studies in a simple, enjoyable way without anyone stressing out –no grades, no tests, no tight schedules, no record keeping!

A "Typical" Week Homeschooling Grades 1-3 by Tamara Eaton
What would a “typical” homeschooling week look like? Typical is in quotes, because there isn’t really a typical week we all need to strive for, nor even probably a typical week within one homeschool family, but you can learn a lot from reading about how others homeschool. So we bring you one homeschool family’s “typical” week for their primary aged children.

Taking the Plunge into Homeschooling by Beverly S. Krueger
Do you remember the first time you jumped off a diving pool into the deep end of the swimming pool? Although starting to homeschool isn’t quite like jumping off a diving board for the first time, it does have similar elements.

Botany Unit Study Resources by Beverly S. Krueger
If you are a family of gardeners or even farmers, then the study of plants, botany, is likely to be one of your choices for high school science studies. Finding resources to study botany isn’t as easy as you might think. Sure, there’s plenty of gardening books for kids and adults, but actual botany, the science, resources aren’t as easily come by, especially if you are looking for something that hasn’t been infused with evolution. See what we’ve managed to find.

Minimal Homeschooling by Beki Cowling
When we met together last July to plan the topics for our monthly mom's meetings, the term "Minimal Homeschooling" came up. I am not sure that I understood exactly what that term meant to me at that time, but it sure struck a resounding note in the back of my mind. I felt drawn to it and since then I have wondered, off and on, perhaps exactly what it means and how it is applicable to my life and how we are educating our children in our home.

Time to Assess by Beverly Krueger
The traditional Aschool year@ is com¬ing to and end. Looking back over the last nine months can cause a person to think one of two thoughts, AWhere did all the time go?@ or ALook at all we’ve accom¬plished.@ I’d guess about 95 per-cent of home¬schoolers would ini¬tially react with the first response. There never seems to be enough time in the day, week, or month to accomplish everything you set out to do as a homeschool mom. The task of assessing what you’ve actually accomplished can seem like looking for last night’s roast beef in a refrigerator, which has been accumulating leftovers for weeks. You lose your appetite from thoughts of what you could run into before you find the roast beef.

Whitney Stockett: Future Senate Member or Minister? by Tammy Marshall Cardwell
Ever wonder how homeschool graduates do in real life? We profile one homeschool graduate, Whitney Stockett, who has used her homeschool education, which was built around her personal passions and interests, to become a terrific example of where homeschooler’s passions can take them.

A Relaxed Home Education by Beki Cowling
I think the most important thing about educating our children at home is to ask God what is right for our child(ren)...and then actually listen to His promptings! For some people this is going to look like Charlotte Mason, for others it will look very much like a classical education at home...for us, it looks rather different.

Doing Enough? by Tamara Eaton
Summer is almost upon us! Homeschooling families are busy finishing up studies and looking forward to a change of pace. Many parents look back over the past year and wonder, "Did I do enough? Did the children progress well?" Others worry about too many outside activities and not enough homeschooling. Or maybe both parents and children are burned-out from too many formal studies and not enough time enjoying learning and being together. It's a time of evaluation of the past year, and of looking ahead and setting new goals for the coming year.