According to statistics, homeschooling in the United States has increased 74% in the last eight years.
Why? We do not believe that it is because of a lack of faith in our public school systems as much as it is a growing desire to see MORE education and more focus on real issues that will eventually effect the home.
We have toured this country for many years teaching and presenting in thousands of schools and have addressed not only hundreds of thousands of school students but their very concerned parents. Disaster preparedness is always an issue that raises more questions than it provides answers. How do I teach it to my children without frightening them? How do I deal with the tough issues after a disaster? Do I allow my kids to see the news of current disasters? How do I involve them in our planning?
We have found that the world of disaster preparedness is a wide world of educational opportunity filled with science, history, social science, mathematics and literature. It is through this new blog that we intend to provide those tips, stories and insights that we have shared as we toured. Stay tuned here for programs, guides and curriculum additions as well.

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Sandy brought opportunity for homeschool lessons

Laurie Esposito Harley is a professional writer and author as well as a homeschooling mom. Days before Hurricane Sandy hit the coast, local news stations were reporting that Buffalo and the surrounding areas could be without power for five to seven days. Laurie's neighborhood definitely wouldn’t get the brunt of the
storm, but forecasters were guessing that the high wind speeds – predicted as high as 70 mph – would cause plenty of damage for their area.
Laurie suddenly realized that her family was not prepared. All of their flashlights had dead batteries. The cupboard was bare.
Laurie began jotting down things that needed done on a whiteboard. Her eleven-year-old immediately stepped up to help, and her younger siblings followed suit. Hurricane Sandy had become an opportunity for homeschool lessons on emergency preparedness.
Over the years we have tried to offer ideas and challenges for incorporating disaster preparedness into the home and especially into home-schooling, and we have to admit, Laurie's story is one of the very best we have encountered so rather than write a long blog post ourselves, we wanted to share Laurie's story with you as well as her website and disaster preparedness tips.
You can read Laurie's entire story and copy her disaster preparedness homeschool project by CLICKING HERE.
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