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Jessica Sanchez is a homeschooled kid! :D

May 17, 2012 by Tina

I just read this on a post in our Catholic homeschoolers support group on Facebook () — Jessica Sanchez, one of the top three finalists on American Idol this season, is HOMESCHOOLED!

Jessica Sanchez – homeschooled!!! : ) That’s why she excels at what she loves best! She was able to hone God’s gift to her – her beautiful voice!!! Go Jessica Sanchez, go homeschooling!!!

(You read that right, the post came from Medela Moms, both of whom are homeschool moms. too. 🙂 Hehe!)

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Wow! I didn’t know that! LOL! 🙂 What an affirmation for homeschoolers everywhere! He, he! 🙂

Makes me more excited for the 4th Philippine Homeschool Conference tomorrow! 🙂 (You can still win free passes to that by the way, just click here for details).

So anyway, I am supposed to be proofreading Didache (for next year) and one of Bro. Bo’s books for reprinting but I got curious and googled “Jessica Sanchez homeschooled,” just to confirm the FB post I saw. Below are some links to pages that confirm it, just in case you guys are interested. 🙂 COOL!

A chat with Jessica on UT-San Diego.com
Jessica wows judges on UT-San Diego.com
— Love this part! “She is homeschooled and believes it is better than going to school because “there is less drama”. Teehee!
Jessica on USAToday.com
Jessica on East Lake Times.com

OK, back to work for me! 🙂 LOL! Good morning, everyone! 🙂 Have a blessed, awesome day ahead!

Debra Bell invites you to the 4th Philippine Homeschool Conference! :)

May 9, 2012 by Tina

I haven’t been blogging about homeschooling much here, since I have a separate blog about it altogether. However, I couldn’t help posting this video here — Debra Bell, international speaker, veteran homeschooler and bestselling author of “,” invites YOU to attend the 2012 Philippine Homeschool Conference! 🙂

Have you registered already? I have! 🙂 Just log on to www.hapihomeschooler.com for details. 🙂 Hope to see you there!

P.S. Feel free to approach me if you see me at the Conference, OK? 🙂 (Tee hee! Feeling famous, LOL!) 🙂 Blessings!

Truly Rich Recommendations: Homeschool Your Kids, If You Can! {PLUS The Top 25 Homeschooling Blogs {from Circle of Moms}

February 8, 2012 by Tina

Since this is usually the time of year when parents are on the lookout for a good school for their kids, I thought I’d share the following reasons why parents should at least consider homeschooling their kids, taken from an article written by Lynda Altman on the examiner.com website:
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1) No one has more interest in your child’s success than you do. Raising children involves teaching them on a daily basis.

2) You are qualified to teach your child. If there is a subject that you are unfamiliar with, that is what curriculum is for.

3) Homeschooled children consistently outperform their traditionally schooled peers on standardized tests. This superior test performance is across all socio-economic and ethnic lines.

4) Children who are home schooled have superior social skills to their traditionally schooled peers. Traditional school children learn gang mentality and bully tactics on unsupervised or poorly supervised playgrounds. Homeschooled children are supervised. Anti-social behaviors are quickly corrected. Homeschooled children interact better with adults than traditionally schooled children do.

5) With individualized attention home school children accomplish more in a day than most traditional public schools do in a week.

6) According to the US Department of Education, 1.5 million US families home school their children. The numbers are growing as more and more families are tired of a broken public school system that is barely able to teach.

7) Special needs children receive superior support services at home. This includes needs such as speech, vision, occupational therapy, gifted, autism and other support services. I have had 4 children with various needs in the public school system in 3 different states. Not one of them ever received the services promised in their IEP or those mandated by the Federal Disabilities Act.

8) The number of affluent Americans homeschooling their children is rising. This is due to frustrations over classroom behaviors, lack of learning and the desire to teach their children as they see fit.

9) Home school offers superior educational experiences to traditional schools. Field trips and travel are just a few of the things homeschoolers offer their kids.

10) Children who are homeschooled work at their own pace. They are not bound to state mandated curriculums and can advance to higher level work when ready. The same holds true for children who need more work in some areas. Home school children work on mastery of a subject, not just passing grades.

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This comic illustration by Jim Erskine also cites some good reasons to homeschool: 😉

Remember though, that while homeschooling is a great opportunity for BOTH parents and children, it is not for everyone. I always tell parents who contact me and ask me about homeschooling to really pray, discern and do their research.

Now, thanks to my friend and fellow homeschool-work-at-home-mom blogger Blessie of the Nanay Notebook, I can direct such parents to the blog post below to help them in their discernment and decision-making:
Is Homeschooling for Your Child? {On the Nanay Notebook}
How to Start Homeschooling ~ A Response to Mommy L’s Letter (a post I wrote on my homeschooling blog, inspired by Mommy Blessie’s post above)

Incidentally, if you want to read popular Catholic lay preacher and homeschool dad Bo Sanchez’s thoughts on homeschooling, you can click on the links below:
Will Homeschool Work For Your Kids?
We Don’t Send Our Kids to School

The people over at Homefires.com also did a GREAT job of compiling different “Top 10” lists for choosing homeschooling. You can see the links here.

Lastly, I mentioned in the title of this post that it would contain the top 25 homeschooling blogs, according to the voting contest held last year by Circle of Moms. Here’s the link to that, in case you need some homeschool help and/or ideas: http://www.circleofmoms.com/top25/homeschooling-blogs

I hope that more and more parents would consider homeschooling their kids. Admittedly though, our own homeschool is still in its “growing pains and gains” stage, but I believe that with God’s grace and anointing, He’ll equip, empower and inspire us to move forward in this journey, for as long as He calls us to! 😉 Pray for us, please!

Our new "home" is cool! (Homeschooling blog)

November 9, 2010 by Tina

For easier updating purposes, I have decided to put all our homeschooling-related posts in my new blogspot: http://teachermamatina.blogspot.com.

Please feel free to visit it every now and then. Will try to update it weekly! Watch out also for my new series of posts on “How To Become Truly Rich.” 🙂

God bless us all so we can bless others!

Honey, my love, so sweet

September 23, 2010 by Tina

Today is my husband’s birthday. Yep, we’re born in the same month. 🙂 Cute no? hehehe.

There were a lot of times in our life as a couple that we thought we wouldn’t be able to make it. When we first met each other waaay back in 2001, we had no idea our lives would never be the same again. I still remember our first meeting through a friend. There were no sparks, it wasn’t love at first sight (for me at least, hahaha). I will admit though that I found myself thinking that he was cute (yes, Honey, you can gloat over this later!), but I didn’t entertain the thought that anything would come out of it! Who would have known huh?!

And now, after 9 years of being in a relationship with my Honey (they actually call him Honey at home, hehehe), whom I now fondly call Bebs, 4 of which have been as husband and wife, 5 years of being mission partners, and two adorable kids, I want to take this opportunity to proclaim to the world how wonderfully blessed I am to have him in my life.

God’s gift to me

To the man who has added more love, laughter and common sense into my life – my best friend, partner, critic, supporter and prayer warrior – thank GOD for the __ years He has given you. I’m so blessed to have been part of your life for the past 9 years of it! ♥ I may fail to show it at times, esp. when things get hectic with the kids, but I want you to know how much I thank GOD each and every day that He allowed us to meet that fateful day in PUP. 🙂 I can’t imagine how life would be without you in my life. Thank you so much for being my constant cheerleader and prayer partner, especially in my recent adventures as an aspiring mompreneur and writer! Thank you for supporting and joining me in my breastfeeding, babywearing and homeschooling advocacies and adventures! Thank you for taking the time to be Teacher Papa to Tim, and taking care of Rysse whenever I need to work or write or join my mommy-related activities! I love you!!!! Happy happy blessed birthday Bebs! ♥ You will forever be my Honey, my love, so sweet! hehehe.