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  Joe:
I'd like to welcome my special guest, Shari Henry who is the author of Homeschooling:
The Middle Years. She is the senior editor of Homeschooling Today
magazine and has written for various parenting and homeschooling publications. She is a
frequent speaker at homeschooling conventions and workshops. She lives in Huntsville
Alabama with her husband and three children homeschooled children.Shari:
 Thanks
so much for your kind words about my book. I thoroughly enjoyed answering these questions.
I hope you find them helpful.
Joe:
How did you come to write this book? How are your children doing today and what are they
doing?
 Shari:
The way I came to write this book was a writer's dream. Linda Dobson, the author of Homeschooling: The Early Years, contacted me
and asked,
"Wanna' write a book?"
She put me in touch with an editor at Prima (Jamie Miller, wonderful lady), and
we took it from there.
Having said that, the whole project was comfortable for me
because I've written articles for various homeschooling magazines over the years, and I
currently write and edit for Homeschooling Today magazine as well as give workshops
for homeschoolers. I thoroughly enjoy encouraging interested people to homeschool and
helping them find the resources that will suit them best.
My children are all doing well.
Thanks for asking!
- TJ
is 14, and like most 14 year-olds in Alabama, counts the days until his 15th
birthday, when he will get his driving permit. His interests revolve around hockey, hockey
and a bit more hockey. When he's not playing, he fills his free time working for the local
semi-pro team, reading sports magazines, or watching sports television. Thankfully,
outside of hockey, he's well read, can write clearly, and has strong math skills.
- Bekah
is headed toward her eleventh birthday. As much as her brother loves
hockey, she loves her books and her horses, or that is, all the horses at the farm where
she rides (none of them technically belong to her!). I think more than the other two
children, I'm most thankful that Bekah has a homeschooling life. She reads, on average,
300-350 pages per day, which means she's often up 'til the wee hours of the morning.
Needless to say, she sleeps late into the mornings, which is only possible because of
homeschooling. She can hold her own when discussing Greek Mythology, Shakespeare, and
Twain with most people, and loves seeing how much money she could earn if only she were
old enough to be a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? <g>
- Phoebe
is our little darling, and we all enjoy watching her learn to read and explore
numbers. She turns seven next week. I'm glad to still have a child who can't get enough of
my reading aloud, and I relish each and every moment we share together with a good
book. Her dream, like many seven year-olds, is to be a prima ballerina someday, so a lot
of her time is spent changing from one dance outfit to another and then practicing at her
ballet barre. Otherwise, I'm reminded how great homeschooling is for these younger
children by the mere fact that they have so much time to simply play (which we know
isn't really simple at all).
Joe:
One of the problems facing many families today with the high divorce rate is the single
parent that wants to homeschool. Is this possible and what strategies should a single
parent use to develop a homeschooling program?
See the answer from Shari
  Single
Parents
Meet the Author
Homeschooling: The
Early Years
Your Complete Guide
to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8- Year-Old Child
by Linda Dobson, Jamie Miller
Interview & FREE Excerpt
  
The formative years are the most critical to a child's education. They lay the foundation
for developing learning skills that last a lifetime. For that reason, homeschooling during
those early years takes on considerable importance to parents dissatisfied with
traditional schools.
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"The Complete
Idiot's Guide to Homeschooling"
by Marsha Ransom
hosted by Joe Spataro
interview & FREE excerpt
  Marsha
Ransom, author of The
Complete Idiot's Guide to Homeschooling, is the mother of four children,
two of whom have always been homeschooled. She serves as a homeschool resource for her
local library and writes articles for Home Education Magazine, The Link: A Homeschool
Newspaper, Women's International Net, and Homeschool Dad Magazine. In this interview on
the Zone, Marsha discusses how she came to write this book,
developing your program, homeschooling
on a budget, what is happening with her homeschooled
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