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Parents learn about available resources for home schooling

By DARYL WAITE

Moapa Valley Progress

Parents and presenters interact on the subject of homeschooling at a seminar held last week at a University of Nevada Cooperative Extension classroom in Logandale. PHOTO BY DARYL WAITE/Moapa Valley Progress.
Parents and presenters interact on the subject of homeschooling at a seminar held last week at a University of Nevada Cooperative Extension classroom in Logandale. PHOTO BY DARYL WAITE/Moapa Valley Progress.

Many parents have thought about homeschooling their children, but just don’t know how to go about it. Last Saturday, May 16, local parents were given the chance to explore options for homeschooling at a seminar hosted at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (UNCE) office in Logandale.

The event was coordinated by Pennie Rumsey home schooling mom from Overton. It included a wide variety of presenters and programs for homeschooling from Nevada and outlying areas.
Rumsey’s purpose was to point out options for homeschooling and “give tools to build the ship on the Homeschooling Sea.”

There was a great turnout with almost an equal ratio of parents who currently home school and parents considering switching to homeschooling.

Presenters at the seminar explained homeschooling programs and methods, including The Gathering Place, Thomas Jefferson Education, Keystone Education, The Waldorf Method, Latter Day Learning, and Monsieur, as well as Nevada Virtual Academy.

After each presenter gave a short speech about his/her program; it’s focus, and the tried and true experiences they had with them; parents were able to explore the booths and displays, and were encouraged to ask questions.

Each presenter was well-spoken and gave great advice for parents of homeschoolers and public school children alike.
Cally Wade, a fellow Moapa Valley parent, spoke of her reasons for homeschooling. “When your child is in a full public classroom with one teacher and one teacher assistant, your child can become lost and won’t be the first priority,” she said. To Wade, homeschooling is finding a way to choose what she wants to teach for each of her unique children, thereby creating perfect education in her home.

Mothers are not the only people excited about this homeschooling movement. Bryan Mortensen, who supported his wife, Emily, while speaking for Latter Day Learning, gave his own thoughts on homeschooling as a dad.
“I love that I can pick up the teacher’s manual, go through it, and see that this is real learning,” Mortensen said. In homeschooling, mothers are typically the main teachers in the house, Mortensen said. But he said he “can talk to [his] kids during dinner about what they learned and be involved.” He said that he loves to do so.

Pennie Rumsey and those who helped put on this supportive homeschooling seminar are working on getting more local gatherings put together for parents who are currently homeschooling, in an effort to give support and encourage social events for their children.

The next meeting will be on May 20 at the UNCE and will be focused on finding different plans and information for past, present, and future homeschooling parents and their children.

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