These are government estimations;
actual numbers may be a bit higher. We
host a network of over 40 Christian
homeschooling families, and we know
there are more Christian homeschoolers,
and there are quite a number of secular
homeschoolers as well. Our estimation is
that we even have more than 100 families homeschooling in the Netherlands.
We hear regularly about people who
decide not to live and work in the
Netherlands because they think homeschooling is not possible. However, it is,
but it is necessary to do some formal
things before people arrive in the
Netherlands.
We have a Dutch Christian Home-
school Group on Yahoo!: the Jozua-list:
groups.yahoo.com/group/Jozua24v15.
We are open to English-speaking people
living in the Netherlands as well. We are
not an international list; however,
members need to be either Dutch and
living abroad/in the Netherlands, or they
can be foreigners currently living in the
Netherlands. We would be very pleased
if you would spread the word that home-
schooling is possible in the Netherlands,
as we are currently homeschooling our
14-year-old son since 2006.
BJU Press and
Accreditation
I am responding to the article “Tapping
the Technology Toolbox” [Cheryl
Bastarache] in the Spring 2010 edition. I
wanted to provide some clarification
about BJU Press, AHE, and accredita-
tion. For many years, the Academy of
Home Education (AHE) has provided
academic guidance, testing, transcripts,
and diplomas to homeschoolers nation-
wide. BJU Press continues to offer AHE
as an option for parents. In addition, BJU
Press is now partnering with Bridgeway
Academy, a homeschool program that is
accredited through the National
Association of Private Schools. Students
can use BJU Press Distance Learning
materials through Bridgeway Academy
and earn a diploma. While the author is
correct in mentioning that the Academy
of Home Education is unaccredited, I
wanted to make sure that parents realize
that BJU Press does offer an accredita-
tion option through Bridgeway Academy.
Readers Helping
Readers
I have a 10-year-old son with autism, and
he is at a kindergarten level. He doesn’t
speak very well; he repeats what you say.
For the past six years he has been in the
school system, and I decided to homeschool him because I feel that God wants
me to. The past three years at school he
had a teacher that did nothing with him
but artwork. . . . All of the early intervention that we started has been undone,
and for three years he stayed the same.
So my question is, What kind of
curriculum do you all suggest that I try?
I have prayed about it, and I feel strongly
about homeschooling him and his
brother, and so does my husband, so why
do I feel so scared? I am not very creative
and that scares me because he is
[creative], and I want to be able to help
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