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Autumn
 Emily Dickinson
The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.
The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I'll put a trinket on.
Autumn officially arrives on Monday, September 22. Celebrate a new season!
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Great Home Schooling History Resources
 Two excellent resources for teaching history with modern applications for your students and others are now available in a money-saving combination pack. For just $35 (a savings of $5), you can own both the Miracle in Texas and Taking a Stand in Texas: The Battle for Home School Freedom DVDs, available from the Texas Home School Coalition Association.
Miracle in Texas is Attorney Shelby Sharpe's account of the events in the legal battle for home schooling freedom in Texas. Mr. Sharpe was the lead attorney in the Leeper v. Arlington case, which defined home schooling law in Texas.
Taking a Stand in Texas: The Battle for Home School Freedom is the documentary describing the trials of the pioneers in the Texas home schooling movement in the 1980s-related by the participants. (Click on the graphic to see a clip.) Together these two DVDs provide a comprehensive look at where we started and how far we have come, and they remind us of why THSC encourages home schoolers to keep a sharp eye on laws and activities affecting home schooling throughout the state.
Purchase these great, educational videos today, and make sure your family understands how blessed we are to homeschool in Texas. Buy either DVD online or get the pair today with a $5 discount by calling 888-200-4903.
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Good Citizenship Study
In Texas, we enjoy a rich heritage from our home school pioneers. As a result, we are free to homeschool with few requirements. One of the requirements is to teach a course in good citizenship. U.S. Constitution Day provides a great citizenship opportunity, as study of the Constitution fulfills the citizenship requirement.
THSC has a long-running Good Citizenship program, through which the term is defined and students may earn certificates and become eligible for awards, throughout the year. Find out more about the Good Citizenship program.... |
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A Merry Heart Doeth Good
 Even the public school kids get the socialization issue!
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Austin ISD Requires Unnecessary Information
After a high school official in the Austin ISD required the start date for her child's home school before he would take the student off the school's rolls, an Association member asked THSC for help. Tim Lambert wrote the district, explaining the state's requirements for withdrawing a student to homeschool.
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How We Teach Changes Brain Size
Does how we teach our children physically change their brains and the way in which their brains are wired? In her book titled Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About It, Jane M. Healy, Ph. D., relates experimental findings which compare the brain size of three groups of rats. The three groups had identical food, water, and cages, except the "enriched rats" were given all kinds of stimuli with which to experiment. The second set of rats merely watched the first group of rats interact with the stimuli, while the third group of rats was kept in another room without any stimuli and without any stimulated rats to watch. The results of this experiment showed that increased environmental enrichment created "brains that were larger and heavier, with increased dendritic branching," which means better communication from nerve cell to nerve cell.
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