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Derby Resident Shares Homeschool Experience
by Esther Hoffman
Natalie Wickham is a 28-year-old homeschool graduate, piano teacher and longtime Derby resident. But Wickham holds yet another title: author. Wickham’s book, Pajama School, was released in April, and is available in local and online bookstores.
Pajama School contains a collection of stories telling about Wickham’s experience as a homeschooler. She was motivated to write it because people around her were curious about homeschooling.
“They would find out that I graduated as a homeschooler and they would just start pummeling me with questions,” Wickham said.
“I just felt like there was a need for someone who had graduated as a homeschooler ... to share what it was really like,” she said. “There are a lot of misconceptions about homeschooling.”
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Kansas homeschool graduate and certified music teacher Natalie Wickham is now a published author. The oldest of six children, five girls and one boy, she was homeschooled from fourth grade through her college years alongside her five siblings. She has a passion for challenging and equipping upcoming generations of homeschoolers to be godly leaders. Natalie owns and operates a successful piano studio and music educator’s blog and is the current Director of Adventures in Character. Wickham received a completed copy of her published work, Pajama School, at the beginning of March. The book may be purchased and chapter one can be read for free at the Pajama School website: www.pajamaschool.com.
Guardian Readers may also be interested in viewing on the website, some of the endorsements Wickham’s book has received. A few of her endorsers include Mike Smith,President, HSLDA, Bill Gothard, Founder, Institute in Basic Life Principles, and Jan Bloom veteran homeschool mom of three and author of, Who Should We Then Read? The following are questions and answers from an e-mail interview Natalie conducted with The Guardian News.
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KS Homeschooler Authors Book about Home Education
"Do you get to wear your pajamas to school? Do you have recess or snow days? What about socialization? Every homeschooler fields dozens of questions like these." Natalie Wickham, a Kansas homeschool graduate tackles these questions and more in her new book, Pajama School: Stories From the Life of a Homeschool Graduate.
"Natalie goes beyond providing simple answers and shares candidly about the experiences that led her to conclude that education is about much more than academics. Whether you’ve been homeschooling since the days of the New England Primer or are just embarking on this educational adventure, you will find hope, humor, and an ample dose of reality in the pages of Pajama School."
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Pajama School - Stories From the Life of a Homeschool Graduate
Q: What inspired you to write Pajama School?
Wickham: At the end of 2006, I made two goals after reading Daniel 12:3 from the Bible. The first was to grow in wisdom and the second was to turn many to righteousness. I felt like writing a book was one way to accomplish both goals.
Q: When did you begin the home school path?
Wickham: When I was 10 years old my parents began homeschooling. My four sisters and brother have also been homeschooled. I am the oldest in the birth order and presently 27 years old.
Q: Did you go to college?
Wickham: I have obtained my national certification status as a teacher of music. This was reached through independent studies, correspondence classes, tests and submitting a portfolio. It is equivalent to reaching a bachelor’s degree in my field of interest.
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