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Cheryl Costello

Cheryl Costello


Former columnist for Practical Homeschooling Magazine.

Cheryl Costello has a BA in music with an emphasis in flute and voice education and is a former vocalist with the Denver Opera Company. She teaches Kindermusik and a homeschool music class occasionally. Both she and her husband Michael of 11 years are musicians and homeschool their children ages 8, 8, and 2.


Homeschooling Articles by Cheryl Costello

Home is Where the Music Is Want music in your homeschool? Here's why family music is great!

Time4Learning U of Nebraska-Lincoln ISHS

Popular Articles

The Charlotte Mason Method

The Equal Sign - Symbol, Name, Meaning

Montessori Language Arts at Home, Part 1

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How to "Bee" a Spelling Success

Critical Thinking and Logic

A Reason for Reading

Start a Nature Notebook

Why the Internet will Never Replace Books

I Was an Accelerated Child

Who Needs the Prom?

What We Can Learn from the Homeschooled 2002 National Geography Bee Winners

The Charlote Mason Approach to Poetry

The History of Public Education

Phonics the Montessori Way

Advanced Math: Trig, PreCalc, and more!

University Model Schools

Art Appreciation the Charlotte Mason Way

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Myth of the Teenager

Saxon Math: Facts vs. Rumors

Don't Give Up on Your Late Bloomers

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The Benefits of Cursive Writing

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Whole-Language Boondoggle

Laptop Homeschool

Columbus and the Flat Earth...

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Can Homeschoolers Participate In Public School Programs?

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Give Yourself a "CLEP Scholarship"

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