Friends and family, there will always be those that will try their best to make you rethink your decision and make it seem as though you are the worst person in the world because you homeschool your children. There will …
One thing that I’ve learned since I’ve started homeschooling is that homeschooling works best when the whole family is involved. Recently, someone asked me to give them the steps that I use to get my year started and this is …
I don’t know about you, but I’m thrilled to begin another homeschool year. We have so much fun learning together, and the fact that the kids have full control over how much we manage to get done and when we get …
Reason number six: “I have to work full time. I can’t NOT work because we need the income/I love my job/etc.” I’m not saying don’t work. There. You don’t have to be a stay at home mom, I’m not! I …
All of us homeschool for different reasons and have a story to tell. We need to tell our story because there is someone out there that needs to know that they are not alone in their struggles and dealings as …
For someone like me, who is far more comfortable with the printed word because I just don’t do the, “think on your feet” thing as well as others, interviews in any video or radio format are a bit nerve-wracking. But …
“Mom, can we talk for a minute?” I stopped what I was doing to look into the face of my oldest daughter. She was sitting at the kitchen table. I sat down and asked her what she needed to talk …
I think this question is never asked, but rather assumed. When you think of the word “teacher” what comes to mind? I would be willing to bet that it’s a person who is in a classroom of some sort, with …
That’s what I always thought! I couldn’t understand how people could homeschool and yet seem so … non-crazy. I would think back to times when moms did this every day, before public schools. There was something about it that seemed …
I love this simple statement, credited to Aristotle, because it truly embodies the way I feel about education in general. I feel that if you take a child’s natural inclination to learn, cultivate that inclination into desire for knowledge with …
