This post contains affiliate links for which I may receive compensation. Please see my disclosure statement. I'm surprised at the number of back-to-school comments, or not-back-to-school in the case … [Read more...]
Hands-on Learning
Hands-on Learning Susan Evans speaks at homeschool conferences, teaches creative writing classes, and homeschools my kids using unit studies. Making Literature Fun How do you get your children to … [Read more...]
Music in Our Homeschool
Music in Our Homeschool Gena Mayo is the mom of eight children, ages 15 down to 3. She has homeschooled them from the beginning. She and her husband of 17 years are best friends. Gena loves … [Read more...]
Learn a foreign language as a family
by Erin Salazar In today’s world, it is becoming increasingly becoming valuable to be bilingual or at least be able to understand a few key phrases in a second language. Whether your child has a … [Read more...]
High School at Home: Help is here
Like the socialization question, some doubts about homeschooling continue in spite of the evidence that they are false fears. One such doubt is high school at home. Four decades of homeschooled … [Read more...]
Homeschool Graduation and Parents
For homeschoolers, a more exciting sign of spring than blooming flowers, warmer sunshine, and the arrival of daylight saving time is graduation planning. Our minds fill with so many thoughts from the … [Read more...]
Teaching Journalism at Home
When you think of journalism, you probably have some set ideas of what it is and why you can’t teach it as a homeschool class. Perhaps you think journalists must write for a student newspaper in … [Read more...]
Let your child lead
Three-year-old Rosie brought a handful of rocks from the driveway in the house. She carefully placed these ordinary pieces of gravel on the bookshelf. This was the beginning of her rock … [Read more...]
Resources for teaching about elections
What better time to teach about the election process than during an election year? Now is the time to gather resources for teaching about elections! There is more to elections in the United States … [Read more...]
“I Believe in Homeschooling”
On my return trip from the 2:1 Blogging Conference, I threw one of my carry-ons into the bin at the security screening. I heard behind me, "Look, she believes in homeschooling." I turned around to be … [Read more...]