Maybe you are brand new to this whole homeschooling “thing” and on many days, you find yourself totally frustrated that you no longer have time for little else besides lesson plans, reading lists, and a whole new set of forums and networks. Perhaps this is not your first barbecue, but you cannot figure out why […]
4 Must Haves for High School
I love to shop in August. As a parent who homeschools, I am tickled, for lack of a better word, by the marketing of everything as a “back to school” necessity. Towels, computers, small appliances, health and beauty items — a student’s trip back to school has to be the most marketed event right after Christmas and […]
The Midwest College Road Trip
There are places that are gorgeous, and places where the fit is not so great. Then there are places that you visit and you see home. Home for your child, and peace for your mind as a parent. If our son had his way, he’d be Mikhail Baryshnikov, complete with the home in Russia. If […]
Why More Black People are Choosing to Teach Children from Home
I completed this interview two years ago, and I thought it might have become lost somewhere in their video vault. Instead, it posted on yesterday!! I am excited, especially because there are a number of African Americans, among others, who are making decisions to begin their home education journey right now. Why? Watch my chat with Rebecca Keliher […]
Do You Love to Homeschool?
Do you love to homeschool? With scores of parents making plans to pull their children from traditional school systems as I write, and others who are currently deciding never to put their child into that same system, it might seem like an ill-chosen time to “voice” those frustrations that no one blogs about—much. Yet, if […]