By Angie McFarren, Homeschool Consultant

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Discussing the various homeschool programs and curricula available used to be a favorite topic of mine. Pouring over catalogs while I drink my afternoon tea is still something I enjoy on occasion, however my enthusiasm is somewhat waning these days. There was a season when I believed that a perfect curriculum, producing amazing results in my children, could actually be found in one of those catalogs. Now though after homeschooling for over 10 years, I’ve come to realize that just as there is…

A popular concept in the world of unschooling is to make everyday activities educational.  What better way for a child to learn than within the context of activities of everyday living?  So it seems that having the kids helping out in the…

Exploring, discovering, emerging, progressing, mastering: no matter how old you are or your stage of life, in some element, you are somewhere on this step by step journey.

When our children are babies, we have very few expectations. We understand that it will take time and patience, teaching and correction and lots and lots of practice for them to be able to walk, talk, feed…

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Lessons Learned among the Trials

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Have you had any of “those days” lately?  I have had more than my share because those days turned into weeks.  Looking back I realize there were…

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Homeschool Convention Virus

This is the time of year when many homeschool conferences and conventions begin nationwide.  Weeks before these events there are moms who come down with a peculiar illness called the homeschool…

I'm always looking for new homeschool resources that relate to nutrition, and I've got a great one to share with you today!  It's a little too young for most of the lessons on this site, but you homeschooling moms out there can have…

Our family has been homeschooling for over 10 years now. The longer we homeschool, the more friends we encounter who have returned to the government school in some form or another (public school at home program, charter etc.) My homeschool mentor warned me that one day we would feel alone as though walking a narrow road...within a narrow road. She was so right…

If you're not up to spending big bucks on private tutoring, there are some cool online games and reading programs for kids that work well for dyslexics too.  We like using the Time4Learning curriculum because there's an option you can enable where this little parrot character shows up on your lesson pages.  It's great if you need to homeschool dyslexia.  The…

Now through Friday February 22nd, No Regrets: How Homeschooling Earned Me a Master's Degree at Age Sixteen is a Free Download on Kindle.

"I was...inspired by this sweet success story...I never felt pressured to accelerate my own children's progress or to switch to the programs the Swanns used. Instead, learning of the family's deep commitment to God's plan for them simply encouraged and empowered me to continue on the…

Teaching Music in Your Homeschool with Beethoven Who?

Wait!  Don’t leave.  You do not need to possess a music degree or a lot of money in order to teach your children music.  Teaching music was the furthest thing…

May 9, 2012

“No, hold on” was a phrase repeated many times this morning. A simple phrase, easily understood right? Not really. Those three little words had two meanings this morning and which one you chose to listen to depended on which end of the dental…

By Lee B. Woods

The role of a writer has always been that of a single soul, sitting alone, enjoying an undisturbed solitude while the mind offers the kind of creativity that only a single mind can offer. No one looking over the shoulder, no indifferent instructors pointing fingers and whispering "Do it this way." Instead, the writer's mind is free to create. Now, add a quiet corner plus some dedicated help at home and we may be looking at a student writer who succeeds not only because…