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Research Remembered

What do you personally remember about research from your high school years? Do you have good memories or bad memories of it? Now, what about your teenagers? What kind of research skills are you teaching them? Will they be prepared for college research? Research, in my mind, has several components with one basic goal: getting...

Accounting, of Sorts

Posted by Barbara | 0 comments

My husband keeps our books and manages our finances. I love that guy. He has a great analytical, planning mind and it helps us to keep on track and stay on budget. I cannot tell you how helpful that is and how grateful I am to have that kind of structure in our home. Now, to be sure, he keeps me “in the loop” and takes my...

Learning by Hand

Posted by Aubrey Lively | 0 comments

I managed a garden this summer, for the first time in my life. Well…I should clarify…I helped the kids plant some seeds indoors and then transplant them outside. Since then, I have allowed (and sometimes reminded) them to go and water the plants. They have weeded, nursed, and made friends with the zucchini, squash,...

Are You Wilting?

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It had hung next to my kitchen sink for more than 15 years; happy and green in a weathered terracotta planter. I had never done anything special to it, but my shamrock flourished in the same planter in four different homes in two states. I’d added new soil on a couple of occasions, but other than that it received no special...

My Conference Notebook: 8 Years of Listening

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I’m thumbing through a full composition book packed with notes, lists and ideas that date back to the very first days of homeschooling my firstborn son. It spans 8 years of conferences, the bullet points of 4 different states’ homeschooling laws, and grade level ideas for Preschool through 6th grade. It’s my very...

High School Step-by-Step

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Is homeschooling high school an overwhelming task? Instead of looking at the big picture, sometimes it helps to focus on smaller, simpler tasks to achieve your goals. If you just look at the end result, “High School Transcript” or “College Admission,” you may become overwhelmed. Consider the story in the Bible about...

Homeschooling’s Dirty Little Secret

Posted by CarolB | 0 comments

Things had gotten bad in our support group. The battle lines had been drawn. Two of our homeschooling membership had gotten into a competition of sorts. They came to each meeting with scripture on their lips and a quiet smile plastered on their faces, but there was a squint-eyed gleam in their eyes. And it was getting...

Grading Without Tests

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Have you ever wondered…. “What grade do you put on a transcript when you don’t use a test?” My son Kevin thought my homeschool grades were stupid. “Who’s going to believe the grades my Mom gives me?” he would say. Then he took classes at community college! The professors gave credit for...

Staying the Course: Homeschooling Through High School

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Seventeen years ago my husband and I made the decision to homeschool our oldest child after he had attended public kindergarten and first grade. Our decision was based on the following reasons: we were no longer comfortable entrusting a large portion of his education and training to strangers; we wanted his daily presence in...

Through the Eyes of a High Schooler

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When I was in grade school, homeschooling seemed “normal” enough. Sure I didn’t go to school, but all my peers thought it was cool. They loved the idea of homeschooling and a lot of my friends who went to school actually would ask their parents to homeschool them as well. Then along came the high school years. Many of my...