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Why you need to create a homeschool portfolio
scrapbook elements from Sherwood StudiosIn Ohio, homeschooling parents must include an annual evaluation of their child with each subsequent Notice of Intent to Homeschool. This can be the composite...
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Kids hate homeschooling? Well, you told them to!
By word and by action, we have told our kids that school is unpleasant, and homeschooling is probably a bad idea.We create a restrictive environment with desks and chairs, requiring kids to sit still...
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Carnival of Homeschooling: Eliza Doolittle Day at Why Homeschool
Would you like a way to see a variety of posts about homeschooling in one place?The Carnival of Homeschooling is a weekly showcase of homeschool blog posts. Bloggers take turns hosting the Carnival, so...
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GUEST POST: Homeschool Helper: The Ultimate Tool for Parents
Digital scrapbook elements from Mister Awesome collection by by Shawna Clingerman and Cardboard Alphas by Suzyq ScrapsConsidering the challenges brought by homeschooling, any mobile tool that combines...
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College Prep Homeschooling: To Go or Not To Go
When I was in high school, kids assumed they would go to college, earn a degree, and use that degree in their chosen vocation. No one ever disabused us of this notion. College was spoken of in terms...
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Carnival of Homeschooling: The Wisdom Edition
Judy Aron at Consent of the Governed is one of those go-to bloggers I read to find out what is going on legislatively that may affect homeschoolers. This week she's hosting the Carnival of...
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Carnival of Homeschooling: Graduate Edition
This week's Carnival of Homeschooling was hosted by Homeschoolbuzz.com. Read about homeschoolers who are graduating a child from their homeschool, and whether or not to go to college. Also on the...
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Conquering chaos from the outside in
Elements from Crazy Like a Fox by Erica ZaneHomeschoolers are constantly looking for ways to organize their homes and lives. Because home is also school, the chances of clutter to taking over are...
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Carnival of Homeschooling at The Foodie Army Wife
If you are having some end-of-the-homeschool-year blahs, then you'll enjoy taking a tour of the blogosphere with this week's Carnival of Homeschooling, hosted by Constance Smith at The Foodie Army...
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Conquer the chaos with two new habits
In the first post on Conquering Chaos, I proposed the idea that we must stop thinking, overthinking, and having feelings about organizing, and get to DOING the things that lead to the stability and...
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The Carnival of Homeschooling at Small World at Home
Sarah at Small World at Home says:We have a little something for everyone on this homeschooling journey with this carnival, from preschool to college. Grab a cup of something cold (it's really hot down...
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What are "Teachable Moments"?
Relationships are created and nurtured moment by moment, line by line, and in between the lines. How many of us bought into the idea of trying to separate life into batches of quality time, only to be...
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Carnival of Homeschooling at Dewey's Treehouse
The Canadian homesquirreling at Dewey's Treehouse celebrate Canada's 147th birthday with the 444th edition Countdown to Summer of the Carnival of Homeschooling.A blog carnival is a collection of blog...
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Weekly Wrap-Up: It's been a Yankee Doodle week
You know why Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni? Because he was sleep deprived, that’s why. Who needs to go see fireworks on the 4th of July anymore, when there are...
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Carnival of Homeschooling: The Finding Solutions Edition
Welcome to the Finding Solutions Edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling! Homeschoolers face many different challenges and deal with a variety of doubts about our chosen educational path. Even after...
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Choosing to homeschool in response to a crisis
Short daily posts on random topicsThere are dozens, possibly hundreds of reasons parents choose to homeschool. But when the choice is based on a crisis situation, it complicates matters. Consider, for...
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For the record: I am not an anti-public school homeschooler
Short daily posts on random topicsI am not an anti-public school homeschooler. In some quarters, that’s homeschool heresy. As Christian homeschoolers, we are supposed to be militant in our opposition...
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Responses to comments about caring for a parent with dementia
Short daily posts on random topicsWhen talking to someone who is experiencing a crisis, tragedy, or adversity of some kind, we want to say something comforting and encouraging, or we have questions...
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First steps in starting a homeschool support group
Short daily posts on random topicsIt doesn’t matter what kind of group you are leading or organizing. When you, as a human being, get together with a bunch of other human beings, there are going to be...
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4 Common Homeschool Fears, Answered
Short daily posts on random topicsAfter 20 years of homeschooling, I've heard again and again about these Common Homeschool Fears that plague parents and keep them from considering homeschooling as an...
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