I’m sure that as a homeschool parent you sometimes feel overwhelmed with what you have taken on – total responsibility for your kids’ formal education. Knowing that others have been there and have navigated successfully through it can be an important source of...
I have been homeschooling for over 15 years now. There is one thing I always do before making any serious plans for the next year. Most parents skip this step and I think it is the most important step to having a really successful year. Before choosing curriculum,...
Part 2 As you may have read, we have been exploring college potentials for my newly “graduated” 18 year old son. Was college an answer? In what ways? Were there other, cheaper ways to gain that knowledge? His sister’s college was $52k a year. She had a huge...
Part 1 This question was floating around my home for several months earlier this year. It was the topic of many conversations. At first, my son got caught up in the typical dilemma: college or not college. He even pulled me into exploring variations of those two...
Wow! It has been a flurry of graduation parties! My son just turned 18. He has been homeschooled his whole life and most of that was unschooled. Many of his friends went to school and parties are what you do, right? It is a celebration of completing this huge...