Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I hope all of you are having a great holiday week! I know that not everyone celebrates in the same way, but this time of year is so full of holidays and warm family times. I hope that you are taking advantage of this time. I also know that school [...]

Did you know that homeschooling was a growing trend? I live in an area that has decent schools, relatively speaking, and still I meet a lot of parents who are new to homeschooling or who are considering homeschooling. I believe that “the establishment” is not reporting correct numbers of homeschooling children. Part of the reason [...]

I have always been thankful that my daughter is a reader. We have never had any trouble with her ability to read. From a young age she has been willing to pick up a book and never hesitated to read to herself, or to us. We have made reading important at our house. My daughter [...]

Why do you homeschool? I know why I homeschool. I am a completely secular homeschooler. It isn’t that I don’t have faith, it is that I don’t homeschool for religious reasons. I never wanted to homeschool, I thought my child would need to go to school to learn to be a “normal” kid. After all, [...]

Sometimes I get so caught up in providing my daughter with a better education than she would get in the public school alternative to our homeschool, that I forget that she needs down time, too. I get caught up in the idea of what science curriculum we will use when she finishes her current one. [...]