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 [...]

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, [...]

My daughter is reading several books at one time. She has two started on the e-reader, one hardcover book, and is listening to a different audio book. Yes, I consider listening to the audio book reading. How can I do that? Well, part of the reason I want my daughter to read is to increase [...]

Is it important to do math in a particular order? Yes, at least for us! We started sixth grade math a week or so ago. I decided that this year we would absolutely do it in the order presented. Last year, I let my daughter skip ahead to what she wanted to work on. I [...]

Ok, so what are your children reading? Are they reading on their own, or are you reading to them? My sixth grader is reading Fablehaven right now. I do not have her reading anything in particular for “school” so to speak. I figure it is more important to keep her reading anything that is close [...]