Written by Kara Fleck "I see a lot of crafts, books, and experiments on your instagram, but do you do any actual teaching?" Or "If you don't test them, then how do you know your kids learn anything?" If you homeschool long enough, sooner or later you're probably going to encounter questions like …
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Why connection matters most of all
Written by Kara S. Anderson I recently spoke at the Virginia Homeschoolers Conference, and one of my talks was about why relationships matter so much in homeschooling. During the Q and A period following my talk, a mom asked me what to do when tensions have gotten high, and everyone is melting …
Do you want your kids to beg for more school?
Written by Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane It was the conversation I never dreamed we'd have: "I don't think we're doing enough. School has gotten really easy." "Yeah, you said we'd be doing more this year, but we aren't. Can't we learn some more things?" It was the kind of complaining that's …
How homeschooling is like remodeling
Written by Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers After 25 years in the same house, we’re near the end (hopefully!) of a major remodeling project for our kitchen and master bath (with smaller projects to follow). For the last several weeks, the project has had a monopoly on my thoughts. …
BOO! The scariest thing about homeschooling that isn’t
Written by Purva Brown A few months ago, an old friend of mine visited from India. We had stayed in touch through Facebook, so even after a decade it felt like we knew each other, and the conversation flowed smoothly. The one thing she could not wrap her mind around, though, was …
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