“What grade are you in?” the cashier asks. My child stares, like a deer caught in headlights, and turns to me before slowly answering, “ummm….we don’t really do grades…. But I love history!” Grade levels. Homeschoolers wonder about them often, asking questions like: ...
Like any change in life the first step is a decision. For me homeschool was always a thought tucked away in a journal page, carelessly written while I sat next to my first napping toddler. I sent that toddler into the public school system for kindergarten. It was...
I’m awoken abruptly by the roar of an engine and a strobe light illuminating my bedroom. The sky is still dark as I glance at the clock. 5:49 a.m. The high school bus groaned down the road with the teenage girls who live across the street aboard. I let my head fall...
Many, possibly even most, times the phrase, “taken for granted”, is used in a negative way. I like to use it in a positive way. When I can take something for granted it shows, in my mind, that the situation is a very secure one, one I can rely upon. There are many...
Want to know a secret? Shh….it’s one of the best-kept secrets of homeschooling. Ready? Here it comes… Homeschoolers don’t have to follow any schedule at all. We can take a break ANY TIME WE WANT OR NEED TO. Oh my gosh, right? What kind of schedule or break am I...
There are many factors that go into a family’s decision to homeschool their child(ren) - personalities, abilities, educational & testing philosophies, social situations, etc. These are all factors that should be considered and evaluated but the reason most choose...