Over the thirteen years that I’ve been homeschooling, I’ve learned something about good advice: every helpful tip has a balancing flip. Here are a few examples. Good Tip! Know what your goals are. Does your fourth-grader need more work memorizing his multiplication tables? Does your seventh-grader have to learn how to compose paragraphs? You might […]
There is enough of an age spread between our oldest and youngest children that I find myself circling back with the younger ones to make sure they are also benefiting from some of the things their older siblings learned. Sometimes it’s rough! Take the time I realized a certain four-year-old of mine didn’t know the […]
In the past couple of months, Rachelle and Sara have both shared their families’ approaches to school planning. Now it’s my turn . . . last, because that is how I do my school planning: by putting it off as long as possible. Okay, that’s not entirely true. I do like to think ahead in […]
Last month, we talked about how to finish last year strong, what to do with all those papers (including the prolific artwork!), and what tools you can use to assess how the year went—plus some ideas for enjoying the summer. (If you are new, you may want to file that post away to come back […]
How do I plan school for the upcoming year? Well, I play to my strengths: I let my husband do it. “Okay, then,” you ask, “What does it look like with Darren as the planner but me as the primary educator?” Great question! (And yes, I did actually interview Darren for this blog post.) Like […]
I’m a planner. I don’t feel settled until there is a plan. Once I have a plan, I’m quite comfortable changing it as needed. But I need a plan. School planning has always been a joy for me. It feels like the monster in the corner of the room waiting to pounce, until I sit […]
The Brainy Bunch: The Harding Family’s Method to College Ready by Age Twelve chronicles the homeschool journey of the Harding family and their overall philosophy of home education for their 10 children. Each of the Harding children was homeschooled and then started attending a local community college at around the age of 12. The Harding […]
I like self-discovery, and I like homeschooling. So I was pretty impressed that the folks at Eclectic Homeschooling managed to combine the two into one quiz. The Homeschool Philosophies Quiz scores your answers according to 10 educational philosophies. Even better, it doesn’t box you into just one model—it gives you a range of scores, reflecting […]
Mayday! Mayday! The end is near! At least that’s how many of us feel as we are evaluating progress and starting to seriously look ahead for next year! Are you wondering if you really finished anything or if you spent most of your time spinning your wheels? Maybe you’re just thinking that you really aren’t […]
Presidential candidate Donald Trump mentioned homeschooling for the first time at the Family Research Council’s annual Values Voter Summit last weekend. In the middle of a discussion on education and school choice, Trump said, “School choice means that parents can homeschool their children. 100%.” (You can watch the video below, with Mr. Trump’s remarks around the […]
In the lead-up to April 5th’s Wisconsin presidential primary, CNN’s Anderson Cooper hosted a town hall-style forum where each presidential candidate took questions from the audience on important policy issues, including defense, education, and healthcare. One exchange in CNN’s town hall included brief but confusing remarks by businessman Donald Trump on the federal government’s role […]
Note: HSLDA has reached out to all of the major presidential campaigns for interviews. We will post and analyze the interviews as they occur. HSLDA has not endorsed any 2016 presidential candidate. In the next interview in our series of conversations with presidential candidates, HSLDA Chairman Mike Farris spoke with Texas Senator Ted Cruz, to […]
