A reader asks ... We seem to be running into a lot of questions -- many from well-meaning people who are just curious about what homeschooling looks like fleshed out. Often though these questions take place in social settings where we don't have an hour to "reeducate" on education. Does anyone have … [Read more...] about Educating the Homeschool Skeptics
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Ask the Grad – Katherine Loop
Today's Ask the Grad profile features Katherine Loop, founder of Christian Perspective. Through that ministry and HEAV, Katherine encourages countless families in their home education efforts. Here she shares her own home education story with us, giving us a glimpse of the very normal struggles the … [Read more...] about Ask the Grad – Katherine Loop
Review and Giveaway – Raising Real Men
As a mother of three real boys for over 12 years now who has read her share of books on rearing the male species, I did not expect to be surprised by the Young’s take on child rearing. But I was. From the moment my husband began reading aloud the introduction to me on the sofa, we knew this book … [Read more...] about Review and Giveaway – Raising Real Men
Ask the Grad – Anais Dervaes
Anais Dervaes is the oldest of the home educated Dervaes children, a.k.a. Urban Homesteaders. After reading more than one article by her and her sister on femininity and counter-culture living, I simply had to know more about what it was like to be educated in their home. Obviously, running an … [Read more...] about Ask the Grad – Anais Dervaes
Teaching Preschoolers in a Busy House
Teaching Preschoolers In a Busy House First published in Home School Enrichment Magazine, May/June 2010. While two of my children studied quietly at the kitchen table, I gave my eldest son his weekly viola lesson. He was not far into the F Major Scale before a preschool-sized “Narnian Warrior,” … [Read more...] about Teaching Preschoolers in a Busy House
Ask the Grad – Shanxi Omoniyi
Several months ago, I read an article in Homeschool Helper by homeschool graduate Shanxi Omoniyi. Impressed with her multi-cultural point of view, I thought to myself, "I wish I could have her write an article for Ask the Grad!" I subsequently dismissed the thought, assuming such a busy writer … [Read more...] about Ask the Grad – Shanxi Omoniyi
