Encouragement

Planning & Record Keeping

Planning and Record Keeping – Christine Dittmann Through more than two decades of homeschooling, we’ve used various levels of planning and record keeping in our home. There were times we were just...

Remind Me : Why am I Homeschooling ?

Remind Me : Why am I Homeschooling ?

Remind me : Why am I encouraging our family to Homeschool? In the course of our daily routine, sometimes seemingly overwhelmingly so, it can be hard to remember why we committed to homeschooling in...

Together, You Can Do It

You are not going to do a perfect job of homeschooling. You have both strengths and weaknesses. Your children are not going to turn out perfect. They have their strengths and weaknesses too. But,...

Not for the Faint of Heart

I heard it again recently in a conversation with a Christian mom whose children are all attending public school. “You guys are amazing. I know I would never have the patience to teach my kids at...

Words of Encouragement

I confess to feeling afraid—not really of contracting covid-19, but of the world’s reaction to it. It is normal for me to spend time with the Lord daily, reading the bible and in prayer, often...

Keep Homeschool Sanity

Like any area of life, homeschooling can quickly become a complicated monster. You can sometimes find yourself battling through the darkness in search of homeschool sanity. We’ve been in the...

What the Second Generation Needs From the First

Second-generation homeschoolers have the tremendous privilege of following in the footsteps of those who paved the road before us. We have easy access to a storehouse of wisdom and...

Wisdom

Area 9 has seen much growth on the homeschooling front. I am looking forward to an area picnic in September. I have enjoyed getting out and meeting with the chapters in my area. I am truly blessed...

Encouragement From Area 5

This past winter I kept on my desk a seemingly dead cocoon, waiting for it to metamorphose into a moth – or a chrysalis into a butterfly. We had visited the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory with our...