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...
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12 Habits That Help Me Get Things Done
Oct 5, 2021
Trying to get it all done? Your plate is full but it’s all important? Check out these 12 tips from an experienced homeschool mom
Not for the Faint of Heart
Apr 28, 2020
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...
Confessions of a Public School Jumper
Apr 23, 2020
Homeschooling five children has been a study in cat-herding. I jumped into homeschooling in 2009 with four, one of which was a literal newborn. These are the things I wish I had known at the...
God is Trustworthy
Apr 9, 2020
I know this both from reading the whole Bible, and from forty-four years of walking with Him. I know this from homeschooling ten children (nine of whom are now adults). My desire is that each of you...
Words of Encouragement
Apr 9, 2020
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
Mar 25, 2020
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...
The Perfect Homeschool Mom
Mar 25, 2020
Who is the “perfect” homeschool mom? Where and how does she live? Is her husband the “perfect” homeschool father who always makes the right choices? What are her children like? ...
What the Second Generation Needs From the First
Mar 25, 2020
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...
Connections are Happening
Nov 22, 2018
Greetings from snowy Muskoka! My name is Jackie and I have the privilege of being the Area 11 rep for OCHEC. We have five children ages 14 – 4 (4 boys and 1 girl) and have homeschooled them from the...