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Special Needs – Walking Beside

From the LEADERS’ SYMPOSIUM 2019 - SPECIAL NEEDSVoddieBaucham – “We teach our children to read so they can read Scriptures, math so they can be good stewards, write so they can share – focus on what is important. “  Diane Geerlinks – livestream to...

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WHY OCHEC?

WHY OCHEC? It's tempting to give the 1 minute answer: the Ontario homeschooling community needs a provincial organization to network families together, to build and strengthen one another, to provide a credible voice to speak into legislation and...

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Exploding the Myths about Homeschooling

Exploding the Myths about Homeschooling - Brenda Rishea Every time I meet someone who doesn’t know about home schooling, I usually get asked the same questions: “Is it legal?”, “Don’t you have to be a certified teacher to do that?”, “Don’t you have...

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100 Years of Canadian History

100 Years Ago On January 26 1920, Parliament sat for the first time in the rebuilt Centre Block which was destroyed by the great fire of 1916. The Speech from the throne also took place in the House of Commons rather than the Senate, because the...

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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, together, you can do it…with God’s help. “Trust in the Lord with all...

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 home.” As usual, I bit my tongue so I wouldn’t be tempted to point out...

God is Trustworthy

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 reading this would know in increasing measure, in the depths of your...

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 multiple times, as well as praising Him with worship music. For some reason...

Minutes Per Day

I have used the same tired, old, hand-me-down phonics curriculum for each one of my children. Remember those old infomercials about Hooked-on-Phonics from the early 90’s? Yes, the same ones you now run across in the thrift stores for $2? That’s what I...

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