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Together, You Can Do It

May 28, 2020 |

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...

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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 home.” As usual, I bit my tongue so I wouldn’t be...

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Curious About Bible Quizzing?

by | Nov 22, 2018 | ,

Have you been attempting scripture memory learning in your homeschool household?  If so, do you find you start out well, and over the course of the year it starts to dwindle? Or, you find yourself setting it on the back burner when you need to pull everyone up to...

Connections are Happening

by | 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 time they were born. Our initial plan was to homeschool the JK/ SK...

Finding Local Support

by | Nov 22, 2018 | ,

Hi all!  My name is Anita, and my husband, Ken, and I have five children (one girl and four boys).  Our children range in age from 27 down to 11.  We have been homeschooling for more than 21 years now.  Two of our children have graduated homeschool high school, and...

Walk Down Memory Lane

by | Nov 22, 2018 |

Would you like to take a walk down memory lane with me? We will start in 1992, when my husband and I were first introduced to homeschooling by a friend who had attended a Gregg Harris conference in British Columbia. We both had children entering grade one, plus two...

Wisdom

by | Jul 27, 2017 |

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 to serve many amazing families on behalf of OCHEC. I have spent much...

Encouragement From Area 5

by | Jul 27, 2017 |

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 2 daughters and 3 grandchildren, and even though it was a cloudy day,...

Flexiblility

by | Mar 27, 2017 | ,

It is my pleasure to step into my new role as your representative for Area 17. This seems like the perfect opportunity to introduce myself. I am Cindy Harasen, wife to Steven and mother of three. My oldest is son Max who will soon turn 18. Kyra is 16 and my youngest...

Priorities for Leaders

by | Jun 5, 2014 | ,

...and Other People with Too Much to Do It is 6 pm.Do you send that group email?Do you check your chapter’s Facebook page?Do you settle a dispute between siblings?Or do you spend 15 quiet minutes with your husband? What should be your priority? What keeps us from...

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