by Legislative Liaison Carolyn Martin Vaccine Update While the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has decided not to press for the use of a department’s standard form for religious or personal exemptions at this time, it...
How to Plan for High School
By Joan Girkins and Julianna Dotten What credits are needed to graduate high school? How can I make sure my student will be academically prepared for whatever his future holds? They’re questions that every homeschool parent asks, but there is no...
When Reality Hits
by Julianna Dotten (C) Todd Wilson, FamilyMan It's a few weeks into the school year for most of us, and at some point, reality hits that our perfectly scheduled 15-minute increments aren't working. Life happens, and sometimes lunch takes longer...
Legislative Update September 4, 2019
by Legislative Liaison Carolyn Martin SEL: Shaping of Student’s Attitudes and Values An ever-growing movement within the education system called Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is being treated as the holy grail when it comes to solving a myriad of...
Delighting in Writing
by guest author Stefanie Bennett I would like to pose two questions: What kind of relationship do I want your children to have with writing, and how does your homeschooling approach help to shape that relationship? To answer these questions, it is...
Keeping the Home in Homeschooling
Dealing with Extracurriculars by guest author Marcia Washburn Do you ever wonder, "If a woman's place is in the home, why am I always in the car?" Do you find yourself hurrying children through chores and schoolwork to get to lessons, co-op...
Legislative Alert: Your Action Needed to Contact the CDPHE
Dear Colorado homeschool families,The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is attempting to make law by changing their rules and forcing the usage of the “department’s standard” immunization exemption forms. (The legislature...
What is Education?
By guest author Cindy Puhek What is education? Sometimes as homeschoolers we mistakenly think that completing the perfect curriculum will educate our children. But those of us who have been homeschooling for a couple of decades understand that...











