by Shari McMinn I am thankful that for the 28 years I homeschooled nine of my 11 children, our family participated in several different cooperative support groups that greatly helped us stay the course of Christian discipleship and home-based...
Finding homeschool groups that work for your family isn’t as easy as a quick Google search. In this article, you’ll learn five ways to make your search for homeschool groups more focused and fruitful.
by Renée Gotcher The foundational idea of a homeschool co-op is to “cooperate” with one or more families to share any part of the home education process. Co-ops can be as simple as two families meeting regularly to cover one subject or as complex...
Discover how to make homeschool friends.
By Guest Author Thara Reinitz It is SUMMER! Also known as homeschool planning season! All the homeschool parents are getting ready for the next school year and everyone has a checklist (even if it's just a mental one) with homeschool “to do’s”...
By Shari McMinn And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (Acts 2:42 ESV) In my blog post last month, I shared about creating a support net for your special needs child,...
By Julianna Duerksen Twenty-six years ago, my mom showed up with six-month-old me to attend her first-ever CHEC Homeschool Conference. The halls were bustling with enthusiasm, she remembers, as that first generation of homeschoolers planned and...
By Guest Author Natalie Ambrose, Though the homeschool community grew substantially in recent years, home education can still sometimes feel like an “outsider,” fringe place. Many homeschooling families will intentionally seek out pods of community...
