By guest author Shari Howard McMinn More and more Christian families are adopting, with many already homeschooling or investigating it as an option for their extra special children. I have been a home educator for 23 years, having spent the past 13...
Why join a homeschool group? Here are four reasons from the newly updated Colorado Homeschooling Guidebook, chapter 9, “Homeschool Groups.” The Need for Support in Homeschooling The need for encouragement and support along the journey is one thread...
By guest author Robin Sampson Telling a homeschooling parent to teach with a Bible focus is easy. Accomplishing that goal? That’s entirely different. It’s remarkably easy to get caught up in the 3Rs (Reading, wRiting, and aRithmetic). We want our...
What are the testing options for homeschoolers in Colorado? How does the process work? Find out in the newly revised Guidebook Chapter 6: Testing and Evaluations. We are indebted to Teri Spray for her work on this chapter. Many Colorado home...
By Julianna Dotten I know. It’s a big step. The days of elementary school stories and paragraph-writing are over. Your student is ready to take the leap into the world of theses, propositions, and MLA. Where do you begin? Let me share the tips that...
Overwhelmed by curriculum choices? This excerpt from Chapter 5 of the newly updated CHEC Guidebook will help you make sense of the world of curricula. Thanks to Cindy Puhek for her contribution to this chapter. Curriculum Concepts Today’s...
By Shari McMinn As home educators, we can often be isolated from those around us – on our block, in our surrounding neighborhood, and in our community, whether a small town or large city. Studying together as a family at home in the morning,...
by guest author Shari McMinn Fellow homeschooling moms frequently ask me, “How do you do it all?” Well, I’ll be honest. I don’t! I’m an old mom – in my late 50s with four kids still at home down to the age of 12. I have been homeschooling for 23...
