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Best Foot Forward

Reaching Out to Your Local Community

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By guest author 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, running errands and participating in extracurricular opportunities in the afternoon, home chores on Saturday, and church on Sunday – we are busy all week long, yet often neglect relationships with those around us.

Perhaps one of the reasons that non-homeschoolers question our ability and motives is because we are not connected with them?

When our family lived in a large metro area and began our homeschooling journey more than 20 years ago, many adults questioned what we were doing and were concerned about our children being “socialized.” We chose to put our best foot forward and engage these doubters on a regular basis. Relatives, friends, neighbors, and church members were all placed on our “acts of kindness” list.Read More

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Counting the Costs

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By guest author Cindy Puhek

Counting the cost is a Biblical principle. Jesus told people to count the cost of discipleship like a man counts the cost of building a tower or a King counts the cost of going to war (Luke 14).

I’ve found that it is wise to count the cost of commitments as well. Every activity on my family’s schedule comes with a cost. The cost comes in many forms. Sometimes the cost is time. Sometimes it’s energy. Sometimes it’s just emotional space.

All of these should be considered and counted carefully. There have been occasions when I had physical time but not emotional or mental room to take on a project. Sometimes I was invested emotionally in an activity but the physical time needed to participate was non-existent.Read More

Do It All – Not!

9 Secrets for Organizing Your Days

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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 years.

Prior to being married and having 11 children, I was a successful commercial interior designer with a career designing elegant hotels, restaurants, golf clubhouses, and an occasional high end residence. I know what a perfect house looks like, and I don’t have one.Read More

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A Vision For Home Education

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This week’s Guidebook excerpt begins to discuss the idea of developing a vision for your homeschool and how to develop one that is unique to your family. 

Building Your Family’s Homeschool Vision

In picking up this guidebook you probably have some sort of a vision for homeschooling. It might be a very small vision— you like the idea of setting up a “school room.” It might be very large — your children will be the next generation of missionaries, scientists, and business leaders to influence the world for Christ.

Our family’s initial vision to homeschool was somewhere in between. We wanted our children to have a Christian education unbound by classroom and peer dynamics.Read More

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The Micromanaging Homeschooler

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By guest author Liz Mallet

As a parent, my goal is to raise loving, humble, and functional children. I plan exciting field trips for them. I research the best, most engaging curriculum that I think my boys will enjoy. I spend more time planning their social calendar than I do my own. Educational toys, games, and puzzles fill our classroom. I spend days creating detailed lesson plans and guarding them dearly.

I feel compelled to sit next to each child while he works, so that I can correct each and every mistake. I come running if either child even seems to have a question. Virtually each and every moment of their education is thoughtfully planned and executed.

And I am exhausted.Read More

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