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You Can Homeschool on a Budget Without Government Funding

You Can Homeschool on a Budget Without Government Funding

Jan 28 | Blog, How to Homeschool

Right now, school choice and vouchers for homeschooling are hot topics of discussion in Colorado. But what are the...

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Does Your Homeschool Need a Mid-Year Makeover?

Does Your Homeschool Need a Mid-Year Makeover?

Jan 7 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

by guest author Marcia Washburn It’s January — that month we face with combined anticipation and dread. We’ve...

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Choose Homeschooling: It’s Worth the Sacrifice!

Choose Homeschooling: It’s Worth the Sacrifice!

Oct 8 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

by Shari McMinn Looking back on my life now that all my homeschooled children have graduated and left home to pursue...

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When Back to School Isn’t Picture Perfect

When Back to School Isn’t Picture Perfect

Sep 10 | Blog, Homeschool Vision

by Renée Gotcher What do you remember most about the back-to-school season of your youth? The smells of freshly...

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Homeschool Groups for Unique Learners

Homeschool Groups for Unique Learners

Aug 27 | Blog, Co-ops & Community, How to Homeschool, Special Needs Labels, Unique Learners

by Shari McMinn I am thankful that for the 28 years I homeschooled nine of my 11 children, our family participated in...

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Homeschooling With the End in Mind

Homeschooling With the End in Mind

Mar 12 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

Homeschooling with the end in mind will help guide you in evaluating curriculum choices, teaching methods, scheduling, co-ops, extracurricular activities, and help you remember your “why” when you need to adjust and re-prioritize.

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Burnout: 6 Ways to Reclaim a Balanced, Joyful Homeschool Journey

Burnout: 6 Ways to Reclaim a Balanced, Joyful Homeschool Journey

Feb 12 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

by Yvonne Strachan Do you continually pour yourself out yet feel exhausted and drained of the joy and peace that God...

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Homeschooling the Violently Aggressive Child

Homeschooling the Violently Aggressive Child

Jan 15 | Blog, Special Needs Labels, Traumatized Students, Unique Learners

by Shari McMinn There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and...

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Find Conviction and Purpose in Your Homeschool Journey

Find Conviction and Purpose in Your Homeschool Journey

Jan 1 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision, Special Needs Labels, Unique Learners

Triumph Over Tears by Yvonne Strachan Every perceived failure I carried as a mother and teacher washed over me like a...

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Thankful In the Good, the Bad, and Even the Ugly

Thankful In the Good, the Bad, and Even the Ugly

Nov 27 | Blog, Special Needs Labels, Unique Learners

by Shari McMinn Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will...

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Homeschooling Does Bear Fruit – Just Wait for It! 

Homeschooling Does Bear Fruit – Just Wait for It! 

Nov 13 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

by Deborah Wuehler Our journey to homeschooling began with an observation of other home-educating families, which...

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Fall Into Field Trips

Fall Into Field Trips

Oct 23 | Blog, How to Homeschool, Special Needs Labels, Unique Learners

by Shari McMinn Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! (Psalm 34:8 ESV)...

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Break Free from the Comparison Trap

Break Free from the Comparison Trap

Oct 2 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

by Yvonne Strachan I set fruit on the table and put watercolors out for art class. Soon, all of us moms were admiring...

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Five Common Homeschool Struggles and Solutions to Overcome Them

Five Common Homeschool Struggles and Solutions to Overcome Them

Aug 14 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

by Yvonne Strachan I am genuinely grateful for my experiences educating my kids over the past fifteen years. But that...

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Doubt Yourself? Trust Christ

Doubt Yourself? Trust Christ

May 22 | Blog, Homeschool Vision, Special Needs Labels, Struggling Learners, Unique Learners

By Shari McMinn For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not...

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Long-Term Caring for Your Special Needs Child

Long-Term Caring for Your Special Needs Child

Mar 27 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Single-Parent Homeschooling, Special Needs Labels, Unique Learners

By Shari McMinn  And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these...

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Not So Complicated After All

Not So Complicated After All

Feb 14 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision, How to Homeschool, Start Homeschooling

By guest author Megan Burgos When God was first calling me to homeschool, I questioned my abilities. “Where am I going...

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Cabin Fever: Frustration or Fun?

Cabin Fever: Frustration or Fun?

Jan 17 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Unique Learners

By Shari McMinn A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; to restrain her is to restrain...

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Peacefully Navigating the New Year

Peacefully Navigating the New Year

Dec 27 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Unique Learners

By Shari McMinn And He awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and...

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Vicarious Living

Vicarious Living

Sep 13 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

By guest author Cindy Puhek What picture comes to mind when I say “stage mother?” Most of us think of a parent of a...

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