The sacrifices parents make to homeschool their children are substantial. Moms are generally charged with planning and executing lessons, while running the household and doing most of the childcare. Fathers sacrifice free time and often forgo ...
Homeschooling
Homeschooling 101: A guide to getting started
We began homeschooling a few decades ago, flying by the seat of our pants. Yes, we winged it. After talking it over with a few friends and drooling over their stash of product catalogs, we made some quick decisions and just ...
Special Needs Learning: Starting to figure it out
Are you wondering if your child has special learning needs? Carol’s daughter, Kylie, is four years old. From birth to age two, she had recurrent, severe ear infections. Without a doubt, it was challenging. Ages two to three brought some ...
Home Schooling with Toddlers
Older children were never the challenge to home schooling that babies and toddlers were. Sometimes their goal seemed to be to disrupt everything else we were trying to do! A toddler or young preschooler adds challenges to home schooling. They also ...
Special Needs? Yes You CAN Home School
Does your child have special needs? As a new homeschooler, I would read the accounts of other families and dream my dreams. Would my children earn early admission to Harvard? Would they be National Merit Scholars? Never in my dreams did I ask ...