Shameless transcript thieves and other homeschool saboteurs put a poor light on all homeschoolers in the public eye. Many parents are working tirelessly to present their students’ scholarship in a respectable competitive document, and these bozos go and stick a clown nose on us all! Personal responsibility and integrity are a must,
Homeschool parents’ careless comments have the power to foster or foil their child’s confidence. The words we use matter. And here are a few we shouldn’t utter.
Homeschooling is full-time parenting and it is hard because parenting is hard. It requires us to give more of ourselves than is convenient. Anxious parents, more than ever before, are seeing homeschooling as a good option, but many continue to cling to old excuses to hide from the calling.
Are you taking full advantage of the homeschool edge? Whether after years of homeschooling, or just starting out, parents can get caught up in the daily grind and forget the advantages only homeschooling can offer. There are many ways to capitalize on our unique...
Simple effective tips for building a solid homeschool transcript that stands out where it should without unwanted homeschool scrutiny. Why organizing by subject, assigning simple letter grades, and an unweighted GPA can keep your child under the homeschool radar. Plus Hifalutin proof of homeschool transcript success!
Homeschool Favorites Homeschool science is my 2nd favorite subject. Second only to reading aloud to my kids. Which I suppose we do in science too, so, really it’s a tie for first place. And like reading with our kids, we don’t teach science, we do science....
Homeschooling can grow sturdy kids and ripen parents to excellence… The risk of leaving things to the “professionals” who instruct kids via government mandates and cultural fads far outweighs the risks of taking on all of parenting… Break the ease of indifference, the comfort of distraction, and deny the insinuation of incompetence without professional oversight. Learn and grow alongside your kids and for your kids.
Kids will love language arts as the Gross-Out Grammar Series and Revolting Writing shake things up with laugh-out-loud learning and excitement! A humorous grammar and writing program for ages 9-13 years, or any age student looking for a hilarious grammar review and creative writing journal.
Homeschool planners are a great tool to help parents stay organized and inspire self-driven learning in older kids. Here’s how to get started, and some common pitfalls to avoid.
…writer & speaker of homeschool truth, humor and inspiration. Laugh along as I keep things ‘real’ about life as homeschool family. Turns out…you don’t have to raise goats or wear denim jumpers after all!