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Top 12 Reasons to Just Ditch Homeschooling Altogether

Top 12 reasons to just ditch homeschooling altogether and send your children off each day to be educated elsewhere.

“Coaching” Your Way to Homeschooling Success!

Homeschooling is of course first and foremost a family journey. But don’t ignore the help and encouragement that can come from a good and experienced coach!

Top 10 Resolutions for Your Homeshool

Resolutions aren’t only for New Years. They can be a way of setting a higher standard. Our homeschools and our families will both benefit in the long run.

Incorporating NETS Into Your Homeschool

No matter how much my grandma wants to resist it, technology is becoming an essential part of our daily lives. Technology is taking over our lives and it’s in a hurry to do it.

Creative Tips For Recording the Homeschooling Journey

Homeschooling is a journey and the record of it, both visual (videos and pictures) and concrete (awards, work binders, etc.) all need to be kept in a reasonable and organized fashion. There are several ways to do this.

The Search For Excellence – Part 2

If you can have creativity without excellence, but not excellence without creativity… what’s the difference between the “slob” and the “excellence-seeker”?

Online Homeschooling

Enrich your child’s homeschool experience by taking advantage of available online resources.

Dealing with Daily Interruptions

Interruptions in our school day – are they simply a fact of life that we have to put up with or are there things we can do to control them? I believe the answer for both questions is: “yes”.

Stop Squashing Your Sprouts!

Getting ready for homeschool is like planting a garden. In a garden, you can’t squash your sprouts of success nor should you squash your homeschooling efforts.

The Search for Excellence – Part 1

Excellence doesn’t seem to be a sought-after quality these days. In order to reintroduce the concept to our culture, we have to know what it is characterized by and what it looks like.