Continuing education for home educators looks a lot different than the required continuing education that public school teachers participate in to sharpen and gain new skills. They go to workshops, training classes, and conventions. Home educators have no such requirements in most cases, but it's no less important for them to develop their own [...]
We've got 4 steps to save money on homeschool curriculum in this must read post! Our daily necessities are taking a bigger bite out of our budgets, leaving less money for other categories. For homeschooling families, who generally live on tight budgets anyway, inflation is making many of us wonder how we can homeschool [...]
Kids need adventure and excitement; unfortunately, they rarely get it in our modern world, except when playing online games such as Minecraft and Roblox. Recently my eleven-year-old son and I watched the 1960 movie Swiss Family Robinson. My son said, “Life would be a lot more exciting if I had things to do like [...]
GED or high school diploma- which is right for your student? On the various homeschooling Facebook groups to which I belong, a frequent topic that comes up is the best way to graduate their child. Some people favor having their child take the GED and others say that awarding a homeschool diploma and transcript [...]
Transitioning from public high school to homeschooling causes more than a little worry for most families, particularly if they have no prior experience with homeschooling. Parents and students alike are concerned about credits, diplomas, transcripts, colleges, and how homeschooling will impact it all. The good news is that homeschooling in high school is often [...]
It's time to start planning affordable summer activities for your kids. If you're anything like I am, you want your kids to have a great summer, but not at the expense of breaking the family budget. Finding cheap or free summer fun for your kids takes some time, but the savings is worth the [...]