New Homeschooler

Is homeschooling a good idea? For some families YES! For others, not quite. As a parent, no other person understands their child better, therefore there is no greater advocate for their needs. That’s why homeschooling has been the right choice for so many families looking for a personalized and engaging solution to their child’s education. […]

I can’t tell you how many lies about homeschooling I’ve heard over the last few years. There are enough homeschool myths out there to scare parents out of homeschooling even before they’ve started. As someone who has been homeschooling for more than 10 years, I can tell you that most of those myths are just […]

The purpose of science education is for students to understand and interpret the natural systems of the world around them. Science is driven by curiosity and reasoning and is much more than the memorization of scientists, theories, and formulas. The education of science encourages problem solving and collaboration. With that in mind you’ll want to […]

Setting Homeschool Goals Planning homeschool goals and objectives isn’t always easy. I remember when we first started homeschooling, I had these grand plans for what we would accomplish throughout our first year. What I didn’t  have was a concrete outline of our goals, therefore actioning on completing them was tough. I discovered, over time, that […]

My son was that kid. The one who figured out how our Roku® worked, showed his dad and I how to use it, and even figured out how to bypass the parental controls…at age 8! By age 12 he had taught himself a couple different programming languages and had set up his own internet server. […]