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Renée Gotcher is a wife, writer, editorial consultant, and home-educating mother of three daughters. She has been married for 26 years to her best friend Kenny, whom she met while attending Oral Roberts University in the early 90s. Renée was homeschooled during her last two years of high school and started homeschooling in 2010. A former journalist, she is currently editor of NextGen Homeschool and blogs on personal topics at A New Chapter. Her family lives in Castle Rock, Colorado.

Author: Renée Gotcher

Faith & Family

Why Multi-Generational Travel Matters

For my little family of five, travel is a family legacy: It’s a priceless inheritance that’s been passed on from one generation to the next. My […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

Back to School: Joining Artios Academies & Homeschooling High School

Last Monday was back-to-school week for my family, and our week started out with our first day at Artios Academies, a once-a-week integrated academic and arts program for homeschoolers […]

Product Reviews

Review: HEDUA High School Planners

The idea of homeschooling high school can seem daunting even to the most organized and experienced homeschooling mom. In fact, one of the biggest concerns […]

Faith & Family, Homeschool Encouragement

Why I Won’t Miss a TTD Homeschool Convention

My family lives in Colorado, and we are blessed to have a state Christian homeschool convention here every June — and I’ve attended several. However after my first […]

Homeschool Encouragement

Tools to Help You Bloom as a Homeschool Mama

Although I’m a NextGen homeschooler and had a positive personal experience with homeschooling, I struggled with many of the same doubts and fears — the […]

Homeschool How-To

Why a Daily Homeschool Routine Works for Us

As a former editorial manager who juggled a team of writers, editors and varying project deadlines on a wall-sized white board and spreadsheet, I didn’t […]

Faith & Family, Homeschool Encouragement

Find Freedom From Your Homeschooling Fears

Fear often holds us back in our homeschooling journey and robs us of the joy God has in store for us as we teach our children […]

Homeschool How-To

Take the Complexity out of Homeschool Co-Ops

Today we wrapped up a semester of Botany with our informal homeschool co-op by taking a scavenger hunt hike with three families who have children close in age to ours. […]

Hands-On Homeschool

Travel is… the Ultimate Educational Adventure!

This month NextGen Homeschool is joining 30 other family bloggers for the “Travel is…” Family Travel Blogging Series at Word Traveling, where we’ll be providing practical and personal insights into […]

Must We Finish Curriculum?
Homeschool Encouragement

Spring Dilemma: Must We Finish Curriculum?

With the joy and sunshine of spring comes this very familiar reader question each year: “I feel like the end of this school year is coming […]

Faith & Family

Ten Things to Let Go of This Year: Fear

Fear often holds us back in our homeschooling journey and robs us of the joy God has in store for us as we teach our children […]

Homeschool Encouragement

Ten Things to Let Go of This Year: The Schedule

I am one of those list-making/calendar-posting/digital-app-updating Type A mamas who thought I would have no trouble keeping it all together once we started homeschooling. After all, I’m a former editorial […]

Homeschool Encouragement

Ten Things to Let Go of This Year: “School”

You might already be asking yourself: What do you mean let go of school? Isn’t homeschooling all about school at home? Yes and no — and the longer […]

Faith & Family, Homeschool Encouragement

Top Homeschool Posts of 2014: The Heart of Homeschooling

Welcome to NextGen Homeschool’s Top Homeschool Posts of 2014 Series! This week we’ll be sharing the top homeschooling topics — and most viewed posts — of […]

Hands-On Homeschool, Homeschool How-To

Top Homeschool Posts of 2014: Hands-On

Welcome to NextGen Homeschool’s Top Homeschool Posts of 2014 Series! This week we’ll be sharing the top homeschooling topics — and most viewed posts — of […]

Homeschool How-To

Top Homeschool Posts of 2014: Curriculum

Welcome to NextGen Homeschool’s Top Homeschool Posts of 2014 Series! This week we’ll be sharing the top homeschooling topics — and most viewed posts — of […]

Homeschooling 101
Homeschool How-To

Top Homeschool Posts of 2014: Homeschool 101

Welcome to NextGen Homeschool’s Top Homeschool Posts of 2014 Series! This week we’ll be sharing the top homeschooling topics — and most viewed posts — of […]

Should You Choose a Word for the New Year?
Faith & Family

What About Choosing a Word for the New Year?

I can’t remember the first time I heard about the idea of a “word of the year” to represent my mission for the upcoming new year. But I […]

Faith & Family

Tango With Traditions or Time For Our Own?

I love the idea of traditions just as much as the next person, and the warm and fuzzy feelings that word evokes in my heart. […]

Faith & Family

Strategies to Slow Down & Savor the Season

Can you believe Thanksgiving is less than one week away? Ready or not, the retail rush into the holidays has been in full force for weeks now, […]

Product Reviews

Review: AIG Pilgrim’s Progress Curriculum

A few years ago, I read Little Pilgrim’s Progress: From John Bunyan’s Classic (by Helen L. Taylor) to my three daughters as a family read-aloud. We all loved […]

Homeschool Encouragement, NextGen Perspectives

Five Reasons I’m Thankful for Homeschooling

As a NextGen Homeschooler, I am thankful for my own homeschooling experience as well as the opportunity to homeschool my own daughters now. Homeschooling has come a […]

Homeschool Encouragement, Homeschool How-To

31 Days of Homeschool How-To: Find Support

Welcome to our October “31 Days” series at NextGen Homeschool: 31 Days of Homeschool How-To Tips! As NextGen Homeschoolers, we remember what it was like to […]

Homeschool How-To

31 Days of Homeschool How-To: Unit Studies

Welcome to our October “31 Days” series at NextGen Homeschool: 31 Days of Homeschool How-To Tips! As NextGen Homeschoolers, we remember what it was like to […]

Product Reviews

Review: Family Toolbox for Parenting Teens

As the mother of tween (12) and teen (13 1/2) girls, I was very excited to evaluate The Family Toolbox with my daughters as we enter this new […]

Homeschool How-To

31 Days of Homeschool How-To: Save Money

Welcome to our October “31 Days” series at NextGen Homeschool: 31 Days of Homeschool How-To Tips! As NextGen Homeschoolers, we remember what it was like to […]

Homeschool How-To

31 Days of Homeschool How-To: Daily Routine

Welcome to our October “31 Days” series at NextGen Homeschool: 31 Days of Homeschool How-To Tips! As NextGen Homeschoolers, we remember what it was like […]

Product Reviews

Review: The Reading Lesson Delivers Results

When we started homeschooling in 2010, my two eldest daughters (now 13 1/2 and 12) had already learned to read in school. My youngest was […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

When Back-to-School Isn’t Picture Perfect

What do you remember most about the back-to-school season of your youth? The smell of freshly sharpened pencils, perfectly tipped crayons and a clean backpack? […]

Homeschool How-To

Homeschooling in a Dual-Purpose Room

Welcome to our family front room slash dining room slash daily homeschool area! We have been homeschooling in a dual-purpose room for the past four years, and […]

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