Last week, I drove to Washington, D.C. with my family to attend the Teach Them Diligently homeschool convention, but we were also planning to spend time at the United States Capitol. Our eldest daughters (13 and 11 years old) are very interested in learning about our nation’s history and really […]
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Thoughts on OCHEC Tulsa Convention 2014
I missed you this past weekend. Seriously, I missed you. There were quite a few people missing this year at the OCHEC Tulsa Convention 2014 — attendees as well as speakers and vendors. Perhaps the reason attendance was down was because there were fewer speakers and vendors on the agenda. […]
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Homeschooling Freedom in Oklahoma, Part 2
I shared last week about my experience being interviewed by a national TV news program regarding homeschooling freedom in Oklahoma and whether there should be more regulation. The focus of the story, which appeared last night and is summarized online, was whether homeschooling regulations are necessary to “guarantee” that education […]
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Three Decades Later: Homeschooling in 2014
Our story at NextGen Homeschool began in 1984, when Dean & Karen Gotcher began homeschooling their three children (authors Rosanna & Elizabeth, and my husband Kenny) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Back then, homeschooling was almost unheard of unless you were in very rural areas. Although homeschooling was legal, most people didn’t […]
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Homeschooling Freedom in Oklahoma: Defending My Rights
Wednesday afternoon I was asked to do a TV interview with a national news program about homeschooling freedom in Oklahoma, where we live and where I was homeschooled as a child. Currently, families are free to homeschool without any regulation from the government: In fact, Oklahoma is the only state […]
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Five Reasons I’m Thankful for Homeschooling
Join us in 30 Days of Thanks! We will be posting all month at NextGen Homeschool about some of the things we are personally thankful for, and when we do, the post will include a link-up at the bottom so you can share posts of your own on the topic […]
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Why I’m Thankful for Curriculum Choice
Join us in 30 Days of Thanks! We will be posting all month at NextGen Homeschool about some of the things we are personally thankful for, and when we do, the post will include a link-up at the bottom so you can share posts of your own on the topic […]
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All Good Parents “Homeschool”
I truly believe that all good parents are equipped to teach their children at home — because they are already doing so. From the moment a child is born, parents lovingly teach and direct him/her. We patiently teach them how to eat, how to walk, how to talk, how to […]
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Homeschooling High School: You Can Do It!
Many parents are worried about homeschooling high school. There are more records to keep, credits to prepare for and keep track of, the ACT/SAT tests to study for and take, driver’s ed, and the list goes on. All that plus the hormones, attitudes, and dating. It is understandable that many […]
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Join us to Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims
The devastation in the United State’s Midwest region breaks our hearts. Oklahoma in particular is near and dear to us here at NextGen Homeschool because two of our authors (Rosanna Ward and Elizabeth Thomas) grew up and started their own families there, and we have family and friends who are […]
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Homeschool Conventions Part 2: Tulsa Speakers
Welcome to NextGen Homeschool’s Homeschool Conventions 2013 Series! This year the authors of NextGen Homeschool are covering several conferences all across the country, and we’ll be posting on the experience, the curriculum news, and the big-picture issues discussed at each conference. We’ve also posted a wonderful planning tutorial — Homeschool […]
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Homeschool Conventions Part 1: OCHEC Tulsa
Welcome to NextGen Homeschool’s Homeschool Conventions 2013 Series! This year the authors of NextGen Homeschool are covering several conferences all across the country, and we’ll be posting on the experience, the vendor hall, and the big-picture issues discussed at each conference. We’ve also posted a convention planning tutorial — Homeschool […]