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Ask a NextGen Homeschooler

How We Make Homeschool Curriculum Choices

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Welcome to “Ask a NextGen Homeschooler…“ It’s your turn to ask the authors of NextGen Homeschool — four formerly homeschooled moms who are now homeschooling our children — to weigh in on your homeschooling questions. From the practical to the […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

NGHS Journal: Bring on the Summer Camps!

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In my life this week… I completed the third week in a four-week weight-loss and exercise program at my local fitness studio, Hot Fitness. It’s a cross-training program with a nutrition component that requires a one-hour combined strength and cardio […]

Homeschool How-To

What is Teach Them Diligently Marketplace?

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Imagine a convention center full of like-minded homeschoolers, encouraging speakers, discount curriculum and qualified specialists to help equip you for your homeschool journey… It’s not too good to be true! Teach Them Diligently is bringing a unique homeschool experience to […]

Homeschool Encouragement

Five Places to Find Homeschool Encouragement

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This week we are participating in Teach Them Diligently’s homeschool blog link-up, “How to Stay Encouraged While Homeschooling.” Finding support and encouragement for your homeschooling journey is vital. No matter how prepared or qualified you are, or how “on board” […]

Faith & Family

Teach Them Diligently Speaker Sound Bites

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As I shared last week in my “Seven Key Take-Aways” post about the Teach Them Diligently Convention in Omaha, I was blessed to receive a message that I wasn’t exactly prepared for. I realized that in order to lead my […]

Homeschool How-To

Five Steps to Start a Homeschool Co-Op

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Last month I shared five reasons to consider starting or joining a homeschool co-op at Today’s Frugal Mom. This month, I’m sharing five steps to start a homeschool co-op based on my experience this past school year launching and managing a […]

Faith & Family

Seven Key Take-Aways at Teach Them Diligently

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My sister-in-law Renée and I decided to meet up at the Teaching Them Diligently Convention in Omaha last week. I went into it prepared as usual and expecting to have the same uplifting and educational experience I get when I […]

Faith & Family

Why God Wants Us to Be Morning People

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I am not a morning person: Waking up early has never come naturally to me. But I’m convinced that God must be a morning “person” — and that He wants us to become morning people, too. I’ve fought the concept […]

NextGen Perspectives

Join us to Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims

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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 […]

Homeschool How-To

Five Reasons to Consider Homeschool Co-Ops

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The concept of homeschool “co-ops” is to “cooperate” with one or more families to share any part of the homeschool educational process. They can be as simple as two families meeting together, or large and organized — and even publicly […]

Homeschool How-To

Homeschool Conventions Part 3: Vendor Hall

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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 […]

Hands-On Homeschool

How to Plan for Homeschool Travel

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Anytime we have the opportunity to travel as a family, we are looking for fun and adventure. However, one of my favorite benefits of homeschooling is the chance to take a homeschool travel approach to the trip and seize the […]