Today was a great homeschooling day. Not because it was “ideal” in terms of schedule, flow, and checking off a lot of boxes on the “to do” list. But God was in charge, and I believe a lot was accomplished […]
Hands-On Homeschool
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Starting a Homeschool Co-Op: Girls Book Club
A couple of weeks ago, my sisters and I addressed the question of cooperative schooling — aka “co-ops” — in an “Ask a NextGen Homeschooler” post. Since that time, the homeschool co-op I talked about starting this year (a tween […]
Real-Life Homeschooling
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Lessons from the meeting my schedule forgot
Gotcher Family Homeschool — Day 13 — September 18, 2012 We’ve been “back to school” for several weeks now — we did schoolwork three days a week those last two weeks in August as a warm-up and review for the […]
Homeschool Encouragement / NextGen Perspectives
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Because there will be days that challenge us…
I have been homeschooling since the fall of 2004, so this is the beginning of my 8th year. I was also homeschooled as a jr. high and high school student. I believe wholeheartedly in the idea of homeschooling and all […]
Ask a NextGen Homeschooler / Homeschool Encouragement
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Ask a NextGen Homeschooler: How do you cope with burnout?
Welcome to “Ask a NextGen Homeschooler…” It’s your turn to ask the writers at NextGen Homeschool — four formerly homeschooled moms who are now homeschooling our children — to weigh in on your homeschooling questions. From the practical to the […]
Ask a NextGen Homeschooler / NextGen Perspectives / Why We Homeschool
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Ask a NextGen Homeschooler: Why Homeschool?
Welcome to “Ask a NextGen Homeschooler…” It’s your turn to ask the writers at NextGen Homeschool — four formerly homeschooled moms who are now homeschooling our children — to weigh in on your homeschooling questions. From the practical to the personal, […]
Real-Life Homeschooling
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Friday Flashback: A Slow Start to a New Year
This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. I love that this week The Homeschool Chick Sue’s post is called “My Year of New” because it’s not about your […]
Real-Life Homeschooling
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A Homeschooling Christmas: Final Week
It’s our final week in my “homeschooling Christmas” series! Although we had a full week left before Christmas, things quickly transitioned from busy preparation to vacation mode in our house. I think this was partly due to the fact that […]
Real-Life Homeschooling
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A Homeschooling Christmas: Week One
Last week in My Tango with Traditions, I shared my struggle with establishing and maintaining family Christmas traditions over the years since becoming a mom — and my resolve to change that this year. As a family, we decided which […]
Real-Life Homeschooling
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Friday Flashback: Thanking God For Another Day!
By Renée Gotcher This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. It’s been a pretty steady week of “ups” in the homeschooling department thanks to our recent school area […]
NextGen Perspectives / Why We Homeschool
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My Biggest Homeschool Blunder: Thinking I’d Be Ready
Being a homeschool graduate could have turned out one of two ways for me: I could have loved the experience and known from the start that I would want to pass on that same gift to my children, or I […]
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Standing Out in a Crowd
By Renée Gotcher Last week our homeschool group took an interesting field trip to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. It was interesting because although these days most museums, zoos, performance halls, and the like have no problem hosting […]
Faith & Family
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When You Don’t Have a Proverbs 31 Day
I do laundry, pay bills, wash dishes, return movies and library books (sometimes on time), shop for groceries with coupons I spend hours clipping, buy birthday cards and gifts, wash the car, take care of three cats and a dog, […]
NextGen Perspectives / Why We Homeschool
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NextGen Homeschooling: My Definition
“Homeschooling or homeschool (also called home education or home based learning) is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school. Although prior to the […]