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Homeschool Encouragement

Learning goes on when life interrupts schooling

I used to feel guilty when life got in the way of our school lessons. When I homeschooled the girls, we would sometimes have days […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

Friday Flashback: A week of highs and lows

This week was an exhausting rollercoaster ride for my family, complete with exhilarating highs, unexpected turns, and stomach-dropping lows. I debated whether I was still […]

Ask a NextGen Homeschooler

Ask a NextGen Homeschooler: Can you work while homeschooling?

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 […]

NextGen Perspectives

Moms grappling with grief

This week, it hardly seemed appropriate to begin sharing our stories of NextGen Homeschool family Christmas traditions and how we homeschool during the Christmas season. […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

Gotcher Family Thanksgiving

By Rosanna Ward I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving holiday. This year for Thanksgiving, the Gotcher family gathered in force at my home […]

Hands-On Homeschool, Real-Life Homeschooling

Elections night party and the morning after

Another national election has come and gone: The results are in, and today, we move forward. For me, this election was significant not just because […]

Hands-On Homeschool, Real-Life Homeschooling

Up close and personal with the elections

This weekend I came to a better appreciation of living in a swing state: It can be pretty exciting and fun the week before a […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

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 […]

NextGen Perspectives

Homeschool Graduation, Then Begin Again…

The year 2010 was a bizarre year for me. My oldest daughter, Hannah, graduated high school as a homeschooler in May, and Leif, our youngest […]

Ask a NextGen Homeschooler, Homeschool How-To

Ask a NextGen Homeschooler: What Role Does Dad Play?

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 […]

Ask a NextGen Homeschooler, NextGen Perspectives, Why We Homeschool

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 […]

NextGen Perspectives, Real-Life Homeschooling

The Gotcher Family’s Homeschool “Day in the Life”

This week I’m participating in Q&A Friday at Simple Homeschool, and this week’s topic is Your Homeschool “Day in the Life.” I had planned to […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

Friday Flashback: (Sort of) Getting in the Groove

This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. This week I was all prepared […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

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 […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

A Homeschooling Christmas: Week Two

This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. I’m also continuing my series on […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

Ward Family Christmas Traditions: Week One

Three of our favorite family Christmas traditions happened this past weekend. Saturday afternoon we went to the local tree farm to pick out a tree […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

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 […]

NextGen Perspectives

Christmas & My Tango With Traditions

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. […]

Hands-On Homeschool, Real-Life Homeschooling

Rethinking Our Holiday Session

In our homeschool, we have made it a tradition in the past that between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, we stop our regular school schedule […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

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 […]

Homeschool Encouragement, NextGen Perspectives

Where’s the “Reboot” Button?

Lately (and more often than I’d like to admit), I have found myself in the midst of trying to gracefully navigate the twists and turns […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

This Week in History: Resolved White, our Mayflower Ancestor

This week in History, we will be talking about the Mayflower and our first intersection with our family’s ancestors. Resolved White was a five-year-old boy […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

The Year of the Split: Teaching Different Ages

A “split” in bowling is when you leave pins on either side of the lane, but the ones in the middle are gone. I’m calling […]

Why We Homeschool

Why We Homeschool: Rosanna Ward

My adventure with homeschooling began in 1984. I was spending the summer in Beaumont, Texas with cousins. About halfway through the summer my dad called […]

NextGen Perspectives, Why We Homeschool

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, […]

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