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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Homeschool Encouragement, Real-Life Homeschooling
Thankful to Homeschool When Life Happens
I’m going to be honest here: This year has been particularly hard. Life has gotten pretty crazy with major changes for our business, home and […]
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 Encouragement
Top Homeschooling Posts of 2013: Homeschool Encouragement
Welcome to NextGen Homeschool’s Top Homeschooling Posts of 2013 Series! This week we’ll be sharing the top homeschooling topics — and most viewed posts — […]
Faith & Family
Resolve to Seek & Serve Him First This Year
Have you ever anxiously awaited the arrival of a New Year — hoping for that all-important fresh start — only to be sorely disappointed when […]
Faith & Family
Teach Them Diligently Speaker Sound Bites
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 […]
Faith & Family
Seven Key Take-Aways at Teach Them Diligently
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
Homeschool Encouragement, NextGen Perspectives
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. […]
Real-Life Homeschooling
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 […]
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 […]
NextGen Perspectives, Why We Homeschool
A Curious Campfire Conversation
Our summer vacation culminated in a family road trip across scenic Colorado. We wanted to enjoy the end of summer in the snow-free mountains, see […]