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Homeschool How-To

Top Homeschool Posts of 2014: Curriculum

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 […]

Product Reviews

Review: AIG Pilgrim’s Progress Curriculum

A few years ago, I read Little Pilgrim’s Progress: From John Bunyan’s Classic (by Helen L. Taylor) to my three daughters as a family read-aloud. We all loved […]

Homeschool How-To

31 Days of Homeschool How-To: Unit Studies

Welcome to our October “31 Days” series at NextGen Homeschool: 31 Days of Homeschool How-To Tips! As NextGen Homeschoolers, we remember what it was like to […]

Hands-On Homeschool, Homeschool How-To

Planning Our 1800s America Unit Studies

I decided to spend this entire school year immersed in 1800s American history. To say that I am excited about this would be an understatement! When […]

Top Homeschooling Posts - Curriculum
Homeschool How-To

Top Homeschooling Posts of 2013: Curriculum

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 — […]

Hands-On Homeschool, Real-Life Homeschooling

Flashback Friday: Guardian Academy’s Unit Study Presentation Day

In our homeschool this year… This year we at Guardian Academy (the little homeschool co-op I’m doing with my sister Elizabeth and her girls) are […]

Ask a NextGen Homeschooler

How We Make Homeschool Curriculum Choices

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 […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

Friday Flashback: Learning on the Road

In our homeschool this week… we took a last-minute “field trip” to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, tagging along with my husband who had business there. This […]

Create a Unit Study
Hands-On Homeschool, Homeschool How-To

Tuesday’s Tip: Create a Unit Study on the Fly

It took me a couple of years of adjusting to the homeschooling life to realize that homeschooling is about so much more than cracking open […]

Living History Day
Hands-On Homeschool

Hands-on Homeschool: Living History Days

Today my family attended Living History Days hosted by Vision Heirs in Colorado. They are offered twice a year in our state, and I know […]

Ask a NextGen Homeschooler, Homeschool How-To

Ask a NextGen Homeschooler: What Textbooks or Curriculum Do You Use?

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 […]

Homeschool How-To

Identifying the learning styles of your children

When I first started homeschooling eight years ago, I didn’t really know much about learning styles. I also didn’t consider the differences in my girls […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

Friday Flashback: A week of surprises

My theme for this week is… Surprise! In my life this week… My husband had to take a last-minute trip to Dallas for work, leaving […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

Friday Flashback: My solo parent juggling act

In my life this week… It was time for another round of the “solo parent juggling act” — when hubby’s out of town for work […]

The Story of the World
What's Working

What’s Working: The Story of the World

When my two eldest girls were in high school, we used and loved Diana Waring’s History Alive unit studies. I fully intended to continue to […]

Hands-On Homeschool, What's Working

What’s Working: A daily routine vs. schedule

I am one of those list-making/calendar-posting/digital-app-loading recovering perfectionist moms who has tried to keep it all together seven ways ’til Sunday since we started homeschooling. […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

Friday Flashback: A new year, a spa day, a snow day?

This week was the absolute best first week back to school after an extended vacation. The fact that I spent most of Monday at the […]

Homeschool Encouragement

Oops, I did it again! Changing curriculum again… and again

My experiences changing curriculum have been pretty well documented on this blog. If you haven’t followed my journey, here are the highlights of our curriculum […]

Ask a NextGen Homeschooler, Homeschool How-To

Ask a NextGen Homeschooler: How do you schedule your day?

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

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 […]

Real-Life Homeschooling

A New Relationship With Learning: Charlotte Mason & Heart of Wisdom

After completing a fairly successful “warm-up to school” agenda the week of Sept. 12, my girls and I were ready to dive into our new […]

Hands-On Homeschool

Play is Child’s Work

By Rosanna Ward Elizabeth’s post about toys got me thinking about the things we use in our home to help teach our children. I realized […]

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 […]

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