The Next Step: Homeschooling to College Transition

Most high school seniors find the transition from high school to college as difficult, but also exciting. These feelings are no different for students who attended homeschool. However, the process to get to college may be slightly different for homeschoolers and the transition itself may need a little adjustment. Homeschool students can and have been [...]

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Advantages to Homeschooling

There are a number of advantages to homeschooling programs, and by considering these, along with the disadvantages, parents can decide if homeschooling is a good choice for their family. Advantages to home schooling include better socialization, education, and family connections. Children receive a unique kind of education through homeschooling, and parents should learn all they [...]

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It’s Not as Hard as You Think: Advice for New Homeschooling Parents

One of the most unsure times in your life might come when you and your spouse make the decision to pull your child out of public or private traditional school and begin a homeschooling program. Becoming your child’s sole teacher is difficult, but the results can be a happier family and better educated child. The [...]

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Balancing Home Schooling with a Socially Integrated Child

When considering home schooling your children as an alternative to public education, one of the most frequent concerns addressed is whether children will be prepared for the real world if they are taken out of the public school system and home schooled. Many well-meaning people express doubt that a child that is home schooled can [...]

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Thanksgiving Lesson Plans for Homeschoolers

As a home schooled family, holidays that have a religious or spiritual origin can be explored with a greater freedom to find their religious roots than can be done in today’s public school environment.  In so doing, the holiday can then take on its original intent unencumbered from the need to be ‘sensitive’ to others [...]

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Home Education Resources

  Conventional educational materials like textbooks are quite easy to find, making them excellent home education resources.  If you are in need of particular textbooks, the kind used in traditional school settings, you may check or inquire at your local school district office in the office of education to see if they have their own [...]

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