For most of us, the beginning of the school year is right around the corner. Now is the perfect time to hone your middle and high schoolers’ study skills. TODAY at 12:30 p.m. EST I’ll be presenting a session especially for your tweens and teens on essential study skills. It’s not too late to pickContinueContinue reading “Study Skills for Grades 7-12”
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Got Vision? Part 3
I’ve covered goals we want our children to achieve before they leave our home and our reasons for homeschooling as part of sharing our family’s homeschooling vision, originally composed in 1999. This week, I’m going to focus on the big questions that everyone—including the grocery store cashiers—asks: What about socialization? Here’s what we think aboutContinueContinue reading “Got Vision? Part 3”
Got Vision? Part 2
In Got Vision? Part 1, I outlined our original goals that we want our children to achieve before they leave our home. Today, I’m going to outline our reasons for homeschooling. While my parents and our church family were thrilled at the prospect, not everyone else was as happy. We needed to have concrete reasonsContinueContinue reading “Got Vision? Part 2”
Got Vision? Part 1
When we first started homeschooling, way back in 1999, we were encouraged to think about why we wanted to homeschool our children, not only right then, but in the future. We were also encouraged to come up with a set of goals that we wanted our children to meet before they graduated from our careContinueContinue reading “Got Vision? Part 1”
Perseverance Pays Off
What happens when you persevere? Eventually, you’re able to graduate a child from your homeschool. The day after this article appears here and over at Heart of the Matter Online, my oldest daughter will graduate—at the age of 15, but she turns 16 next week. Let me tell you, many days (weeks, months) I wasContinueContinue reading “Perseverance Pays Off”
The Mom Binder Part 2
So, you’ve snagged a binder and scavenged enough tabs to have one for each child plus at least one for general administration/support-type papers, right? And, you’ve printed out year-at-a-glance calendars as well as monthly calendars, right? If you’re wondering what on earth I’m talking about, see The Mom Binder Part 1 article that I postedContinueContinue reading “The Mom Binder Part 2”
The Mom Binder, Part 1
I’ve referenced The Mom Binder quite a few times recently, and while I was writing those posts, I looked for the original Mom Binder post to link to. I couldn’t find one—time to write about one of my favorite homeschool organization tools. I’ve seen quite a few references online to household management binders, so whyContinueContinue reading “The Mom Binder, Part 1”
Record Keeping for Dummies
Records? What are those? Didn’t they go out of style with eight-track cassettes? Or, records? Are you nuts? Why should I keep them? If I have to keep them, which ones should I be worried about, and how do I do it? Let’s start with the why. Why keep records when you don’t have to?ContinueContinue reading “Record Keeping for Dummies”
Graduation on a Budget
The time that all homeschoolers look forward to with both trepidation and excitement has finally arrived at our house. Our oldest daughter is graduating from our homeschool this June! We are thrilled to be able to honor her achievement, but when we looked at our finances, we’re not so thrilled. How can we celebrate inContinueContinue reading “Graduation on a Budget”
My Homeschool Transcripts (review)
It’s never too early to start on your children’s high school transcripts. Okay, well maybe kindergarten might be a bit soon, but by the beginning of 9th grade, you’ll want to have a system in place. I’ve seen free templates, expensive templates, and instruction books thicker than Webster’s. But the best, new solution I’ve seenContinueContinue reading “My Homeschool Transcripts (review)”
Bethany LaShell 