The Homeschool Advantage in Math

There was an article this morning in our paper about the new math curriculum being used in our area. I cannot believe they are choosing a single math curriculum that is supposed to fit an entire region. How many teachers are involved? How many different students? All those different individuals, and there will be only [...]

It Doesn’t Take a Rocket Scientist to Teach Someone to Read

I once believed that teaching someone to learn to read must be a difficult and mysterious task otherwise why would America have such a poor literacy rate? Why can’t Johnny learn to read? I still can’t fully answer those two questions, though I do have some definite ideas which I’ll save for another article. But, [...]

Homeschool Highschool – Overcoming the Challenges of Homeschooling the Teen Years

Are you struggling to homeschool in high school? Just like with parenting, every new stage of homeschooling brings new challenges. Even perfect strangers may express concerns over your ability to meet the needs of your child, but the needs of the parent are often ignored. Let’s address some of the concerns parents of high schoolers [...]