By Marla Nowak   At twelve months my little fellow with Down syndrome put a donut in the VCR. This was a foreshadowing of things to come. Whatever curiosity gene possessed my boy to experiment at age 1 has followed him to age 13. Today’s summertime lazy morning had me feeling good with a song

The face of homeschooling is changing. As long-term benefits of homeschooling are visible and documented, more people are pursuing this educational choice. No longer is there one common picture of a “typical” homeschooling family. Grandparents home educate today And the number of single parents who homeschool is increasing. Does that surprise you? Do you wonder

Dealing with negative family members is kind of a given when you homeschool. I mean, who doesn’t have an “Aunt Nellie,” who, at every Christmas gathering, asks, “So how much longer are you going to homeschool? You certainly aren’t going to do it in high school , are you?” Now you could pray that God

I was discouraged about the progress of our homeschooling recently. I dumped my tale of woe to my dear husband (over a Starbucks, of course.). “Nothing seems to be going as planned,” I lamented. “How did I ever think I could teach one child how to figure out the area of a circle, while training

Quotations that come to mind first are not from homeschoolers, but, instead, are ones that I would like to direct to homeschoolers, especially Christian homeschoolers who believe the Bible is the main textbook on which to raise children. Northrop Frye, a famous literature professor in Toronto wrote that the Bible . . .   .

Unschooling is a word that typically generates interest with the media. For people who question whether parents are even able to educate their own children, unschooling seems totally unacceptable. With or without the approval of the general public, though, unschooling continues to grow. To understand unschooling, you really have to look back at the history

Before we had any children, we watched for a few years as our pastor’s wife homeschooled her children. She invited me over and showed me her basement with all the desks and bookshelves and school projects. She had six children and made homeschooling look so easy and natural. Her enthusiasm was contagious and her children

By Marybeth Whalen When I first started homeschooling ten years ago, I quickly learned to depend upon the wisdom of experienced homeschooling moms. These ladies provided me with a listening ear and wise advice that proved true time after time. The longer I’ve homeschooled, the more I’ve added little nuggets to my own repertoire of