Using Co-Ops to Teach California History (and other subjects)
by Lesha Myers Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the August 1998 issue of The Parent Home Educator, the print magazine that was the predecessor to CHEA’s current digital e-newsletter, The CHEA Connection. As part of CHEA’s 40th Anniversary...
How Dads Can Be Active in Homeschooling
by Timothy Carey, Jr., Indiana Association of Home Educators Educating our kids at home is not just about the books or curricula; it is about being free to shape our kids in the ways we feel called. This means that it’s not just a cut and dry program. This is truly a...
Confessions of a First-Year Homeschooler
by Rebecca Kocsis I changed curriculum three times during my first year. And it was okay! Let me explain. The year we started homeschooling, I only had two months to prepare. By the end of my children’s last year in public school, I knew we needed to homeschool. The...
Leading from Rest
by Michaela Roekle, CHEA's Regional Advisory Board Seven years ago, the book Teaching from Rest rose to be one of the most popular books in the homeschool world.Author Sarah Mackenzie struck a chord in the melody of mother’s hearts when she wrote, “How you teach is...
Summer Unit Study: Soda, Pop, or Coke?
You can make a fun summer unit study out of something you might already have in your refrigerator! Soda–or pop or coke!–is a great example of the differences in regional dialect, and has a fascinating history to explore. These can be used in a number of hands-on...
It’s Summertime!
by Katie Julius With Memorial Day dubbed as the “unofficial start of summer,” many homeschool parents may be asking themselves, “What am I going to do all summer?” Since we are used to having our kids at home, it’s not as big a transition between the school year and...
CHEA Turns Forty
by Katie Julius “If you want to understand today you have to search yesterday.” - Pearl S. Buck To many, it is a surprise that private home education is not highly regulated by the government in California. After all, most everything else is. However, this is no...
2022 Susan K. Beatty Scholarship Recipient: The Language of Science
Meet Rebecca Prince Being the oldest child, Rebecca was “on the front end of homeschooling experimentation” for her parents, who began home educating her when she was five years old. Like her parents, CHEA members Roger & Helen Prince, she has been actively...
Pray for Rain
by Rebecca Kocsis Several years ago, in 2015 to be exact, when CHEA was in a financial crisis much like we are today, the Lord ministered 1 Kings 17 to me. The prophet Elijah had just declared to King Ahab there would be no rain or dew in Israel until he gave the...
Top 5 Tips for Every Homeschool Family
by Kristi Clover If you have ever homeschooled your children, or even considered homeschooling them, then you know that a little advice from veteran homeschool moms is always welcomed. For the past six years, I have had the privilege of not only speaking...