Making Christmas Choices
by Jennifer Pepito, Featured Speaker, 35th Annual CHEA Convention Christmas is right around the corner, and the holidays present us all with many choices. We can choose to cuddle with our children by the fire and read stories together, or go shopping. We can choose to...
Sticker Shock
by Rebecca Kocsis Homeschoolers live in their houses all day--every day. Contrary to our traditional schooling counterparts, who are often out of the home for the better part of the day, our homes are well occupied. Because they are well occupied, our furnishings...
Homeschooling and the Sandwich Generation
Helpful Hints for Homeschool Families Caring for Aging Grandparents by Mindy Chenault As I sat waiting in the hospital with my sister and my dad, I knew that our family's Christmas break plans were never going to materialize. My mom had suffered a stroke sometime...
Past, Present, and Future Blessings
by Stacey Eubanks, Heritage Christian School CHEA families, would any of you like to share what brings you great thanksgiving? Right at this moment, wherever life has you, do share your hearts as we ponder the goodness of God in bringing Him honor. Take a moment, if...
Thankfulness, Adolescent Musings, Coffee
by Karen D. Koch When I was in sophomore English a gazillion years ago in a small logging town, the best teacher I've ever had, Mr. W, gave us an interesting assignment one rainy November day. I don't actually remember if it was raining, but it was in coastal Oregon...
Making Holidays Meaningful
by Karen D. Koch Thanksgiving has long been my favorite holiday—probably because of family and food, and the noticeably lower materialistic nature (and hence, stress) of the day. During the two years I lived overseas back in the 1980s, it was the holiday I missed the...
Celebrating 35 Years of Ministry
God's Homeschooling Tapestry A Memoir by Susan Beatty, Co-founder, CHEA of California “Will the cops come take me away?” “Are you sure this is legal?” “How will I find Christian curriculum?” “Are my kids going to be freaks? Where will we find other Christian families...
Top 5 Tips for Every Homeschool Family
by Kristi Clover 1. Know WHY You Are Homeschooling—& Write It Down No matter how long you have been homeschooling it's important to remember why you are homeschooling. This last September I had a girlfriend call me after her first day back to homeschooling and ask...
Truth from the Trenches of Motherhood and Homeschooling
by Janelle Knutson Anyone else have a rough day? I won’t even begin to explain the day I’ve had. Let’s just say that homeschooling 4 kids, along with a 3 year old who is testing limits and a one year old who has learned to climb just about anything, can make for a...
What To Tell the Children When There Are No Words
by Karen D. Koch We awoke yesterday to another shocking tragedy. Nearly 60 killed and over 500 wounded in another senseless, premeditated shooting at a Las Vegas concert. Another unfathomable event for us to process. What to tell the children. . .where do we begin? I...