10 Truths About Teaching Kids With Dyslexia
by Marianne Sunderland October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. As a long time homeschooler with 20+ years of experience teaching kids with dyslexia, here are 10 truths I want you to be aware of: 1. Your kids will learn to read. Eventually. All kids learn to read in their...
My Husband’s Role in Our Homeschool
by Rebecca Kocsis Many people ask me about my husband’s role in our homeschool. With five children grown and graduated, they always want to know how he contributed. He would actually tell you he played no role in our family’s homeschool, but nothing could be farther...
Finding Order in the Chaos
by Angela Lasch As a group leader, you wear many hats. You are not just a group leader; you also care for your family, possibly still homeschool, and if you are like most homeschool leaders, your group is not your only ministry. Burnout isn’t just a possibility; it...
9 Helpful Apps for the Homeschool Mom
by Elise Hamel If we’re being honest, our phones and devices can often be a distraction or an escape from the responsibilities of homeschooling and family life. There are many pitfalls to relying too much on technology or letting it steal our time. What if we could...
Am I the Best Teacher for My Child?
by Dawn Spence, SPED Homeschool Am I the best teacher for my child? This is a question that I still ask myself all the time. I know it is driven by two things: guilt and fear. Guilt that I am not doing things perfectly and the fear that I never will. Well, I am right....
Types of Dyslexia: New Names, New Treatment?
by Dianne Craft, MA, CNHP Parents who have had their child tested for a learning disability lately are finding that there are some new terms for dyslexia. Educators recently have created categories to group several common types of dyslexia together to increase the...
The Homeschool Mom’s “To-Don’t” List
by Julie Froisland As busy homeschool moms, we have plenty of “to-do” lists as we balance homeschooling with “life stuff.” After homeschooling for almost 20 years, I’ve come to realize that as many “dos” as we have, we also have a number of “don’ts” we need to...
Single-Parent Homeschooling
by Joann Burnside Hoyt, Indiana Association of Home Educators Parenting is all the “things”—hard, wonderful, hilarious, scary, challenging and rewarding. That’s when you have help! When you are a single parent, the workload doesn’t seem to double, it seems to magnify...
Summer Unit Study: The United States Constitution
by Katie Julius After a month-long Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia, the United States Constitution was drafted and then signed by 39 men on September 17, 1787. A compromise between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans, the United States Constitution was...
Peaceful Preparations
by Katie Julius September looms. First day of school photos fill your social media feed. School supplies have been picked over in the stores. You feel behind. You feel unprepared. You feel overwhelmed. You feel defeated. And you haven’t even started your school year...