Math for the Right-Brained: Creative Approaches to Math Lessons

Curriculum, Math

by Megan Mora Fuentes, HEAV If you’ve homeschooled for any amount of time, it’s almost certain that you’ve heard–or thought!–this: “I’m just not a math person; I don’t get it!” It can be tricky to teach a subject that you don’t particularly enjoy or that you struggle...

Fractions, Algorithms, and Proofs, Oh My!

Curriculum, Math

Math. One little four-letter word can send parents and students alike into panic. This is the subject that many families say is the most daunting to teach in their homeschool, especially in the high school years. Unfortunately, our kids sometimes pick up on our own...

The Beauty of Homeschooling

Encouragement, Math

by Katie Julius Sometimes when I hear about the “beauty” of homeschooling, it’s in reference to the benefits of private home education. “That’s the beauty of homeschooling…” Whether it is the flexibility of one’s schedule, the freedom to cater education decisions to...

Homeschooling Mistakes

Convention, Curriculum, Decisions, Encouragement, God's Plan, Homeschool, Math, Mothers, Science

by Karen D. Koch I have made my share of mistakes in homeschooling over the years. I sometimes lament that I didn’t do this or that, or even that I focused too much on an academic area that wasn’t as necessary as I thought. I got a new perspective...

Crazy Busy

Curriculum, Decisions, Encouragement, Family, God's Plan, Homeschool, Math, Mothers

Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem by Kevin DeYoung Reviewed by Karen D. Koch I have spent most of my life striving to complete an impossibly long self-created to-do list that never seems to shrink. When I take some free time, I often...

Why Homeschool?

Classes, Curriculum, Decisions, Geography, God's Plan, Math, Planning, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Writing

by Kristin Murdock Every new school year, you ask yourself the same question: “Why ARE we homeschooling?” Several times a year the question haunts you again (usually when your child experiences a meltdown over uncompleted schoolwork). Then you encounter well-meaning...