Every Day Writing Made Easy!

Every Day Writing Made Easy!

Spring 2024/Janice Broyles “I don’t know what to write!” This is an often occurring lament in our homeschooling household. Although my son is now a teen, he still struggles to come up with topics and ideas when it’s time to write. Sometimes, I want to take the easy...

Homeschooling: Shared Life, Shared Memories, Shared Bond

Homeschooling: Shared Life, Shared Memories, Shared Bond

Spring 2024/Dava Banner As a homeschooling mom, I feel that children raised in homeschooling families have so many benefits, including the opportunity to share life with their siblings. I grew up with one sibling of the opposite gender. We lived in the same house,...

Add Homeschooling to Military Life, and It’s a Wild Combo

Add Homeschooling to Military Life, and It’s a Wild Combo

Spring 2024/Natalie Mack Welcome to my niche of homeschooling—the military! In my job at Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), I help military homeschoolers keep going as they navigate some of the same kinds of challenges my own family faced. I constantly...

Homeschooling the Young Learner

Homeschooling the Young Learner

Spring 2024/Vicki Bentley Do you sometimes second-guess your “credentials” to educate your child at home? Parents, you come into homeschooling with the greatest qualifications: a deep love for your child and a vested interest in his success! You can homeschool! You’ve...

NCHE Celebrates Forty Years—the Beginning

NCHE Celebrates Forty Years—the Beginning

Spring 2024/Matthew McDill North Carolinians for Home Education is celebrating our fortieth anniversary this year! So many families over these years have been blessed by the hard work of NCHE leaders to support homeschool parents and to make NC a wonderful place to...

The Secret of Goldilocks

The Secret of Goldilocks

Fall 2023, by Amanda Garner Once upon a time, there was a beloved board book greatly treasured in the Garner home. Four pairs of small hands had left its red spine heavily creased and the edges of the thick pages worn smooth. It was well loved as it passed from child...

Teaching Your Kids When to Submit

Teaching Your Kids When to Submit

Fall 2023, by Matthew McDill One day, there was a huge fight taking place in my house. It seemed that every family member was involved. So I called a cease-fire and invited everyone to peace talks. We sat down in the living room, and I read this single question from...

Three Things I’ve Learned as a Mom of a Homeschool Graduate

Three Things I’ve Learned as a Mom of a Homeschool Graduate

Fall 2023, by Amy Sloan My firstborn son graduated from our homeschool last spring. While I trust he will look back on his years of home education with joy, that’s a story he will, God willing, share himself one day. But there’s a sneaky part of homeschooling you may...

Have Fun Learning with Small Children

Have Fun Learning with Small Children

Fall 2023, by Dava Banner Our lives get busy, our schedules get full, and sometimes we forget to do the simple things with our small children. We forget how much fun it is! We forget how much kids love learning with us. Simple activities can provide lots of learning,...

Welcoming the World into Your Home(school)

Welcoming the World into Your Home(school)

Fall 2023, by Meegan Brownley Confession: My husband is a missions pastor. I feel like you need to know that before I begin because we’ve been completely and totally sold out to the Great Commission as part of our walk with the Lord for the better half of a decade...

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