by Amy Sloan | March 24, 2020 | Spring 2020, GREENHOUSE | 0 Comments

Spring 2020/ Amy Sloan The New Year is often the time we make big plans and goals. We decide this is the year we’ll read aloud every day to the kids. We’ll cut out caffeine completely. We’ll read quality literature after the kids are asleep instead of binge-watching Parks and Rec episodes. We’ll run a marathon. We’ll make every homeschool moment one to remember, and we’ll never yell at our kids. It’s going to be epic. Only, is it just me? I don’t find much success with setting crazy-big-important goals in January. They usually make me cry...

by Sarah Hicks | March 17, 2020 | Spring 2020, GREENHOUSE | 0 Comments

Spring 2020/ Matthew McDill “What do you want people to say about you at your funeral?” This is the question I was asking myself at the beginning of 2019. I was not asking it because I had a life-threatening illness or had lost someone close to me. I was asking this because I was reading a book about how to create a vision statement.* I would like to suggest to you that asking this simple question is a quick and powerful way to develop a vision for your life. As homeschool parents, this vision will include our relationships with our children...

by Matthew McDill | February 25, 2020 | Fall 2019, GREENHOUSE | 0 Comments

Fall 2019 / Math Spotlight with Homeschool Mom Lisha Thigpen NCHE: Lisha, thank you for sharing wisdom with our members.  You have a background in math. Tell us a little bit more about yourself. I have been married to my husband for twenty-two years.  Our kids are fifteen, thirteen, twelve, and four. I love to teach. Teenagers are my favorite age group. Helping out in the youth group at my church is my favorite place of service. I currently teach in a local co-op (science). I also teach two upper level math classes from my home during the...