by Matthew McDill | March 19, 2019 | Spring 2019, GREENHOUSE | 0 Comments

Spring 2019 / Matthew McDill Just the other night, Dana and I had dinner with some veteran homeschoolers. As we discussed the challenges of homeschooling, one experienced mother lamented, “It would be nice if everyone didn’t have to reinvent the wheel and make all the same mistakes.” I’m sure there are several solutions to this problem, but I would like to suggest one that is particularly significant: mentorship. Mentoring happens when a less experienced person learns knowledge, skills, and strategies from a more experienced...

by Sarah Hicks | January 29, 2019 | Fall 2018, GREENHOUSE | 0 Comments

Fall 2018 / by Sarah Hicks When I was in sixth-grade, my science teacher was Mrs. Dorsey. She had blonde hair that looked like cotton candy and a slightly mischievous glint in her eye. Mrs. Dorsey stood on her desk and sang memorization songs about mitosis while pointing to her bare feet and repeating “my-toes-sis.” In addition to school work from our textbooks, each week we were required to turn in two current event articles from newspapers or magazines along with a few sentences about our reactions to the events. They were never...

by EricPope | January 22, 2019 | Fall 2018, GREENHOUSE | 0 Comments

Fall 2018 / by Eric Pope As parents, we often want to shield our children from the painful conditions of our world. We regard ourselves as their guardians, their protectors. But unfortunately, there are times when our children inevitably witness sufferings that we have no control over—trauma, disease, terminal illness, death—things that unavoidably bring heartache and grief to our doorstep. As a homeschooling family, how do you survive? Last summer we lost one of our children—the youngest of three children—our beautiful...