by Spencer Mason | Nov 25, 2015 | Fall 2015, GREENHOUSE
25 Nov 2015 I was recently doing morning devotions with my children, pondering the upcoming holidays. I was trying, like all good homeschooling moms, to weave in some wonderful history lesson that would help bring meaning to the Scriptures, and also somehow benefit...
by Spencer Mason | Nov 18, 2015 | Fall 2015, GREENHOUSE
18 Nov 2015 When I starting homeschooling in the dark ages (really only sixteen years ago, but it now seems like a lifetime ago!) I launched into something I really knew little about. I knew that the public school system was failing us and that we needed another...
by Spencer Mason | Oct 28, 2015 | Fall 2015, GREENHOUSE
28 Oct 2015 In the spring of 1985, a significant victory took place in the long legal fight over home education in North Carolina. The North Carolina State Supreme Court ruled that under the current private school law, parents were allowed to educate their children at...
by Spencer Mason | Oct 21, 2015 | Fall 2015, GREENHOUSE
21 Oct 2015 It’s the fall of 2015, the beginning of a new academic year. I trust you had a summer full of activities that took advantage of the great resources in NC, from our mountains to our beaches. I hope you were able to schedule an extended visit with family and...
by Spencer Mason | Oct 14, 2015 | Fall 2015, GREENHOUSE
14 Oct 2015 In our homeschools, one of the great things we have is flexibility. We can engage in experiences that are sometimes hard within a traditional system because they require being away from the school. Thus, homeschoolers are frequently field-tripping and...