Fall 2016 Archives - Page 2 of 3 - North Carolinians for Home Education

Help Me, I’m Stuck

by Spencer Mason | Dec 7, 2016 | Fall 2016, GREENHOUSE

7 Dec 2016 Sometimes it’s hard to admit that we may need help with our homeschool. Understandably, we may be overwhelmed with a curriculum choice, lesson plans, need for organization, homeschool itself or the motivation to want to teach. It is during hard times such...

Five Ways Dad Can Lend a Helping Hand with Homeschooling

by Spencer Mason | Nov 30, 2016 | Fall 2016, GREENHOUSE

30 Nov 2016 It was early summer and our family was already thinking about the upcoming school year. Our youngest was ready for kindergarten, and my wife and I were contemplating how we could swing sending our three children to private school. My wife had recently...

American Heritage Girls and Homeschooling

by Spencer Mason | Nov 16, 2016 | Fall 2016, GREENHOUSE

16 Nov 2016 The year my son went to Alaska with his Boy Scout Troop, I earnestly began to ponder how we could offer a comparable adventure experience for our three daughters. That same year, we learned about American Heritage Girls (AHG) and helped start a troop in...

Asking the Right Questions

by Spencer Mason | Nov 9, 2016 | Fall 2016, GREENHOUSE

9 Nov 2016 If I had a dime for every question I asked my girls throughout our years of homeschooling, we would be able to afford all the books we ever wanted! I am a big believer in questions; they are, to me, the best teaching tools at every level of learning. The...

North Carolina House Page Program

by Spencer Mason | Nov 2, 2016 | Fall 2016, GREENHOUSE

2 Nov 2016 When I arrived at the legislative building early on a Tuesday morning, I hadn’t known anything of what I was going to do, but when one is suited up and going into an important place, it is hard to feel like anything could be wrong. Even though I had...

Science and Engineering Fair Winners

by Spencer Mason | Oct 26, 2016 | Fall 2016, GREENHOUSE

Davidson Good, age eleven, and Joshua Robertson, age eleven, both of Wilmington, received exemplary status and were named winners of the International Science and Engineering Fair at the elementary level for the state of North Carolina. Their award-winning project,...