by Spencer Mason | Aug 13, 2014 | Summer 2014, GREENHOUSE
13 Aug 2014 Why would anybody in their right mind homeschool their children? Why would a person with a good education not work at a job that pays? Why would an adult do without the nice things that money can buy: the fun vacation, the in style clothes, the better...
by Spencer Mason | Aug 6, 2014 | Summer 2014, GREENHOUSE
6 Aug 2014 What shall we do with online classes? We shall do the same thing homeschoolers have been doing with curricula since homeschooling began—experiment, find what works for us, talk about them to others and use them as a tool to homeschool our kids. We will...
by Spencer Mason | Jul 23, 2014 | Summer 2014, GREENHOUSE
23 Jul 2014 It’s that time of year. Suddenly you no longer care about the Cheerios on the floor, the workbooks begging for attention in their little pile, or how many Latin verbs your teenager can conjugate. You have reached the end of the school year, and...
by Spencer Mason | Jul 16, 2014 | Summer 2014, GREENHOUSE
16 Jul 2014 Each year I look forward to attending NCHE’s homeschool conference in Winston-Salem. From all over the state we steadily roll in, building like a rising tide. For three days, we homeschoolers descend upon the city by the thousands, pushing...
by Spencer Mason | Jul 9, 2014 | Summer 2014, GREENHOUSE
9 Jul 2014 In May NCHE held its thirtieth annual conference in Winston-Salem. As I write this, I am still recovering from the whirlwind of the experience. The conference has been the cornerstone of the service NCHE provides the residents of North Carolina. The...