by JessicaFrierson2 | Oct 1, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement
My sister recently shared this picture of her new butter dish. There’s an obvious problem here. The stick of butter fits the dish but the lid is too small to cover it. It’s a lovely butter dish—simplistic in design, a good neutral color—but it isn’t meeting the need....
by Matthew McDill | Aug 20, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Parenting, Considering Homeschooling, Reasons to Homeschool
by Matthew McDill, August 2021 My dad always used to tell my sister and me: “You’ve got to learn to get along with each other. You two are best friends.” We would often make faces and deny this, but in the end, my sister and I were very good friends. This is the...
by Diane Helfrich | Aug 13, 2021 | High School, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Community, Homeschooling in Crisis, Parental Rights, Freedom to Homeschool, War on Homeschooling, Parenting, Considering Homeschooling, Culture, Discipleship, Young Children, Teaching Strategies, Middle School, Reasons to Homeschool, Uncategorized
by Diane Helfrich, August 2021 Once a child enters our lives, we start thinking about the years to come—their first words and steps turn into school, graduation, and college, and then, we hope, a successful launch to adulthood. Part of how well our child negotiates...
by JessicaFrierson2 | Aug 10, 2021 | Schedule, Reasons to Homeschool, Middle School, Teaching Strategies, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Teens, Considering Homeschooling, High School, Young Children
by Jessica Frierson, August 2021 If I were to sum up the essence of homeschooling in one word, it would be flexibility. Every aspect of the homeschool can benefit from the flexibility it offers. The scheduling of both your school year and school day, the selection of...
by JessicaFrierson2 | Aug 6, 2021 | Considering Homeschooling, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, High School, Math, Young Children, Middle School, Reasons to Homeschool
by Jessica Frierson, August 2021 Of the many reasons our family chose to homeschool, creativity is my favorite. Unlike traditional classrooms, the homeschool environment is particularly conducive to encouraging and inspiring creativity. Just as in a greenhouse where...
by Diane Helfrich | Aug 2, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Getting Started, War on Homeschooling, Considering Homeschooling, Culture, High School, Graduation, Testing, College, Diversity, Reasons to Homeschool
by Diane Helfrich, August 2021 “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” William Butler Yeats In a nutshell, this describes for me the difference between homeschooling and public education. We discover and feed gifts and passions in our...
