by Diane Helfrich | Aug 2, 2021 | Getting Started, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, 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...
by JessicaFrierson2 | Jul 30, 2021 | Encouragement, Teens, Considering Homeschooling, High School, Discipleship, Young Children, Teaching Strategies, Reasons to Homeschool, NCHE Blog
Wouldn’t it be great if we could do an internship to prepare for life? Many career fields require an internship to gain the skills and experience needed in that field before engaging in it under their own auspices. Homeschooling offers just that: a one-on-one...
by Diane Helfrich | Jul 20, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Community, Parental Rights, Freedom to Homeschool, Considering Homeschooling, Culture
by Diane Helfrich, July 2021 We now live in a time where the government defines what is taught in our schools and how. While it has always been that way to an extent, we’ve watched the degradation of the quality of education over time. Schools accommodate learners who...
by Debbie Mason | Jul 16, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Considering Homeschooling
by Debbie Mason and Matthew McDill, July 2021 There are so many wonderful reasons to homeschool! Here are ten of our favorites. Keep an eye out for upcoming blog posts that discuss each of these more in-depth. [Links to these will be added at the bottom of this post.]...
by Sarah Hicks | Dec 28, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Creative Ideas, Nature, Science
by Guest Contributor Valerie Cox Whether your children realize it or not, science is everywhere in the world around us. From the sunlight waking us up in the morning to how our bodies digest the food we eat, science is a major part of our daily lives. As their...
by Sarah Hicks | Nov 23, 2020 | Encouragement, Creative Ideas, Learning Styles, Teaching Strategies, NCHE Blog
Learning is a discovery, an experience, and a marvelous, creative journey (or at least, it can be!) But sometimes learning is also messy, slow, loud, scattered, spontaneous, and completely unorthodox. This can leave parents feeling frustrated that learning is taking...
