by Matthew McDill | Aug 28, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Videos, Math
I sat down with Steve Demme, creator of Math-U-See, this week for an interview. I asked him to share with us some tips for teaching math. Some of the most important points that he shares in this short clip are: Math is sequential, so it is important to find out where...
by Sarah Hicks | Aug 17, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Community, Peace
By Guest Contributor Whitney Cranford Crowell My mom’s friend Jane is the kind of person who calls it like she sees it. Years ago, after a harrowing day of wrangling her three small children, she eyed my mother with a frazzled look. “The problem with parenting,” she...
by Sarah Hicks | Aug 10, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Community, Peace
It has been thrilling for our board to help families who will be homeschooling for the first time this year. And through offering things like diplomas and college scholarships, this year it has also been our privilege to help many families finish their homeschool...
by Matthew McDill | Jul 31, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, High School
I’ve heard a number of homeschool parents say that they plan to homeschool until high school and then put them in public school. I can understand why; homeschooling high school can be intimidating. Parents often feel that many high school courses are over their head....
by Sarah Hicks | Jul 28, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Community, Peace, Getting Started
Scores of books have been written on educational philosophy. A lot of those resources make education harder than it has to be—especially since most people already have an educational philosophy, even if they’ve never realized it or named it. Your ideas on education...
by Sarah Hicks | Jul 20, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Community, Peace
After around 20 minutes of listening to amazing music at an outdoor, open-air, pavilion, I realized that I had been watching the projected image of the musicians on the big screen instead of the actual musicians. When I turned my focus to the stage, there was a...
