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 Matthew McDill | Jul 17, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Getting Started, Considering Homeschooling
So many parents in North Carolina are now choosing to homeschool that the state site for opening a homeschool was unable to process any more requests earlier this month. [Fortunately, things seem to be working again]. According to Governor Cooper’s recent...
by Sarah Hicks | Jul 6, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Community, Getting Started, Creative Ideas
Co-op is an abbreviation that stands for co-operative learning. In the context of homeshcool, co-ops are as unique and varied as the homeschoolers that comprise them. In general, co-ops are at least 2 families who agree to get together regularly with the intention of...
by Sarah Hicks | Jun 2, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Getting Started, Parenting
This week, as I was giving my son a haircut on our front porch, I had an epiphany. While I was trimming, we were talking about when his dad and I were his age. That’s when it occurred to me: both my husband and my sister homeschooled for just one year. Of course I...
by Jessica Frierson | May 22, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Getting Started
One of the first steps to take when beginning to homeschool is to choose a name. To register your homeschool with the Department of Non-Public Education, you will have to submit a name that will be assigned to your school for its entire duration. This is important...
by Ronda Marshall | Apr 2, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Getting Started, Homeschooling in Crisis, Creative Ideas
So many are schooling at home now! Welcome to the family! Some of you are not only helping your kids with school now, but also trying to work from home. I know it must feel challenging and frankly overwhelming at times. While choosing to homeschool is in some ways...
