by Jessica Frierson | Sep 14, 2022 | NCHE Blog, Getting Started, DNPE, Homeschool Law, Parental Rights, Freedom to Homeschool, Uncategorized
by Jessica Frierson, September 2022 There is much confusion about the legal requirements for a homeschool. Parents opening a new homeschool have many questions. Often, much of what they have heard from others is not entirely correct. Even homeschool veterans are often...
by Jessica Frierson | May 23, 2022 | Thrive! Conference, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Getting Started, Conferences, Uncategorized
by Jessica Frierson, May 2022 1 Look over the schedule ahead of time to see which sessions you want to attend most. As much as you may want to, you can’t be in two places at once! There are so many great speakers at the Thrive! Conference that it can be hard to...
by Diane Helfrich | Nov 5, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Community, Getting Started
by Diane Helfrich, November 2021 Beginnings You have made the jump and decided to homeschool. It’s exciting and scary all at once. You have so many questions: Will I fail my child? Can I manage all of this? What if I don’t do it right? What curriculum should I choose?...
by Christina Brown | Aug 25, 2021 | Creative Ideas, Getting Started, NCHE Blog
by Christina Brown, August 2021 Back to school is different for kids who go to traditional schools: backpacks, locker chandeliers, and the school list that we spy moms trying to fill at the local Walmart. These traditions don’t always work for those of us who school...
by Diane Helfrich | Aug 2, 2021 | Considering Homeschooling, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Getting Started, War on 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 Matthew McDill | Jun 4, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Getting Started, Considering Homeschooling, Videos
Many families are trying out homeschooling for the first time. Some feel forced to do it because of difficult circumstances. Some are doing it temporarily, just until they can get back to school. Some are reluctantly doing it, feeling overwhelmed and inadequate. Some...