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 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...
by Sarah Hicks | Jul 13, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Peace, Creative Ideas, Resources
There was a mother who had a plan and bingo was its name-o. B-I-N-G-O! Visual helps like progress charts are a great way for homeschool parents to help their children stay motivated with long-term goals (like more reading and less screen time this summer.) This month,...
by Sarah Hicks | Jun 8, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Spiritual Growth, Peace
This weekend, I was walking on a path through the woods to our greenhouse. I walk this path at least once every day. The ground is slightly inclined, the foliage is natural, and on this particular morning, everything was pretty wet. As I walked, I was looking at the...
