by Jessica Frierson | Feb 15, 2022 | NCHE Blog, Young Children, Nature, Science, Middle School, Schedule, Reasons to Homeschool
by Jessica Frierson, February 2022 Last week gave us a spring preview here in the Catawba Valley area. Birds were singing the praises of the nest they had begun constructing under our eaves. The sun was shining brightly in every window, enticing us to come out to...
by Jessica Frierson | Feb 9, 2022 | Culture, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Diversity, Reasons to Homeschool, Multicultural, History
by Jessica Frierson, February 2022 February is a great time to shine the spotlight on a few notable homeschooled black Americans. Each of these individuals defied great adversity to pursue an education for themselves and have left a legacy that impacts all of our...
by Diane Helfrich | Dec 3, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Parental Rights, Freedom to Homeschool, Culture, Videos, Reasons to Homeschool
We are part of a powerful, growing state and national homeschooling movement. And that was the case even before the coronavirus! Now, more families than ever are homeschooling and benefiting from this life-changing choice. North Carolina is second only to Alaska in...
by Matthew McDill | Aug 20, 2021 | Parenting, Considering Homeschooling, Reasons to Homeschool, Encouragement, NCHE Blog
by Matthew McDill, August 2021 My dad always used to tell my sister and me: “You’ve got to learn to get along with each other. You two are best friends.” We would often make faces and deny this, but in the end, my sister and I were very good friends. This is the...
by Matthew McDill | Aug 17, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Resources, Parental Rights, Parenting, Discipleship, Reasons to Homeschool
by Matthew McDill, Aug 2021 Some of my very favorite times as a dad are when I sit with my teens, enjoying some coffee and real-life conversation. We talk about school, work, relationships, faith, the Bible, the world, philosophy, politics, and anything else they have...
by Diane Helfrich | Aug 13, 2021 | Discipleship, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Community, Homeschooling in Crisis, Parental Rights, Freedom to Homeschool, War on Homeschooling, Parenting, Considering Homeschooling, Culture, High School, Young Children, Teaching Strategies, Middle School, Reasons to Homeschool, Uncategorized
by Diane Helfrich, August 2021 Once a child enters our lives, we start thinking about the years to come—their first words and steps turn into school, graduation, and college, and then, we hope, a successful launch to adulthood. Part of how well our child negotiates...