by Debbie Mason | Sep 18, 2022 | Fall 2022, Uncategorized
Fall 2022/Sarah Hicks When my husband and I were first married, we visited Arches National Park in Moab, Utah. He had traveled there as a bachelor just one year before, so as we arrived, he tried to prepare me for the fifteen-mile hike we were about to take. He spoke...
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 | Aug 10, 2022 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Culture, Reasons to Homeschool, Family life, Uncategorized
by Jessica Frierson and Emily Schrum, August 2022 As summer draws to a close, many of us homeschool moms (and dads) are prepping for a new school year. As we peruse the Internet, gather our curriculum, and glean from the ideas of others, we must guard against allowing...
by Diane Helfrich | Jul 5, 2022 | Testing, Freedom to Homeschool, Homeschool Law, DNPE, NCHE Blog, Uncategorized
by Diane Helfrich, July 2022 Out in Facebook-land, I’ve recently seen a flood of questions about DNPE contacting schools open longer than seven years. So, it’s time for a bit of background and encouragement for everyone to update their files on a yearly basis. The...
by Jessica Frierson | Jun 21, 2022 | Family life, Summer, Young Children, Community, NCHE Blog, Uncategorized
by Jessica Frierson, June 2022 Do your children know where their food comes from? If their answer to that question is the name of a grocery store, then it may be a good time to head to your local farmer’s market or, even better, an area farm. Why is this an important...
by Jessica Frierson | Jun 14, 2022 | NCHE Blog, Nature, Science, Reasons to Homeschool, Family life, Uncategorized
by Jessica Frierson, June 2022 “Mom, when are we going to start school again?”, asked my daughter, looking up from the school work I had given her to do one day this spring. “You’re doing your school work right now,” I replied with a laugh. “No, Mom, I mean our REAL...