by Debbie Mason | Apr 23, 2023 | Spring 2023, GREENHOUSE
Spring 2023/Laura Adams When I stepped into the Benton Convention Center for the 2022 Thrive! Conference, my soul was exhausted. I had just completed my first year of officially homeschooling my kindergartener, along with doing some preschool activities with my...
by Mark Herbert | Jun 2, 2020 | Spring 2020, GREENHOUSE
Spring 2020/ Beth Herbert For the twenty-three years that I called myself a homeschool mom, the end of our school year was marked by the NCHE conference. I went to my first NCHE homeschool conference in 1994, a few months before we actually started homeschooling. I...
by Matthew McDill | Feb 12, 2020 | Fall 2019, GREENHOUSE
Fall 2019 / Sandra Peoples We sat around the table talking about topics that are usually off limits when you’re eating—like medical issues, potty training challenges, and puberty. We smiled at each other’s disclaimers, “This may sound weird, but…” and we nodded...
by Matthew McDill | Jan 28, 2020 | Fall 2019, GREENHOUSE
Fall 2019 / Beth Herbert With my homeschool group’s graduation ceremony behind us and the NCHE Thrive! Conference beginning tomorrow, I have been reflecting on how important both of these organizations have been in my own homeschool journey. I am in awe of how...
by Sonya Shafer | Mar 26, 2019 | Spring 2019, GREENHOUSE
Spring 2019 / by Sonya Shafer When we lived near Chicago, my husband, John, rode his bike for long treks in all kinds of weather. He liked to take the roads that led out of our suburb and into a relatively undeveloped country because they were less traveled. The...