The Passion Myth
2024 Fall/Whitney Cranford Crowell When my kids were small, they had all kinds of interests. One week, it was lions, the next cheetahs, then wolves. They obsessed over trucks and construction equipment. They spent hours in the kitchen baking. They talked incessantly...
The Secret Ingredient to Homeschooling
2024 Fall/Amanda Garner If you were to ask any of my young adult children what my favorite movie is, they would answer without hesitation: Kung Fu Panda. As the story goes, Po is trained by Master Shifu to become the Dragon Warrior so that he can save the inhabitants...
Cultivating Independence: Tips and Activities for Homeschool Students
2024 Fall/Amy Sloan As homeschooling moms, we know what it’s like to juggle the needs of multiple children. We know what it’s like to focus on keeping the homeschool day running smoothly while also running a household and maybe even a small business. It’s easy to...
What I Wish All First Generation Homeschool Parents Knew
2024 Fall/Laura McKinney Adams I have been a part of the homeschooling community for seventeen years. For thirteen years, I was a homeschooled student—from kindergarten through twelfth grade. I began homeschooling my own children in 2020. After spending so much time...
Finding the Balance
2024 Fall/Jennifer Smith Over my years of homeschooling, the most significant goal I have chased is balancing between academic rigor and the invaluable lessons derived from real-life knowledge in my children’s education. Hailing from a blue-collar, entrepreneurial...
NCHE Celebrates Forty Years—Winning the Fight for a Good Law
Fall 2024/Matthew McDill North Carolinians for Home Education is celebrating our fortieth anniversary this year! This article is part three in a series that recounts the history of the modern homeschool movement in NC (see the first two articles in the spring and...
Civics 101—Election Time!
2024 Fall/Diane Helfrich This fall is an excellent time to teach key civics concepts to your kids. With the churn going on, I don’t believe it’s ever been more important for our kids to understand the design of our electoral process and why it was designed as it was....
2024 NCHE Scholarship Winners
2024 Fall/Evelyn Bickley Since 1998, NCHE has awarded more than $189,000 in scholarships to deserving North Carolina homeschooled high school seniors. The funds for the scholarships come from donors and supporters of homeschooling in North Carolina. This year, the...
Легкі літні ідеї для сім’ї
Випускник 2024 року/Джаніс Бройлз. Літо часто є часом відпочинку та сімейних подорожей. Багато з нас бере кілька тижнів відпустки на пригоди домашнього навчання, щоб насолодитися теплою порою. Однак навчання може відбуватися будь-де та будь-коли. Є багато причин...
Від Омеги до Альфи
Випускник 2024/Діан Хелфріх Ваша остання дитина навчається на старшому курсі. Наближається випускний, і ви несамовито завершуєте свій навчальний рік, готуєте фотографії та запрошення для випускних, плануєте вечірку та починаєте накопичувати те, що потрібно вашому студенту для життя...
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