Winter 2015 Archives - North Carolinians for Home Education

Trophy Wives and Trophy Children

bởi Spencer Mason | Th3 25, 2015 | mùa đông 2015, NHÀ KÍNH

25 Mar 2015 We’re all familiar with the term trophy wife. This term usually involves the rich, worldly man who chooses to marry not for love, but rather to show off a suitable trophy among his friends and business partners. The trophy is a beautiful woman, beautifully...

Experience History in North Carolina!

bởi Spencer Mason | Th3 18, 2015 | mùa đông 2015, Chưa được phân loại, NHÀ KÍNH

18 Mar 2015 Smoke drifts from a campfire, mingling with the smells emanating from a black kettle suspended above it. A group of children of diverse ages draws near to what appears to be a vision from the past—someone dressed as a Civil War soldier or maybe an...

Eight Reasons Kids Learn Best at Home

bởi Spencer Mason | Th3 11, 2015 | mùa đông 2015, NHÀ KÍNH

11 Mar 2015 After I finished homeschooling our kids, I headed back to school myself to complete a Ph.D. in educational psychology. I wanted to know how kids learn best. Wouldn’t that be helpful information for homeschooling moms and dads? Boy did God blow my socks...

How to Increase Productivity and Reduce Stress

bởi Spencer Mason | Th3 4, 2015 | mùa đông 2015, NHÀ KÍNH

4 Mar 2015 Have you ever been doing laundry and thought, “I really should be doing school with the kids right now?” Have you ever been talking with your children and realized that you were not really listening? Instead, you were thinking about other tasks or projects...

The Strange Case of the Curious Child

bởi Spencer Mason | Th2 25, 2015 | mùa đông 2015, NHÀ KÍNH

25 Feb 2015 When my children were little, I remember watching my wife sitting with one of them in her lap and flipping through the pages of a book. My child would point to a picture in the book and ask, “What’s that?” My wife would reply, “A cow,” then turn the...

Community Service: Get Involved (and Keep Records!)

bởi Spencer Mason | Th2 18, 2015 | mùa đông 2015, NHÀ KÍNH

18 Feb 2015 I recently wrote a post to the NCHE Facebook page on community service, and it sparked such an interest that I decided to expound a bit more in this article for GREENHOUSE. Community service is an important part of living. For Christians, it is an act of...