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Our adventure to determine what kind of homeschooling best fits our family started with looking at Arborbrook Christian Academy. If we were to send Jonathan to school, we believe that this is the best option in our area right now. But, private school is not in the budget… and not exactly what we feel is…
Homeschooling
Me? Homeschool? Yeah, right…
As I look back, I think that God has had me on a journey to bring me to homeschooling for quite a long time… When I was in elementary and junior high, my answer to the what do I want to be when I grow up question was always “teacher”. Somewhere along the way, I…
Homeschool Philosophies
One of the first steps in homeschooling is to determine what kind of philosophy or method of homeschooling best fits your family and your children. We have found that there are seven main categories, with of course some overlap, different names, and subsets. Here’s a very, very brief overview of each and this is not…
Ticonderoga Pencils
Am I late to the game? I heard about Ticonderoga pencils in the last month or so through the Sonlight forums (this is the base curriculum that I’ve been using for Jonathan; the forums are a message board area for those using the Sonlight curriculum). I’m reading all these posts from moms raving about…
First Homeschool Conference
Josh and I attended the HINTS Book Fair a couple weekends ago. HINTS is a local homeschool support group and they do this conference and homeschool vendor fair every summer at a church in Matthews, NC. Jonathan and I went to the first couple of sessions by ourselves until Josh got off work and could…