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Deciding on how to educate your child is one of the biggest, most important choices you’ll ever have to make as a parent. Do you opt for the “traditional” classroom experience that public schools offer?…

Deciding on how to educate your child is one of the biggest, most important choices you’ll ever have to make as a parent. Do you opt for the “traditional” classroom experience that public schools offer?…

  Part 2: Socialization Isn’t an Issue for Homeschooled Children In our last post, we discussed what socialization actually means and how it applies to homeschooling. If you have experience with homeschooling, you probably cringe…

  Part 1: What is socialization in general and pertaining to homeschooling? The “S” word. It’s the one word that utterly exhausts and exasperates every homeschooling parent. Socialization has become the focal point of nearly…

As you’ve undoubtedly read and heard several times over the past few weeks, more than 55 million students in the United States are now home, with schools shut down from coast-to-coast due to the COVID-19…

As we continue social distancing throughout the country, there are some signs of light at the end of what’s been a very long, very dark tunnel. While many states are still under restrictions, and social…

If you’re choosing to supplement your homeschooling routine with online learning or researching a fully-online program for your child, you know that there are thousands of options to choose from. Online learning just keeps growing…

A non-homeschooler’s perspective on sheltering in place We’re nearly a month into self-isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Life has certainly changed in a number of ways–most notably, much of the country’s workforce that’s fortunate…

Two months ago, no one knew what “social distancing” was. I don’t think it was even a thing at all. Now it’s a part of our lexicon…and beyond that, it’s become our actual way of…

“How can I homeschool my child if I’m working full time?” It’s a question that comes up frequently when parents are debating whether to homeschool. Well, given our current events, it’s quite possible you’ve at…

As families across the country settle into the world of home-based education, it’s fair to ask this question: are you happy with the education that your child is receiving? Are you content with the typical…

You’ve probably heard the term “learning loss,” a phenomenon that’s been studied in great detail since the beginning of the 20th century. Learning loss is generally equated with summer vacation (the “summer slide”) and comprises…