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Homeschooler Simon Gomez Ortiz Carried Colombia’s Flag in International Sailing Competition You see them in the Opening and Closing ceremonies of all Olympic Games: the flag-bearers.Each country chooses one athlete to carry their nation’s flag…

Ah, Christmas. Our family looks forward to this season all year long, but early on in my homeschooling years, I found this time of year stressful and overwhelming. Why? Because I always took on too…

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, the holiday season. During the next two weeks our family—and hopefully yours—will be doing less school and more intentional, fun family time to celebrate Christmas and New…

In November, Bridgeway Academy online high school student Taylor Lawson achieved a lifelong dream by signing a National Letter of Intent to continue her education and compete in gymnastics at Stanford University. My main goal…

Many of us look forward to the holiday season all year long; I know my children do! But for some of us, the holidays are more hectic than enjoyable. As homeschooling parents, our season is…

Curriculum can make or break our homeschooling. It can be the tool that unlocks learning and knowledge, or the very thing that makes us want to stop homeschooling. In our last blog post we tackled…

As a young homeschool mother, I chose many different kinds of curriculum in an effort to find the “perfect” fit. I soon found out that no homeschool curriculum is perfect because the curriculum is just…

There is perhaps nothing Shannon Kull enjoys more than photographing her family spending quality time together. She, husband Rick and pre-teen daughter Abigail love bowling, skating and just about every activity they can do as…

Singing in public could give a lot of teenagers – homeschooling or not – a sudden panic attack. Try singing in public on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Or singing in…

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Just thinking about Thanksgiving makes my heart smile and my mouth water! And it’s not just the turkey and my sister’s sweet potato pie that I’m thinking about.…

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. You read that right! It’s fall, which is the best season. Carving pumpkins, backyard fires, apple pie baking, leaf rubbing, these are just a few of our…

More and more families are choosing to homeschool, and for good reason. Homeschoolers are often more well-rounded, do better academically both in school and in college, and are more independent than their traditional school peers.…