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Attention Jane Austen Enthusiasts – Home Education “Pemberly Ball” Gowns!

My son, Alex, was crazy regarding Jane Austen when we homeschooled. So much so that when he went to college he founded a Jane Austen club. One of the activities every year was having a “Pemberly Ball. ” We have since learned that various other homeschool groups hold similar dances. If you are contemplating a […]

College Plans for Economically Frail Home Schoolers

True confession – my husband and I did not do a terrific job planning financially for college. What I mean by that is that we hadn’t saved any money – or at least not nearly what you need for room and board, let alone tuition. We needed a big scholarship – a REALLY big scholarship. […]

How to homeschool High School when traveling

If you are one of those lucky people who get an opportunity to do some globetrotting – perhaps for up to a year – should you be concerned about “losing” the academic time with your homeschool high school student? And how can you keep up in challenging courses like math and science? I believe you […]

Delight-Directed Learning: a Homeschool Natural for Summer

Delight-directed learning entails helping your kids pursue whatever interests come naturally to them. If your kids have been longing to go to a health care camp, or dive into a new orchestra performance, that’s delight-directed learning, which occurs naturally. Often this is most evident in sports. Our family did summer swim team. Other families will […]

Home school – Coping by Not Cooking

One of the challenging aspects of home schooling isn’t the schooling itself. It is the “home” part. The part where we cook, clean, maintain, organize, and sort out our day-to-day lives. Managing home as well as schooling is the difficult part. Comparatively speaking, the school portion is not that difficult! When I was home schooling, […]