I knew I wanted to homeschool before I ever married and — if you count early childhood education — have been at it for nearly thirty years now.
I wouldn’t say I’m an expert (that’s one of the perks of homeschooling — you literally never stop learning), but I’m certainly experienced.
Experienced enough that by the time our first few started graduating from high school, I was getting flooded with phone calls from fellow parents. Some were just beginning to consider homeschooling and wanted to know where to start. Others had been at it almost as long as we had but needed a little handholding during the high school years. I found myself answering the same handful of questions over and over and over.
While I was happy to share what I’d learned, fielding these phone calls was cutting into the time I needed to spend teaching my own children. That’s when my husband came up with the brilliant idea of creating a website where I would respond in detail to those most frequently asked questions. That way, when people asked me how we handled such-and-such, I could direct them to the appropriate webpage and get right back to the homeschooling.
The plan worked beautifully, especially once our homeschool support group and local Christian bookstore started referring people to our website instead of passing our our phone number!
Homeschool How-To: From Cradle to College
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- 10 Things to Do While Breastfeeding – Extra-early childhood education
- Keeping Toddlers Occupied – Ideas for teaching multiple ages
- A Commonsense Approach to Kindergarten – Laying the foundation for a lifetime of learning
- Choosing Curriculum – Our Family Favorites
- Free Printable Report Cards – Simplified record keeping for the elementary years
- CLEP Tests and Dual Credit – How to earn college credit before graduating high school
- How to Make a High School Transcript – Use our free printable template
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- Free Printing Practice Sheets
- Famous Figures of History (Timberdoodle Review)
- Mailbag: Scripture Copywork in Manuscript
- Economics for Everybody (Review & Giveaway)
- Timberdoodle Review: Tiggly Math
- A Few of our Favorite Educational Websites
- Reader Request: Attendance Form & Academic Calendar
- Timberdoodle Review: Pajaggle
- 25 Ways to Encourage Literacy
- Making Physics Fun (a Timberdoodle Review)
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- Mailbag: High School Transcript Help
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