The Biggest Thing to Hit Homeschool Reviews

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

I’ve been super-busy working on the Beta launch of the all new www.homeschoolconvention.com/reviews. This is the internet’s first advertising-free expert reviews site, and it is brought to you homeschoolers BY homeschoolers! Be sure to drop by and leave your own thoughts and ratings on products in our continually-growing database.

This week’s featured reviews are especially appropriate for the Thanksgiving/Advent season. We had a lot of fun putting these together, and we think you’ll enjoy them, too. Come check out books, media, and even toys that help you teach the meaning of thankfulness to your children.

Be sure to stay tuned for the biggest thing to hit homeschooling – the grand opening of www.homeschoolconvention.com coming this March.  Brought to you by Home Educating Family Association, publishers of Home Educating Family Magazine and the Well-Planned Day planners, this virtual convention will change forever the way home educators obtain information and support one another. Don’t miss the big unveiling!

Full disclosure – I am employed as Director of Product Reviews for Home Educating Family Association. I receive no compensation for any of the links within this post
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Priorities

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

The most important thing a working homeschool mom can do is write down priorities. It is a step we are tempted to skip. We want to get right to the schedule or organization or even 5-year plan, but then we put the cart before the horse. To be successful in our multiple roles and responsibilities, it is imperative we start off with clear directions.

Benefits

This simple – yet slightly time-consuming – exercise of clearly defining and ordering life priorities yields several benefits. Priorities give clarity of focus to daily, weekly, and long-term projects. Priorities ease the “I should be doing something else” guilt and eliminate the”I didn’t get it done” sleepless nights. With clear priorities, we can confidently Continue reading →

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Working While Homeschooling: Past, Present, Pressures

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

We are the few, the brave, the uncounted, but increasing numbers of homeschool mothers are also working mothers. Undeniably this is a growing trend – for many reasons – and unmistakeably so. Nearly every other homeschool mother you meet is also contributing to the family budget in some meaningful way.

Working and Homeschooling Before

This was not the case a generation ago, when I was a homeschool student instead of a homeschool mom. The homeschool movement was still in the pioneering stages then. Parents were by and large unconnected to resources, publishers, and support groups. Finding information, materials, and encouragement was time-consuming and difficult. Most homeschool families utilized institutional materials and methods, which took time and effort to convert to home use. Legal threats in the nation-wide hostility toward parental rights in education caused each family to spend even more time and effort on reporting, records, and paperwork. Homeschooling was more than a full-time job itself.

Even if a mother did assist her husband by working part-time in or out of the home, social pressures kept her from saying it openly. Most homeschool families Continue reading →

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Help Homeschoolers from Texas Wildfires

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

Central Texas has been devastated by wildfires recently after a summer of record-breaking heat and drought. Over 1400 families have lost their homes to fire; many of these are homeschoolers. While Red Cross and local charities are organizing to meet the physical needs of these families, the costs and efforts to replace educational supplies may be staggering.

You can help. Donations are being accepted for the Central Texas Homeschoolers relief fund. These donations will be distributed to registered homeschoolers who have lost significant portions of their materials to fire. Mardel Christian and Education Store has generously offered to match 25% of donations. Simply go here to help homeschool families purchase new books, educational materials, and school supplies.

If you are a homeschool familiy in Bastrop or surrounding areas, and you’ve been significantly impacted by the wildfires, please go here to register for educational relief.

Special thanks to Home Educating Association and Mardel for setting up this fund.

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FREE e-book from Author Amy Puetz

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

Amy Puetz, author of Uncover Exciting History and other history anthologies reviewed here,  is offering a free gift to WhateverStateIAm readers! When you subscribe to Amy’s FREE “Heroines of the Past” e-zine, you also get a FREE book download, Thank You! 20 Homeschool Grads Tip Their Hats to Homeschooling Parents. Shameless disclosure: Yours truly is one of the 20 graduates contributing to this book. But you still have 19 others who you will recognize (authors, publishers, speakers, teachers, moms) and enjoy. Here’s what Amy says about the book:

Do you ever feel overwhelmed with all the responsibilities of homeschooling? You might be asking, “Will my kids turn out okay?” What if you could hear from homeschool graduates who have been there? In this e-book, 20 graduates share how thankful they are for the opportunity they had to be homeschooled, and they want to pass on their gratitude to you. Each chapter is full of motivational stories that will encourage you to continue with the journey of home education. This inspiring e-book is a must for every homeschooling parent! If you need a little motivation, let 20 homeschool grads come into your home and say, “Thank you!”

You can get your own FREE copy of Thank You! 20 Grads Tip Their Hats to Homeschooling Parents and Amy Puetz’s FREE Heroine’s of the Past e-zine here.

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