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What About Teaching Multiple Grade Levels?

It can be hard to imagine teaching all of your children at one time if there is a spread in their ages, but it can be done. If your...

But What About Sick Days?

The first sick day we need to discuss is what happens when you, the homeschool teacher, are sick. You may have thought ahead enough to...

What About High School?

And prom? And graduation? And scholarships? And transcripts? And college applications? High school scared me a bit. The highest grade I...

What About the Special Days?

It might sound lame, but it's a legitimate concern! If we homeschool...what about our first day of school pics? ...what about class...

What About Sports?

This has actually been a really hot topic in the homeschool community for some time. There are many parents who want their children to be...

What About Socialization? (Part 2)

Now that I hopefully painted a picture for you of how homeschoolers get their interaction in, let's talk about how that interaction...

What About Socialization? (Part 1)

Time to tackle the big one. Homeschoolers hate this question, by the way. Homeschoolers roll their eyes about this question. Yet,...

What Is This Going to Cost?

Oh boy, here we go. Doesn't everything seem to come down to money? So here is my disclaimer that: It depends on where you live. It...

What If I'm Not Qualified?

When you think about homeschooling your children, are there any subjects that scare you? For me that was high school math and science. I...