Homeschool Tips & Resources

Why You Need To Homeschool From a Homeschool Veteran When our first child was born more than twenty-five years ago, I didn’t have any reasons to homeschool. Homeschooling was the furthest thing from my mind. Now, as a publisher of homeschool curricula, there is no doubt I am in it for the long haul. Along...

Have you ever considered how homeschooling might affect your homeschool marriage? We tend to talk about how homeschooling can improve your relationship with your kids. However, if you know where the sticking points are, you can avoid the trap of letting home education become a sore spot between you and your spouse and negatively affecting...

Family activity and field trip ideas for the weekend, for the day.

Whether or not you receive grief for homeschooling, let me encourage you to stick with the homeschool basics and keep your eye on the finish line. One can expect negative feedback from those who might not understand the choice to homeschool, but thankfully very little came our way. So when I was hit with a...

Turkey and dressing. Sweet potatoes and brown sugar. Pumpkin pie and whipped cream. These are winning combinations found in many a recipe book. After a fine time with family enjoying these as part of a great meal, you will most likely find my crew in the basement continuing another Thanksgiving tradition—a Dallas Cowboys football game....

In June of 2013, my wife and I went on a date with our oldest daughter, Savannah Anne. This wasn’t just any old date—this was a senior year planning date! We had no earth-shattering revelations or life-altering changes to discuss. But this time together was set aside to allow us to shower our daughter with...

It is exciting to discover an interesting homeschool field trip destination and organize a group visit. Your idea may be so popular with your homeschool group that you decide to organize multiple visits. There are many details that go along with planning a homeschool field trip with a group of other families. How can you...

Apologia has prepared this Calculator Buying Guide to help homeschool students and parents select just the right calculator for their homeschool needs.  As students advance in their homeschool science and math courses, they will need some very specific features in their calculators. And…what about calculator apps? Electronic devices are a part of our lives, but...

The Battle for Homeschool Organization: My Top Five Tips to Help You Get Organized! I remember when I first started to homeschool. I felt buried by the amount of “stuff” that came with our decision to homeschool. Papers, books, multi-part curriculum, supplies, & more! There was stuff everywhere. Overwhelmed didn’t even begin to describe the emotions...

Creating a summer scrapbook is so easy and will serve more than one purpose for your family. For my family, the wonders of childhood have now faded, giving way to the sensible pursuits of teens becoming adults, complete with driver’s licenses, summer jobs, and the busyness of preparing for college. Summers are now marked by...