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This post contains affiliate links - using affiliate links from Homeschool Coffee Break helps fuel this blog. One word. Five minutes to write about it. This is the idea behind Five Minute Friday and this is today's free-writing post. desperate times call for desperate measures things are getting desperate ******************** I'm not sure I really understand what it means or how it feels to be desperate. Perhaps relatively few of us do. We sometimes use the word lightly, saying we are desperate for a vacation or that things are getting desperate when really they are just inconvenient or uncomfortable. That's fine -...

by Matthew McDill, August 2021 The NC Senate debated House Bill 324, Ensuring Dignity and Nondiscrimination in Schools on Thursday. While this is an important and interesting story about the teaching of Critical Race Theory concepts in public schools, a little side discussion about homeschooling was born through the debate. In the midst of the discussion on education, Sen. Gladys Robinson, D-Guilford, stated that Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, was not an educator. Newton later responded on Twitter, “In an exchange on the Senate Floor, Senator Robinson accused me and my wife — who successfully homeschooled our children — of not...

 It's the start of another school year.. New house, new grade.. but nothing else has really changed to be honest.    They still wear the same clothes each day until I tell them they gotta go change, Garrett still hates writing..  Ashleigh still hates math.. and there's still a bunny trying to get attention during class time.  Go figure!! When we moved into this new house (actually, even before - when I saw the inside pictures while we were in the process of accepting the house), I was pretty thrilled about having the island in the dining room.  I pictured...

Homeschooling has its advantages, but it can also be overwhelming when you're just getting started. Besides fulfilling household duties and work obligations, managing your child's education requires changes in schedule, routine, and lifestyle. But it absolutely can be done. To be completely transparent, when I first started homeschooling, I wasn't sure I'd survive the first month, let alone an entire year. With no teaching experience and only a vague idea of what my child was actually learning in traditional school, those first few months of homeschooling felt impossible. But with time, and the lessons I've learned along the way, I...

STARTS MONDAY - AUGUST 30 HEAV FALL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE August 30 to September 10 There’s never been a better time to join HEAV! When you join or renew your members, you always get year-round benefits along with the unique knowledge of knowing you’re protecting homeschool freedom in Virginia. But now, beginning Monday, August 30, you also get some super special thank-you gifts for your support! Will You Help Us Reach Our Goal? A while back, our board gave us a rather lofty goal of doubling our membership by the end of 2021. We think we are within striking distance of...