GREENHOUSE Archives - North Carolinians for Home Education

The Ever-Changing Nest

by Debbie Mason | May 15, 2024 | Graduate 2024, GREENHOUSE

2024 Graduate/Amanda Garner Isn’t it funny that we use the same analogy to describe both ends of our primary parenting years? This irony struck me several weeks ago as I tackled a small stack of dishes waiting patiently for me on the counter. I walked by with a sigh...

NCHE Celebrates Forty Years: The Battle Begins (1985-1987)

by Debbie Mason | May 8, 2024 | Graduate 2024, GREENHOUSE

Graduate 2024/Matthew McDill North Carolinians for Home Education is celebrating our fortieth anniversary this year! This article is part two in a series that recounts the history of the modern homeschool movement in NC (see the first article in the spring issue of...

A Plan for Career Exploration

by Debbie Mason | May 1, 2024 | Spring 2024, Uncategorized

spring 2024/Whitney Cranford Crowell Most teens have two criteria when it comes to thinking about a future career: 1. Will it be fun? and 2. Will it make me a lot of money? And truthfully, these are often the top criteria for parents as well. While we may not frame it...

Science and God

by Debbie Mason | Apr 24, 2024 | Spring 2024, Uncategorized

spring 2024/Jessica Frierson A scientific discovery is also a religious discovery. There is no conflict between science and religion. Our knowledge of God is made larger with every discovery we make about the world. ~Joseph H. Taylor, Jr., astrophysicist and Nobel...

The Competitive Edge

by Debbie Mason | Apr 17, 2024 | Spring 2024, Uncategorized

Spring 2024/Diane Helfrich Like many, I was lost when we began homeschooling, and I focused on recreating that brick-and-mortar school in our house. We were up at 7:30 for breakfast and began school between 8:00 and 8:30 with a prayer and a pledge. After that, we...

Every Day Writing Made Easy!

by Debbie Mason | Apr 10, 2024 | Spring 2024, Uncategorized

Spring 2024/Janice Broyles “I don’t know what to write!” This is an often occurring lament in our homeschooling household. Although my son is now a teen, he still struggles to come up with topics and ideas when it’s time to write. Sometimes, I want to take the easy...