by Jessica Frierson | Aug 6, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Considering Homeschooling, High School, Math, Young Children, Middle School, Reasons to Homeschool
by Jessica Frierson, August 2021 Of the many reasons our family chose to homeschool, creativity is my favorite. Unlike traditional classrooms, the homeschool environment is particularly conducive to encouraging and inspiring creativity. Just as in a greenhouse where...
by Diane Helfrich | Aug 2, 2021 | Diversity, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Getting Started, War on Homeschooling, Considering Homeschooling, Culture, High School, Graduation, Testing, College, Reasons to Homeschool
by Diane Helfrich, August 2021 “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” William Butler Yeats In a nutshell, this describes for me the difference between homeschooling and public education. We discover and feed gifts and passions in our...
by Jessica Frierson | Jul 30, 2021 | Reasons to Homeschool, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Teens, Considering Homeschooling, High School, Discipleship, Young Children, Teaching Strategies
by Jessica Frierson Wouldn’t it be great if we could do an internship to prepare for life? Many career fields require an internship to gain the skills and experience needed in that field before engaging in it under their own auspices. Homeschooling offers just that: a...
by Matthew McDill | Jul 23, 2021 | Considering Homeschooling, NCHE Blog, Reasons to Homeschool
by Matthew McDill, July 2021 When I was in graduate school, an amazing thought occurred to me. “This is such great content! I wonder if there is a way I could really learn or remember this.” I am sad to say that as a public school student, I had operated almost...
by Diane Helfrich | Jul 20, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Community, Parental Rights, Freedom to Homeschool, Considering Homeschooling, Culture
by Diane Helfrich, July 2021 We now live in a time where the government defines what is taught in our schools and how. While it has always been that way to an extent, we’ve watched the degradation of the quality of education over time. Schools accommodate learners who...
by Debbie Mason | Jul 16, 2021 | Encouragement, Considering Homeschooling, NCHE Blog
by Debbie Mason and Matthew McDill, July 2021 There are so many wonderful reasons to homeschool! Here are ten of our favorites. Keep an eye out for upcoming blog posts that discuss each of these more in-depth. [Links to these will be added at the bottom of this post.]...