by Jessica Frierson | Aug 10, 2021 | Teens, Considering Homeschooling, High School, Young Children, Teaching Strategies, Middle School, Schedule, Reasons to Homeschool, NCHE Blog, Encouragement
by Jessica Frierson, August 2021 If I were to sum up the essence of homeschooling in one word, it would be flexibility. Every aspect of the homeschool can benefit from the flexibility it offers. The scheduling of both your school year and school day, the selection of...
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 | Reasons to Homeschool, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Getting Started, War on Homeschooling, Considering Homeschooling, Culture, High School, Graduation, Testing, College, Diversity
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 | Teens, Considering Homeschooling, High School, Discipleship, Young Children, Teaching Strategies, Reasons to Homeschool, NCHE Blog, Encouragement
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 | Jun 18, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Resources, High School, Teaching Strategies
What percentage of your current working knowledge did you learn after school? Stop and think about it for a moment. For me, it is almost all of it. We have all had to learn things related to work, home, and hobbies that we didn’t learn in school. Even most companies...
by Matthew McDill | Jan 8, 2021 | Teens, High School, Graduation, College, NCHE Blog, Homeschool Law
I’d like to tell you a story about what happened with one of my high school students that points to several important homeschooling principles: In NC, parents decide what is required for a student to graduate, not the state or any other organization. If your student...
