by Jessica Frierson | Aug 10, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Teens, Considering Homeschooling, High School, Young Children, Teaching Strategies, Middle School, Schedule, Reasons to Homeschool
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 | Reasons to Homeschool, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Considering Homeschooling, High School, Math, Young Children, Middle School
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 | Testing, College, Diversity, Reasons to Homeschool, Graduation, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Getting Started, War on Homeschooling, Considering Homeschooling, Culture, High School
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 | Discipleship, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Teens, Considering Homeschooling, High School, Young Children, Teaching Strategies, Reasons to Homeschool
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 Debbie Mason | Jul 26, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Young Children, Teaching Strategies, Reasons to Homeschool
by Debbie Mason, July 2021 When I decided to homeschool many years ago, I had one child who wasn’t even one year old. One of the benefits of homeschooling that drew me the most was that I could individualize her education. This was such an exciting idea. I could mold...
by Matthew McDill | Jul 23, 2021 | Considering Homeschooling, Reasons to Homeschool, NCHE Blog
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...