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Incorporating Mom-Care Into Your Homeschooling Schedule
Peggy Ployhar I would love to say that the majority of my homeschooling years I followed the recommendation we moms get all the time, to put on our own oxygen...
The Peaks and Valleys of Our Special Education Homeschooling Journeys
SPED Homeschool Team Just as in life, special education homeschooling comes with its own set of highs and lows, peaks and valleys. These may look different for each of...
Meeting Our Child’s Special Needs by Homeschooling
Guest Blogger – Charl Rae Cobb “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Lao Tzu The term “special needs” is a term that covers a broad...
The Greater Benefit of the Homeschooling Journey
Peggy Ployhar Teaching a child how to hike parallels the larger tasks of homeschooling and parenting. Hiking, as well as homeschooling and parenting, may have many technical pieces of...
Support Tribes
Find Your Tribe Being connected to fellow, in-the-trenches, homeschooling families is essential to keeping your perspective and gaining the ongoing support you and your student need Co-ops/Support Groups...
The Importance of Family Traditions
By Debbi L. White Establishing annual family traditions builds security in children. It makes memories but does more than that. It creates a family culture that helps formulate its identity,...
Scheduling Guilt
By Amy Vickrey, MSE In the last few months I have gained responsibilities and had my time shortened to a few hours in which to homeschool. All of this time...
Global Trends in Special Education Homeschooling
By Peggy Ployhar Often when we write or talk about homeschooling in the United States, we see it through the lens of our surrounding established homeschooling landscape. Earlier this...
Beating the Rainy Day and Winter Blues
By Melissa Smith The Hurricane brought some strange weather to Texas this year. We’ve had ice storms (yes, plural) and unending gray and rainy days. While I am very thankful...