Testing in PA, All You Need to Know
The PA Home Education law requires that "in grades three, five, and eight results of nationally normed standardized achievement tests in...
Using Cyber Resources
Resources connecting parents EAGLE Mom Squad website & FB Exploring Homeschooling with Eagle Mom Squad HA-HA Harrisburg Area...
Getting Ready for College
What Steps Are Needed to be Ready for College from a 3/14/22 PHAA Conference: What to start or continue in 9th grade, even from 7th grade...
The Homeschooler's Path to College
Applying to college...it may seem daunting to a homeschool parent because chances are you weren't home schooled; your guidance counselor...
Education-From Frustration to Freedom!
Are you frustrated with your child’s school? Have you been going back and forth with their school to advocate for your child? Were you...
Do I Have To Buy All My Curriculum New?
If you are like me and a lot of homeschool families, we are mostly one-income families. Which means, we need to live on a...
Why Did I Choose to Homeschool?
When my oldest was born in 1997 homeschooling was not on my radar. I did not even know it existed. Public school was all I knew growing...
Finding Peace in Homeschooling
Recently I presented a talk to my local homeschool group on finding peace in homeschooling. I thought it might be nice to share here. I...
Family Fun: The Great Backyard Bird Count
Every February, families gather all around the world to participate in The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). The Cornell Lab of...
How I Saved My Family in a Walmart Aisle
It was either a lucky-accident or the plot-twist of a creative God that inspired me take the meandering path out of My Feminist Domain...
Discover Home School Teaching Opportunities in Citizen Science
Scientists are faced with a myriad of limitations when trying to effectively collected large amounts of data for research projects....
How to Get Your Child's Attention
With everyone in our family talking over each other, various media distractions, and demands on our attention, I worked out three...
Make Homeshooling Exciting
For most kids, the idea of any type of schooling combined with the word exciting, seems an impossibility. School has become a place of...
This could be the Beginning of a Golden Age of Education!
It would take something really dramatic to change our education system. Imagine the changes we would have to make for all of our kids to...
Mentoring Your Homeschool Student
The best advice that I received from a veteran homeschool mom when I started homeschooling my junior high son was very simple. She said,...
How to Teach Science at Home
Delving into science at home is an incredibly natural and enjoyable activity! Science education in children is an important part of...