As a new-ish homeschooling parent, I'm always looking for resources and communities to strengthen and enhance our homeschool experience. While homeschool is a more budget friendly alternative to private school, it can still be costly if you're not sure where to go, or what resources you need. There are thousands of curriculum out there and plenty of opportunity for you to … [Read more...]
Why Every Black Family Should Consider Homeschooling Their Children
By Aja McClanahan Politics aside, one thing we can all agree on in Black America is that, collectively, we are still far behind when it comes to quality of life standards as compared to our White American counterparts. The statistics are dismal: lower average wages, savings, education levels along with higher rates of HIV/AIDS, community crime, broken families and the list … [Read more...]
4 Homeschool Myths that Need to Go Away
My husband and I are only in our second year of homeschooling. So we are far from being the experts at this thing. But what I do know is that some of the same (and often times ridiculous) myths that go around about homeschool families from years ago, are still around today. Generally I get one of two reactions when I tell people that I homeschool: A) Wow, that's great! or B) … [Read more...]
10 Tips for Families Considering Homeschool
My husband and I officially decided to homeschool last year. At the time, it was a scary decision because we just weren't sure how we would make it all work. He works at night, I work from home and we had three kids (ages 2, 4 & 6) who we were now going to be responsible for educating. While we are newbies at this, we've learned some things over the last eight months. I … [Read more...]