Forum: Weekly Polls

Can I admit something here?? Just between friends? I am EXHAUSTED!! Summer is supposed to give you a chance to catch up, and get projects done,...

I met her today. The world's most opinionated woman. I was pretty sure I had met her several times in recent years, but nope. Today, she came...

One of the most significant and life-changing things I've done since we started homeschooling was researching and discovering my children's learning...

People who aren't homeschoolers often have preconceived notions of what homeschooling is, or isn't. I'm confronted often by common "myths" that...

Having two kids with special needs, I've never been overly fond of labels...but one that I have never shied away from is a term that was coined by...

This is one of the first questions I get from new to homeschooling or curious others, what do you use to teach your kids at home? It is one of things...

This week's poll requires you to grab your crystal ball and make some predictions! Some of you haven't even started homeschooling yet, so this...

Media (including television/internet/videogames/etc) has cropped up a lot in forum conversations lately. Many parents are concerned with how much...

When our boys were in the elementary years, I'll admit that I felt the need to schedule at least SOME educational tours or activities when we were...

Summers are a big time of volunteerism for our family. We are far less focused on any kind of formal learning, and that opens some time for us to...

Although possibly as rare as a sighting of a U.F.O., secular homeschool support groups do exist. But that doesn't mean everyone has one in their...

May, for me, has always been a "take stock" kind of month. I look to see what has worked for us, what hasn't, and then begin to make plans on how to...

Ok, this week's poll is totally anonymous and totally just for fun. Tell the truth now, everyone! Have you ever pretended to be a faith-based...

Goodness knows that homeschooling has become mainstream enough that it isn't difficult to "socialize" with other homeschoolers these days. But what...

Since the current statistics show that the percentage of homeschoolers who are faith based is in the high double-digits, we have probably all rubbed...

Record-keeping and portfolios have come up a few times on the forums in the last week, so I started to get curious about how everyone handles these...

I've been following some interesting discussions on the forum this week about family members second guessing a parent's choice to homeschool. So I...

Let's talk athletics this week. This is a subject I basically have to sit out on because neither of my two geeklings are interested in athletics in...

I just received my oldest son's standardized test in the mail, which our state requires be administered annually, and it got me to thinking. How do...

So I was talking this week with a lady who is new to homeschooling this year, and is already planning on putting her son and daughter back in public...