Nick Marmalejo has consistently found that an ingredient for academic and personal success is this: get out in nature, ideally with your family, and hike.

Jeff Minick says that children who spend more time outdoors are healthier, more imaginative, and better risk-takers, a skill vital to overcoming obstacles.

Pass the pumpkin pie and count those blessings, it's Thanksgiving time and Jennifer Elia shows why her family is so thankful to be a homeschooling family.

David Michael Phelps offers homeschool parents a new perspective to help kids enjoy practicing music with four immersive strategies for musical education.

Charlotte Meilaender suggests three ways participation in the performing arts can benefit homeschoolers. Could this be an extracurricular activity for you?

You may be surprised to find how summer homeschooling can be a joy. Care to try a few of Amanda Evinger’s ideas for relaxed and creative summer learning?

Why join a homeschool group? Veteran home educator, Karena Tapsak, shares how family life is enriched by participating in homeschool group activities.

Is there still time to save a generation of children from public schools? Ginny Seuffert's clarion call for Grandma to help homeschool their grandchildren.

Mother of 6 with 10 years of homeschooling under her belt, Karena Tapsak shares her tried and true ideas to develop good exercise habits!

Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian dips into Caryll Houselander for seasonal inspiration on Christmas, and shows why it's a crucial time of rest and play.

Nick Marmalejo shares how his childhood was transformed by chess, and how he believes that students should hone the skills of tactics and patience.

by Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian | In Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Antigone, the heroine is neither a great warrior nor a powerful ruler but the humble daughter and servant ...

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | Cordelia, however, cannot lower herself to pretend, dissemble, or exaggerate. Her simple answer to her father’s request for a proof of love is the simple, eloquent, honest truth:

It had been a rough day. I was buried in paperwork at the office, two of my children were sick, and the rain had been drizzling since morning. It would ...