Homeschool Update Archives

As both Ada’s father and her teacher, I have great insight into this wonderful girl with whom God has blessed me.

We “parents in pain” dream about seeing our adult children live as independent, functioning adults. But is our help only hurting them?

Donaldina felt no “call” to missions, but in 1895 she answered this request: “Would you be willing to help at the Chinese Home?"

“Clean your room!” Our kids like to hear that from us about as much as we like to hear “What’s for dinner?”

Let's look over a number of wonderful free tools for creating and enjoying music. Quite a bit of excellent free software is available.

If you're looking for something in the Bible that says, unequivocally, "dating is wrong" or "dating is right," you won't find it.

"School was much different back then compared to now. We didn’t have school buses and had to walk several miles to school.”

There’s a clear correlation between confidence and ability as an adult, how much the person was read to (out loud) as a child.

Though half of all states now permit homeschooled children access to public school sports programs, resistance continues in many quarters.

Parents think nothing of uploading information and photos of their kids on social media, but are they overlooking risk factors?

In reality, are educational toys the best toys? Or more precisely, are they toys at all?

According to the Oxford Dictionaries’ website, art is “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination."

Despite the prevalence of pregnancy loss and the progress made in terms of awareness, isolation is still a common feeling.

One year, I tried an experiment with how we ran the house. The result was happy, confident children who were proficient at their tasks.

To help your son thrive, take a look at how much technology your son uses, and of what quality it is.