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During the summer, homeschool families have a decision to make. Will we continue summer learning or take some time off from our family’s homeschool routine? For my family, summer is a time to relax. We enjoy traveling and spending some time together closer to home. This means we aren’t able to continue our homeschool routine … Read more
Are you considering homeschool for the next school year? According to the National Home Education Research Institute, there were 4.5 to 5.0 million homeschooled children in March 2021, double the number reported in spring 2019. While much of this growth was due to the government lockdown of schools during the pandemic, many of these families … Read more
Father’s Day is now an accepted annual tradition of honoring fathers, but did you know it was 62 years in the making? Discover the history!
Don’t you just love the lazy, hazy days of summer when you can lay around all day, dreaming and reading, planning and scheming? Or are your summer days action-packed and on-the-go from sun-up to sun-down? When it comes to academics, kids lose traction over the summer months. Keeping up their reading skills between the end … Read more
The Old Schoolhouse® provides support to homeschooling families As schools begin to close their virtual classrooms for the 2020–21 school year, families are already strategizing for the fall—many by making sure their children are adequately prepared for the grade they will be entering. Yet as parents assess their children’s educational levels, some are quickly coming … Read more