by Tara Bentley | Jun 23, 2017 | General
The IAHE is blessed with the best volunteers! Everyone has a different capacity to serve during different times in their life. It takes a team of many different people, in different stages of life to serve the homeschool community. With the wisdom and experience of...
by Tara Bentley | Jun 19, 2017 | Homeschooling in Indiana
Guest post by Heidi Kreider. — It’s twilight in my homeschool nest these days. After fifteen years of homeschooling, I’m down to one student. In a matter of seven days, my second child graduated and then left for a summer at SpringHill Camp in...
by Tara Bentley | Jun 12, 2017 | General
This blog post is presented by Generations, the host of the Noah Conference. Does it seem like your family is getting pulled a hundred directions? Is a crazy schedule and an enticing but hostile culture making it hard to stay connected to your kids? You and your...
by Tara Bentley | Apr 6, 2017 | Homeschooling in Indiana
At the 2017 IAHE Home Educators’ Convention, speaker Martin Cothran, shared book recommendations for boys. The complete list is included here. Books are listed in general order of age level. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle (as well as other Eric Carle...
by Debi Ketron | Mar 28, 2017 | Research
From Dr. Brian Ray at the National Home Education Research Institute. Get free homeschool research news (like below) from Dr. Brian Ray and NHERI by signing up here. The Context Scholars Garvey Lundy and Ama Mazama first take their readers through a fascinating...
by Debi Ketron | Mar 20, 2017 | Homeschooling in Indiana
Governor Holcomb has declared March 19-25, 2017, as Home Education Week in Indiana! It is scheduled to coincide with Indiana Association of Home Educators’ Annual Convention on March 24-25. It’s our week to celebrate home educators’ accomplishments!...
by Tara Bentley | Feb 23, 2017 | IAHE Convention
(This article was reprinted with permission by Heidi St. John at heidistjohn.com) I remember the day we decided to pull our daughter out of school. The day we “made it public”—this decision to homeschool. I.Was.Terrified. Really. My knees were knocking...
by Debi Ketron | Feb 20, 2017 | Common Core
Guest post by IAHE Government Affairs Team member, Lisa Yankey. The words “rigor” and “rigorous” have been educational marketing buzzwords for years. Politicians and public school educational reformers call for “more rigor” and “rigorous education.” What do these...