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5 Fall Activities to Bond with Your Child

Fall is a terrific time of year. Outside is colorful, leaves are falling, and routines are setting in. Life seems calmer. However, days are getting shorter, temperatures are dropping, and even though routines are getting easier, everyone may also be ready for a break....

Five Gifts to Yourself for a Peaceful Homeschool Day

Have you ever noticed that your homeschool day is often dictated by how it starts? Some days start out calmly and quietly and the day blissfully continues in that direction and other days seem like a train wreck before 10 a.m.?    While there are no guarantees to...

What is the Value of College Entrance Exams?

Questions are swirling around about standardized tests and college entrance exams, in particular. With the cancellation of many exams this past spring and the confusion that Covid-19 has caused, many families are wondering what this next year will bring. Some colleges...

Sauce Up Your Homeschool With Apples

Here in Indiana, autumn can be a terrific time to get out of the house and have a field trip or do some school outdoors as the weather finally begins to cool and the humidity levels decrease.  There are so many tactile experiences available as well that it’s not...

Your Guide to U.S. Civics

Which founding father wrote most of the Declaration of Independence? What is the Bill of Rights? Why do we have an Electoral College? Can ​you​ answer these questions? Can anyone around you? It will not take you long to discover that many Americans do not have a good...

A Response to the Harvard Article with Alison Slatter

Since February, the IAHE team has been working with leaders from other state homeschool organizations to watch and respond to the currently postponed Harvard Summit on Homeschooling. You can read more about the event and our earlier response here. Many people have...