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Why We Serve
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...
In the Twilight Years of Your Homeschool
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 Seymour, and my oldest...
Getting Through to Your Kids Amidst a Thousand Competing Voices
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...
Book Recommendations for Boys – Martin Cothran
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...
“I’m keeping my son home.” African Americans Homeschooling
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...
2017 Indiana Home Education Week
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! INDIANA HOME...
Homeschooling Held Hostage, by Heidi St. John
(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 as I walking...
Why I Threw “Rigor” Out the Window of my Home(school)
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...
Public School Push-out Problem
This blog post has been adapted from my testimony before the House Education Committee on February 16, 2017, as requested by the Committee Chair. On any given day, Indiana Association of Home Educators (IAHE) office staff and sixteen Regional Representatives across...