The IAHE Blog

"I don't think we're going to be part of the co-op next year," a mom shared over coffee one morning.Seeing the hurt in her eyes, I asked, "What's going on? Is there a problem?""Well . . . the kids just don't feel included. The popular kids don't give our girls the...

Anger. What is it with anger? How can we be so in love and engaged with our children one moment, then so angry the next? Few parents escape that sick feeling of guilt after we've truly blown it with our child.We know when our blow-ups are wrong. We know the damage...

"Let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good." Job 34:4 Could there be any better mission for our home schooling endeavors? To discern means to perceive or to recognize clearly. So, God, in this passage, urges us to to perceive or...

"Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him. ( Or, in NLT) To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not...

"Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right." Proverbs 20:11 (NIV) Want to make a good first impression and then maintain an impeccable reputation, too? Do you want your life to be a true success?There's no big secret to it....

Some days--especially at the start of a new school year--I look at what needs to be accomplished, and it’s overwhelming.  I’m already past the straw that broke the camel’s back.  If you were to but sneeze in my direction, I think I might actually fall to pieces.  Ever...

We have been incredibly blessed by experienced home schoolers sharing their wisdom for successful home schooling. As many of us begin our year--and for those who have already begun--here are a few tips that others gave us and that have stood the test of 15 years of...

"A kindhearted woman gains respect." Prov.11:16a How many moms long for their children to respect them? I know I do.  Respect conveys a starting assumption that the other person is valued--worthy of listening to and regarding well. I've seen other moms strive for...

Touring a bookstore last week, I spied a book no teacher can resist: Basics of Classroom Management. While I didn’t find many tips in a book that focused on strategies for managing large groups of children in an institutional setting, I began thinking, “Are there...