The IAHE Blog

I've noticed something.  Sometimes we look at each other's families and think everybody but us has it all together.  Everybody else's families get along better than ours.  Their garden is more productive.  Their children are smarter.  We think other families don't...

“When someone loves you the way they say your name is different. You know your name is safe in their mouth.” Billy, age 4. I use my children’s names countless times each day—to call, to scold, to direct. Do their names sound safe in my mouth? I know for sure they...

This comes to us from the AFA of Indiana Weekly Email written by Micah Clark. AFA-IN web site article link Education in Indiana consumes roughly half of our state budget. The issue itself is an enormous one that can feel like trying to wrap your arms fully around a...

I confess; I'm too often task-driven.  I find myself frustrated around those who are so wrapped up in their "to do" lists that they can't entangle themselves long enough to stop for a bit of conversation beyond the surface, yet I fear I subject my precious family to...

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." Matthew 22:37. What is your prime goal for your schooling efforts? Is it to protect your children from the influences of the world? Is it to offer prime education so they can...

O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! Psalm 34:8 “Daddy, what is it?”  That’s what the Israelites’ children must have been asking when they first saw manna—the tiny flake-like bread that appeared with the dew. They...

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.” Colossians 3:12. An 8 x 8 foot room, seven people, a pile of school books, seven hours. Not the recipe for patience. My husband...

There is a hearing on January 25th in the Indiana Senate Education Committee on Senate Bill 373 which would opt Indiana out of the new "Common Core" state standards coming from Washington, DC. Some critics question the value of these standards and wonder if they could...

“Why do I need this? When will I ever use it?” Is there a home schooling parent who hasn’t heard those words—generally connected to math? I recently overheard a conversation at the grocery between a child and her mom on this very subject. Mom’s answer, “I don’t know....