The IAHE Blog

"A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones." Proverbs 14:10. Do your children ever struggle with jealousy? Do siblings battle over who gets the red fire truck? Complain about how big a piece of pie someone else received? Grumble because a friend...

It's that time of year again! Homeschool conventions are plentiful in the spring. As we look forward to the IAHE convention at the end of March it seems appropriate to share with you a blog post that I wrote last year. Happy reading!~~~I love and adore homeschool...

What’s the most important lesson you taught this week? Did your daughter finally conquer those multiplication tables? Did your son learn all 50 state capitals? Did you by chance teach your children how to love their spouse for life? As I sprinted through this...

"For I am confident of this very thing,  that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6 October 31, 1992, we moved into our first house.  The frost had already come and the previous owner had graciously cleaned up...

By Micah Clark AFA-IN/IAHE Legislative LiaisonThe annual Indiana Association of Home Educator’s “Home Education Day at the Capitol” starts tomorrow with a workshop at 10 am in room 120 of the Indiana Convention Center. Following an hour break at noon, there will be...

Information via Micah Clark: Senate Bill 374, (which had language of concern to us  requiring parents of high school students leaving a public school in order to home school), was blocked in the Senate in January through a lack of action by the Senate Education...

People remember: 10% of what they hear 15% of what they see 20% of what they see and hear 40% of what they discuss with others 80% of what they experience 90% of what they attempt to teach What does this say about home schooling? A whole lot! I don't know about you....

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...