by Heidi Nyquist, homeschooler Often times, as I browse Facebook and the internet, I see homeschool events and activities that my kids or I might be interested in but for one reason or another never actually sign up for. As a self-proclaimed homebody, it’s often easier to do nothing and just stay home. However, […]
CONTINUE READING →by Amy Pass, MHA Board Secretary Are you homeschooling on a tight budget? You are not alone! Homeschooling can be really expensive, but it doesn’t have to be. That’s why we’ve put together a list of free and low cost resources for MN homeschoolers! (Disclaimer: Some of the resources on this list are not secular. […]
CONTINUE READING →by Aza Donnelly, MHA Board member Last year, my kids had been in a bit of a social drought. They had a couple of friends they spent time with, but were pretty content to stay home. But the teen years call, and even introverted children begin to dabble with the idea of trying on an […]
CONTINUE READING →by Kathy Oaks We’ve got three boys aged 6 to 15, and we have a lot of fun homeschooling. We’ve been homeschooling for a long time—really, since our first son was born. What else is it we’re doing with our kids but helping them learn about life? We do our best to unschool, that is, […]
CONTINUE READING →by Tesha M. Christensen Pettit One of the great things we get to do as homeschooling families is to foster the values we want our kids to learn through our everyday choices. We do this, in part, through the books and resources we use. An important social value I want to teach my […]
CONTINUE READING →Orville the Awesome’s Benefit Art Show 3:00-6:00 PM, Sunday, December 16 Public Functionary, Minneapolis 1400 12th Ave NEMinneapolis, MN 55418 by Jenna Bergendahl, Minnesota homeschooler One of the first things I learned about homeschooling is that I can’t do it alone. I need a community that will support me when it gets hard, and […]
CONTINUE READING →by Aza Donnelly MHA Board member I love Halloween. Pretty much everything about it. The aesthetic, the history, the time of year, the 1983 version of Disney’s Halloween Treat that I scrounge up on Youtube and force my kids to watch every year. But the costumes –I have a real love hate relationship with those […]
CONTINUE READING →by Maria Almli former MHA board member I am in the process of teaching my fourth child to read. We sit on the couch together, I read her a picture book, then an alphabet book, then she reads me a book. This is not a magic formula, but it does contain what I have found to […]
CONTINUE READING →by Kelly Sullivan Noah Pop quiz: Where do your children learn? A) Only at our kitchen table, and only what I teach them. B) Only alone in nature, and only what nature teaches them. C) All over the place, taught sometimes by me, sometimes through their own discovery, and sometimes guided by others. OK, that […]
CONTINUE READING →by Amy Pass, MHA Board Secretary Are you interested in teaching/learning a foreign language and wondering about all the apps that are out there? My family has tested a number of free resources over the past few years, and this is a quick overview of what we’ve found. (Please note, this is a personal perspective […]
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