When I was a classroom teacher, we needed to complete 100 hours of professional development over the course of five years. So on average, about 20 hours a year. During that time, I took courses on differentiating instruction, teaching writing, guided reading, developmental spelling, and Everyday Math. I spent hours upon hours writing a literature-based …
The Christian Homeschoolers of Pennsylvania (CHAP) Convention is being held Friday 6/1 & Saturday 6/2 at the Lancaster County Convention Center. There are more than 70 workshops, over 100 vendors on the expo floor, and there is also a used curriculum & book sale. You can still get tickets to attend the 2018 CHAP Convention online …
It sounds like the start of a joke, but that's exactly what happened in November 2017. As a former school teacher, I didn't realize just how much things had changed. As a new homeschooler, it was an eye-opening experience.
I never intended to school my children at home. Then my son started kindergarten. It was the year from hell. My daughter had am preschool, my son had pm kindergarten. They both required me to drive them. From pick up time at the preschool to drop off time at the elementary school was 35 minutes. I …
In another week, we will begin our fourth year of homeschooling. During that time, my older two children have been homeschooled through Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA), and we have been so very grateful for that resource. However, I now have a four-year-old, and he has been asking to be homeschooled for over a year! Since …
