Anyone who wants to advocate for homeschool rights needs to know how to understand the legislation process. How can we be most effective in advocating for our rights? When should we sound an all-call alarm to “Call your Reps”? And why? I didn’t understand how or why to be involved as a citizen. I was […]
Current SC Legislation 2019-2020
March 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Thanks for your interest and concern on current SC legislation 2019-2020. I provide this information to help us all keep informed. If you have information on pending legislation that might affect homeschooling, please email the homeschoolingsc@gmail.com or Facebook message the SC Homeschooling Connection. We begin a new legislative session in 2019. It’s a 2-year session. So, bills […]
Does Your Homeschooler LOVE to Do Schoolwork?
March 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Does your homeschooler love schoolwork? What if your kid doesn’t want to do school? Is that normal? Everyone has a bad day. But, sometimes it’s a long string of bad days. And parenting is hard anyway. Homeschooling has a way of taking all our parenting woes and magnifying them. Overall, we want to say, YES […]
Create Your Own High School Course
February 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
You can create your own high school course for anything. In a previous post, we talked about course credits in basic record-keeping for high school. Let’s talk some more about how to document your own course for high school credit. There are two basic ways to think about a high school credit. One is covering a […]
Best Homeschool Advice for Newbies
February 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
I’ve been homeschooling a loooong time. I wish I had a time machine to go back to the beginning and tell myself some advice. I can’t though…I write this blog so I can tell you all my best homeschool advice for getting started. I also thought it would be interesting to find out what advice […]
Google Technology Resources for Education
February 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Today, let’s talk about technology resources for education. Google has several FREE resources that you could be using in your homeschool. Resources especially designed to help teach technology skills. Google has a bunch of great tools you may already know about. Like Google search engine, Google assistant, and Google Earth. You might be using Google […]
Homeschool Progress Report in South Carolina
January 28, 2019 by 2 Comments
What’s a homeschool progress report in South Carolina? I’ve seen a variety of explanations. Most of them are busy-work without a meaningful purpose. Write out a formal report card with A in Reading, B in Math…and so on. Or just write out a little vague sentence or paragraph that everything is progressing just fine. Just […]
School Choice Rally for Education in South Carolina
January 17, 2019 by 1 Comment
The School Choice Rally in South Carolina is Wednesday, January 23th at 10 am. We’re meeting at the Metropolitan Convention Center and marching up to the State House for the rally. It’s the state’s biggest celebration of the educational choices parents have available. Many local celebrations are going on all over the state and around […]
Red Cross for Homeschool Youth Volunteers
January 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The Red Cross offers a variety of educational opportunities that homeschoolers might utilize. I met with local volunteer coordinators and learned about how to get our homeschool youth involved. The Red Cross wants to work with you! All Volunteers for age 13+ must be registered in the Volunteer Connection system. Within the Volunteer Connection system, […]
Why Choose Technical College?
January 2, 2019 by 1 Comment
The doors of opportunity open if you choose technical college. Tech is a great option for your homeschool grad to consider. In a previous post, I listed the 16 Technical Colleges we have in South Carolina. Why choose Technical college? Let’s take a look at some of the reasons why you might go to Tech […]
