Preparing for the Golden Horseshoe Test
~the 2nd in a series of articles~ Click here to read the 1st article in the series. Learning about West Virginia in the 8th grade is both a valuable academic opportunity and essential preparation for the Golden Horseshoe exam, a prestigious statewide competition. ...
Homeschooling on a Budget
Many factors can affect the costs associated with homeschooling, ranging from curriculum choice to where you live; the number of children and their ages; and a million other little details that may pop up along the way. Here's a list of recommendations to contemplate...
Homeschooling: Getting Started Part 1
Choosing to homeschool is a major decision. Although homeschooling has been around for many years, it is still not as familiar as “going to school”. Families contemplating homeschooling can experience apprehension. Questions arise from doubts within and individuals...
What is the Golden Horseshoe Test?
And Can Homeschoolers Participate? ~the first in a series of articles from CHEWV~ In 1716, the lieutenant governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood, gathered a group of men and set out to discover the land beyond the mountains. The group experienced both great times...
Confessions of a Homeschool Graduate
My Life as a Home-Educated Student: Exposed by Megan Frame May, 2019 As I approached my high school graduation, I began to realize that many people wondered how I would adjust to life and whether I would come to resent being homeschooled. Some people were curious,...
Let’s Have HSDC In the Spring!
We know what it’s like! After early morning travel on precarious roads, we finally make it to Capitol parking - three blocks away! The early February wind whips through our dress pants and sends shivers down to our freezing feet as we trudge to the Capitol entrance...
Kinesthetic Academics for Children Four to Six
Science: Daily “calendar” time with date, day of the week, weather, and season. Playground time - giving them active experiences with fulcrums: see saw lever arms: see saw centrifugal force: merry-go-round pendulum: swing inclined plane: sliding board Zoology at the...
Is Your Kindergartner Struggling…
...With Reading? Many parents find that their five or even six-year-old child experiences difficulty in learning to read. After exhausting multiple educational approaches and curricula without success, they may worry they aren’t capable of homeschooling effectively,...
Assessment Considerations
While a homeschool assessment must be done every year for students of compulsory age, there are two main options to choose from: testing and portfolio review. The portfolio review option was hard-won in 1994 to help special needs students and others for whom testing...
Why Am I Homeschooling?
The New Year holiday is often a time of reflection. What went well last year? What changes are needed this coming year? What New Year’s resolutions are in order? Homeschooling is no different. We start thinking about how we’re doing - and what we’re doing. My mind...
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