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Can’t Afford to Homeschool?

Can’t Afford to Homeschool?

by CHEWV | Jul 11, 2023 | Articles, Curriculum, Getting Started, Homeschool Basics

Perhaps we can help!  Let’s explore a few options: Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool is a free and complete online curriculum.  Showing you how to use freely available resources to complete all 12 grades, this curriculum was gradually developed by a homeschool mom, one...
Exploring “Deschooling”

Exploring “Deschooling”

by CHEWV | Aug 8, 2022 | Articles, Getting Started

Are you getting ready to homeschool kids who were previously in public school?  Be forewarned: when kids have spent several years learning how to fit into the structure and expectations of traditional school and then are suddenly in a totally different environment, it...
Is Homeschooling Right For Us?

Is Homeschooling Right For Us?

by CHEWV | May 28, 2020 | Articles, Getting Started, Homeschool Basics, Quarantine

Why do so many parents continue to homeschool when it captures all their time?  And how did they know what to do when they first started?  Most of us started homeschooling on a “trial” basis, but before too long, the advantages won us over!  We began to see what it...
Homeschooling: Getting Started Part 1

Homeschooling: Getting Started Part 1

by CHEWV | Jul 10, 2019 | Articles, Getting Started, Homeschool Basics

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...
Sage Advice About Homeschooling

Sage Advice About Homeschooling

by CHEWV | Aug 2, 2018 | Articles, Encouragement, Featured Articles, Getting Started

Are you a new homeschool mom who would love to get advice from experienced moms?  Want to know what they have learned along the way?  We asked some of them, and here are their answers: We have been homeschooling almost four years and the biggest thing I have learned...
Homeschooling:  Getting Started Part 2

Homeschooling: Getting Started Part 2

by Melody Sheppard | Feb 2, 2015 | Articles, Getting Started

A family’s decision to homeschool for whatever reasons takes much thought and consideration.  As noted in Part 1, the first step  is to investigate the requirements of the WV Homeschool Law. Then, as you lay some groundwork with regard to learning styles and training...
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    Homeschooling Goals for Next Year

    Homeschooling Goals for Next Year

    May 8, 2025

    by Kim Kincell My homeschoolers are all graduated now. Looking back, what would I say is the most important thing as you younger moms plan your upcoming school years? As with nearly all veteran homeschool parents I know, I have no regrets related to prep for college...

    Meet Our Newest Board Members

    Meet Our Newest Board Members

    May 8, 2025

    Join us as we welcome Justin and Amber Morris to the CHEWV board. We are already grateful for the work they have done the past several years with CHEWV’s 101 resources as well as the Table Discussions videos. Justin and Amber have been happily married for seventeen...

    John Carey Honored

    John Carey Honored

    Apr 9, 2025

    During the Homeschool Day rally at the State Capitol, the following remarks were delivered by James Summers to honor and thank our dear friend, John Carey, for his decades of cheerful and inspiring service on behalf of three generations of West Virginia families....

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