Category: Homeschooling

EpochTV Review: No Sacrifice Is Too Great

If you haven’t been following Sam Sorbo’s series “School’s Out,” now is really the time for you to start. Things are getting bad with public schools, folks—worse if you live in a blue state. Between mask mandates, potential vaccine mandates, and school boards sneaking everything from critical race theory to porn into curricula, it’s really…


5 Homeschooling Tips From a Successful Pioneer

Although we didn’t know it then, my family was what is now referred to as a pioneer of the modern homeschool movement. I still remember being stopped at the grocery store—several years after we began our homeschool journey—being asked why I wasn’t in school, inwardly wincing at the alarmed or confused look I was sure…


A Silver Lining in the Pandemic Cloud

Commentary Harvard professor Robert Putman, author of the groundbreaking sociological book “Bowling Alone,” said, if given a choice between a 10 percent increase in school budgets or a 10 percent increase in parental involvement, he would take the parental involvement. Why? Because when parents are involved in a child’s education, the child succeeds. That’s not…


Strewing: An Easy Way to Add Delight and Wonder to Your Homeschool

Homeschooling allows for natural curiosity and wonder to bring about learning in unexpected and joyful ways. One simple practice parents can employ to encourage the discovery of new talents and ideas is strewing. The term strewing, as it relates to homeschooling, was first coined by unschooling expert Sandra Dodd. It refers to the practice of…


Homeschooling Through the Hard Days

Even the biggest proponents of homeschooling know that, like anything else in life, there will be good days and there will be bad days. When things get hard, it’s helpful to have a game plan on deck to pull you through. Whether there’s sickness in the family, the boiler is on the fritz, your child…


Florida Couple Teaches Homeschooled Kids Science at Skatepark and While Surfing at the Beach

If parents thought homeschooling meant kids sitting in front of a computer screen at home (as the pandemic taught), one Florida couple begs to differ. They take a more passionate approach—incorporating a love of surfing and skateboarding into the equation. Mom Toni Frallicciardi once viewed homeschooling in a negative light. Then in 2018, after a…


St. Louis Homeschool Pioneer Details Her Journey Through Teaching

Homeschooling is on the rise. After last year’s lockdowns, many parents unexpectedly found themselves having to teach their children at home for the first time. But during that period, they also realized that it doesn’t take an expert to offer a child an education. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that homeschooling doubled last fall. This…


Homeschooling Just Crossed the Tipping Point

Commentary In the months before COVID hit, a number of my friends began a new phase of motherhood by starting careers as homeschool teachers. They expressed normal trepidation, concerned they would fail, and by extension, their children would. Then the pandemic hit, homeschooling became the new way of life, and my friends were suddenly homeschool…


How Parents Can Overcome the Fear of Failure in Home-Schooling Their Children

For the families across America whose educational experience has been turned upside down this year due to the lockdowns, Sam Sorbo gives an inspirational and encouraging message in an episode of “School’s Out” titled “Fear of Failure.” “School’s Out with Sam Sorbo” is a series about education, primarily what you don’t know, what you should…


First Week of Homeschool: 10 Ways to Make It Special

No two homeschool years are the same. As your children grow and their education progresses, each year takes on its own rhythm and character. Whether you’re a new homeschooler or a veteran homeschooler, adding special touches to the beginning of the year kicks things off with full hearts and smiling faces. Here are 10 ideas…