Homeschooling has had it’s difficulties and struggles all along, but recently we’ve been tackling a new challenge: transitioning from high school to college. Yes, one of the most difficult things we have done so far is actually not homeschooling at all. And it has actually been very eye opening and clarifying for our way of homeschooling. Let me explain. First off, let me emphasize that my daughter isn’t struggling IN …
Homeschooling in Texas
The Homeschool Graduation Ceremony; How to Graduate Your Homeschool Child Part 2
Believe it or not, planning the homeschool graduation ceremony was the hardest part of graduating our daughter. That is both because actually graduating her was quite easy, AND because planning the ceremony had more decisions to make. Actually… the *hardest* part was doing both of those at the same time, which is the major drawback to graduating in December. But I digress. The Texas homeschool graduation ceremony, like everything else, …
How to: Graduate Your Homeschool Child (in Texas), Part 1
We now have a high school graduate! As I mentioned in my last post, we graduated our oldest in December, and it was quite the adventure! We had asked around and researched the benefits/drawbacks of graduating in December vs. May, and whether or not you should consider doing that is topic for another post. 😉 In the end, we figured out all the details and we finished that race on …