Publisher’s Note

Author: Mark Hegener

Looking Backwards I'm old enough to be most of my readers' father. In the arc of life this means I'm closer to an old man's passions than I am to ..

HEM Notes

• HEM schedule - This issue has arrived late primarily becasue of unforseen staffing issues, however, we are on track to be back in print and on time ..

Learning 101

Author: Tamra Orr

Banishing the Battle of Bedtimes? One of my strongest memories of being a small child was how much I hated bedtime. I never felt tired enough for ..

Free Range Learning

Author: Laura Weldon

Observe The “Goldilocks Effect” In Action “Young children seem to recognize that knowledge is an essential shared resource, like air or water. The..

Unschooled Girl

Author: Kate Fridkis

Whose homeschooling is it, anyway? My mom has really been pretty cool about me writing about my life online. Sometimes she makes a comment like, “O..

Sharing The Family Travel Journal

Author: Emily McIntyre

Angelle Gremillion Creating lasting vacation memories can produce a pile of ticket stubs, a million photos, and unintended souvenirs. Everyone wan..

Library Indiscretions

Author: Robin Perreault

What’s better than being able to read any book at no cost by the simple agreement that you will bring it back for others to benefit? The shelves of a..

Accidental Unschooler

Author: Stephanie W Lillegard

Hi. I’m Stephanie, and I was a homeschooler. (Hi, Stephanie.) I’ve been child free for more than five years now. (Applause.) I’d like to share w..

Homeschooling And Homebirthing

Author: Agnes M. Penny

Three years ago, when I found out I was expecting a baby, I decided to try something new. After having given birth to my first six children in variou..

The Gardening Tot Gardening As A Multi Sensory Experience For Ages 3-6

Author: Elissa Peterson

Young children love all things outdoors, they are naturally inquisitive and curious about the natural world around them. It is our job as home educat..

Solid Or Liquid?

Author: Susan Staunton

If you form a ball in your hand, can this solid form instantly become a liquid? Is it possible to make a liquid into a solid within seconds? To both..

A Matter Of Conscience

Author: Kelly Green

Compelling Interest As home education continues to grow in popularity around the globe, many twenty-first century home educators have observed the ..

Good Stuff

Author: Becky Rupp

Books Of Our Own The National Homeschool Book Award I once threw a book away. I mean I took a book and I threw it in the trash. The ditchee was S..

HEM Classics

From the July-August 2001 issue Editors Note: Going through our archives for HEM Classics I came across this piece by Ginny Hunt which not only con..

The Road Less Traveled

Author: Linda Dobson

The Gift of Flow I seriously doubt Harvard Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (hereafter called Professor C.) had homeschoolers or homeschooling on ..