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Homeschool Parents and Families Directory by State

By Danelle Ice - Home Ever After | October 18th, 2009 | Category: Home School | 6 comments

When I just started homeschooling, I thought it would be incredibly helpful to have a list of parents who also homeschool and are online. If you’re a homeschool parent and would like your name, twitter name, or blog link included on the list, please leave a comment below and we’ll add you to the directory.

Home School From Scratch – What Have We Gotten Ourselves Into?

By Danelle Ice - Home Ever After | October 5th, 2009 | Category: Home School | 3 comments

I feel lucky and very blessed to be starting my homeschooling adventure when I have so many great and experienced homeschooling friends to help me along. The last week has been a flurry of planning, organizing, printing, worksheets, and more. I’m both nervous and excited at the same time, and I’m very anxious to find [...]

Multi Age School Classes: Yes or No?

By Danelle Ice - Home Ever After | September 10th, 2009 | Category: Kids | No Comments »

Does your school offer or advocate using multi age classes, in which different grades are combined in the same class? Have you had your student in one of these combined multi-age classes, and if so, what are your opinions on the arrangement?

Quiz: What’s Your Parenting Style?

By Danelle Ice - Home Ever After | March 31st, 2009 | Category: Kids | No Comments »

Who’s up for taking a parenting quiz? I just took the “What’s Your Edu-Parent Style” quiz which helps to gauge what your parenting style is when it comes to helping your kids learn (this is especially good to know about yourself when your kids are in kindergarten-2nd grade and learning habits are starting to emerge). [...]

Teaching Our Kids that Being Happy Comes From Inside

By Danelle Ice - Home Ever After | April 7th, 2008 | Category: Family Life | No Comments »

I picked up Truett, announced cheerfully that he had a dirty diaper that desperately needed to be changed, and headed off to the nursery, smiling.
My daughter asked, “Why are you smiling about it?”
Me: “Because I’m happy!”
Hannah: “You’re happy that he has a poopy diaper?! Why?”
Me: “Because I’m always happy!”
Hannah: “Even though you have to [...]

Teach Ourselves so We Can Teach Our Kids

By Danelle Ice - Home Ever After | April 3rd, 2008 | Category: Family Life | No Comments »

I’ve learned a lot about being a parent over the last 8 years. As many of you know, there are always little revelations still waiting around the corner. It was 2 days ago that I had one of these epiphanies, and felt I had to share.
I was watching one of my favorite movies, Blast From [...]