FEATURED FAMILIES

Give us a peek into your fantastic family. Introduce us to your amazing children and what they love about school and life. Let us see how you juggle the fun and excitement as well as the difficulties and struggles of being a family and learning together. Encourage other families by sharing your story.

We are also looking for feature family articles on specific topics, including homeschooling with learning or developmental disabilities, starting a homeschool group or co-op, and how to homeschool specific subjects. Please see our "Upcoming Issues" page for more details and to participate.

Requirements

  • written article between 1500 and 3500 words (see below for a list of questions to help you get started)
  • 4-20 photos, including at least one family photos and several related to homeschooling
  • Optional: "blurbs" from each of your homeschooling children, answering at least one of the these questions:
    • What is your favorite thing about homeschooling?
    • What is your least favorite thing about homeschooling?
    • What is your favorite thing you have ever done as part of homeschool?
    • What advice or encouragement do you have for other homeschooling kids?
  • a signed publication release waiver (click here to get it)

If you're interested in letting us spotlight your family, send an email to:




Here are some of the questions I commonly ask in interviews. These have come from polling other parents to find out what they would like to see in this type of feature article.


Parents want to know:

  • a little about your family, ages and grades of children, etc.
  • What style of homeschool do you do? (ie Charlotte Mason, TJ Ed, Classical, Unschooling, etc.)
  • Describe your homeschooling journey. When and why did you start homeschooling?
  • What does a day/week in your homeschool and life look like? How do you "fit it all in"? When/how do you do the cooking, cleaning, etc. (Mostly parents just want to know how you make it all work!)
  • What are some of your favorite homeschooling resources and why? What are some of your favorite homeschool things you've done?
  • What are some of your homeschool success? What is working well for your family?
  • What are some of your homeschooling struggles? What have you tried that has been been dissapointing or unsuccessful?
  • How has your family benefited from homeschooling
  • What advice and ecouragement do you have for other homeschooling families?
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