Homeschool Minnesota

Navigating the world of college for homeschoolers can be daunting and confusing. Kristin gives a lot of great information about all the ways you can strategically plan for your child to earn college credits from home starting in 8th or 9th grade! Links discussed in this podcast are as follows: Credits Before College website: https://creditsbeforecollege.com Career Guidance with a Career Direct Assessment: https://creditsbeforecollege.com/career-guidance/ Curriculum and Resources for purchase: https://creditsbeforecollege.com/store/ Free CLEP exams: https://modernstates.org/ Test Prep and Review (use code 85513 for $5 discount): https://instantcert.com Practice Exams: https://www.petersons.com/ Career Exploration: https://www.onetonline.org/ Planning for Credit Transfer between Colleges: https://www.transferology.com/index.htm MN PSEO: https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/schfin/pseo/ MN State Colleges and Universities: https://www.minnstate.edu/ https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/120B.131

The Old Schoolhouse magazine has been around since 2001. It started as a newsletter of resources and ideas and quickly evolved into a publication with articles from top homeschool leaders. Old Schoolhouse also has vast, free resources on their website www.theoldschoolhouse.com You can also go to their teacher’s website to get lesson plans, ideas, reviews, and help at www.schoolhouseteachers.com To learn all about the history of homeschooling you can visit www.historyofhomeschooling.com You can also find a link to The Old Schoolhouse on the MÂCHÉ homepage!

Portals is a literature-to-project based home education program providing resources to parents seeking a Christ-centered education for their children. They provide curriculum with daily K-12 hyperlinked lesson plans in all subjects, a call-in center with live support, and Friday field trip ideas every week. They save you time so you can spend it building character, family, and faith. You can find Portals on www.portalsacademy.com or on the MÂCHÉ homepage!

The Reading Center has been teaching the Orton-Gillingham Approach to reading to thousands of children and adults since 1951. In this episode Kristen Bieber talks about what that approach is, how to sign your child up, and how you can get involved in becoming a tutor for The Reading Center! To learn more about the upcoming tutor training visit https://www.thereadingcenter.org/ogtraining To get more information about the summer Best of Basics program visit https://www.thereadingcenter.org/best-of-basics To hear more about why millions of children struggle with reading and what the research shows visit https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story

All the new things you need to know about the 2024 convention! If you are on the fence about going, maybe this will help you decide, and if you are already going this will help you navigate! To download the convention app go to: https://event1.io/app/mache/ For just attending the used curriculum sale as a buyer go to https://forms.gle/QFsUggkqdDEv2PRS9 to rent a table to sell at the used curriculum sale go to: [email protected] for hotel information, exhibit hall information, Clean Comedy Family night and more go to: https://mache.org/event/2024-convention/ To sign up for Men’s Breakfast or Leadership Forum go to: https://mache.org/convention-registration/ If you would like to attend for free and have the ability to volunteer, go to: https://forms.gle/KKcyiGFq8XN6JgF37 all other questions email [email protected]

Paula leads GRACE co-op in Willmar, MN and talks about how her group has taken Homeschool Legislative Day to the next level! You can do the same thing with your group or your family. Teaching our children to get involved in government is a valuable lesson and here are some very practical ways to do it!

We start off talking about what the pubic school districts in MN are required to do for homeschoolers in their districts regarding extra curricular, co curricular, and sports. What to expect when approaching your local district. Also, Julie Johnson gives us a 2024 legislative update! Minnesota State High School League www.mshsl.org https://hslda.org/legal/minnesota https://mache.org/mache-legislative-watch/

What are ESAs? How do they affect you as a homeschool family? What is the difference between a tax credit and and ESA? We tackle all of this and more in this episode with Amy Buchmeyer a lawyer with Homeschool Legal Defense Association. For more information on this topic, visit https://hslda.org/post/dont-take-the-money-the-risks-of-education-savings-accounts-ep-110

Does your student have an interest in public policy and politics? Are you looking for an opportunity for your student to creatively learn government and citizenship with other teenagers? Does your student need practice in public speaking? Jessica Swedzinski talks about TeenPact and how your child can be involved. TeenPact is a national organization that has been in MN for the past few years. 2024’s class dates are April 22-25 for ages 13-19, April 26 for a one day class for ages 8-12, Political Communications workshop is April 26 for ages 13-19. TeenPact is running a $50 discount on camp registrations for housing during the 4-day class with the discount code MNCAMP. https://www.facebook.com/teenpact Website: https://teenpact.com/states/mn/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?via=oY56wpN0ZLg After your student attends a four day class, they are considered TeenPact Alumni and can participate in other national events: National Convention, Judicial, Congress, Media, Back to DC, Business, Endeavor, and Venture; https://teenpact.com/2024alumni

Chris is an author, blogger and lyricist. He and his wife, Carroll, homeschool their children with the methods of Charlotte Mason in Southern Illinois. Christ has written Guided by Wisdom as a way to go deeper into God’s Word with your kids, as a family, or just on your own! Guided By Wisdom is a 2024 Gold Medal Christian Book Award winner. you can find out more by visiting his website at www.singwriteread.com/books