Bettina
Bettina Colonna Essert is a native of the Tidewater area of Virginia but currently lives and home schools South of the Border in North Carolina. Bettina lives in NE NC with her husband and the 3 children who are still at home, several horses and a menagerie of farm animals.
Tina is a career mom who has had several jobs along the way: Timekeeper; Account Manager; Waitress; Wrangler; Cabin Maid. She is an autodidact and enjoys reading and learning on subjects as diverse as the Italian language, organic and biodynamic gardening, horse training and literary fiction....
The Importance of Research Before Relocating
For many families who must relocate because of ties to the military or other 'on command' industries, relocation is a matter of necessity and not convenience. For some of us, though, relocating is a way to reach for our dreams and goals ...
Here we are at the end of the school year. We're in the home stretch...headed for home base...at the end of our rope! For many homeschooling moms, the Memorial Day weekend is one of the bookends to the school year--the one on the end!-- with the other one right around Labor Day....
Homeschooling in North Carolina
North Carolina is a relatively simple state for homeschooling....
Do Homeschoolers Have It Right?
Too often I am confronted with people who act as if my choice to homeschool somehow belittles their choice to send their children to school outside the home. I must confess that it is comforting to me to be able to tell them that I'm not married to the idea of homeschooling and that I don't press my children into homeschooling--at a certain age, the choice is up to them and they haven't all chosen it....
Home Schooling, Share Schooling and Cooperatives
For many homeschool families, co-ops are a way of life. In most heavily populated areas there are many choices of activities for enrichment both in the arts and for educational purposes in the forms of cooperatives, classes, athletic teams and music lessons, as well as numerous other things. Our family is involved with 2 cooperatives, 4H, horseback riding lessons and a homeschool equestrian vaulting group....
Thoughts on Waldorf-Inspired Homeschooling
A few years ago, a friend introduced me to Waldorf education. I read some books, joined a Waldorf web group, thought the educational style and philosophy were a good fit for my family and decided to give it a go....
WalClasiJefferUnClectic...no!...Quasi-UnClasiJefferDorfian? Hmmm...
There are so many kinds of homeschooling, so many approaches, so many theories, so many RIGHT ways...How does a person choose?
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