Writers and Contributors

Amanda Bennett
Amanda Bennett is a wife, mother, parent, speaker and author of more than 95 books for families. Holding a degree in engineering from the University of Florida, Amanda worked in engineering and professional research before turning home to raise and educate their three children. With more than 18 years of homeschooling experience, Amanda and her husband now have two children through college, and one child just about to begin his college career. Her goal is to help children develop into self-motivated students who love learning. Learn more about Amanda and her products at UnitStudy.com
Latest: Views from My Rearview Mirror


Angelina Stanford
Angelina Stanford is a mother, teacher, freelance writer, editor, and speaker. After receiving a MA in English literature, Angelina worked for 9 years in Christian classical education in a variety of teaching and administrative positions. Ten years ago she began her homeschooling adventure and in addition to teaching her own children, Angelina is also the founder and director of Acadiana Homeschool Tutorial, which offers rigorous Christian classical education classes for homeschoolers. She and her three children (ages 7-15) spend their days reading, discussing, laughing, learning, and enjoying Cajun culture in Southern Louisiana. Read more at Permanent Things (AngelinainLouisiana.blogspot.com).
Latest: And on the Seventh Day God Rested


Anita Mellott
No stranger to the ups and downs of the homeschooling life, Anita Mellott writes to encourage others. Her book for homeschoolers, School Is Where the Home Is: 180 Devotions for Parents, with a foreword by Dr. Farris, is now available at Lifeway, Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Latest: Did You Say Time for ME?


Ann Hibbard
Ann Hibbard is a pastor's wife who is hopelessly addicted to checklists and dark chocolate with almonds. She is in her sixth year of homeschooling her three children, and never tires of discovering new ways to help her children fall in love with learning. Ann's favorite hobbies are reading, sewing, and writing, but her family believes that baking homemade chocolate chip cookies is among her greatest accomplishments. You can learn more about Ann and her family at TheHibbardFamily.com and AnnHibbard.com.
Latest: Get Your Game On!


Beatrice Scalf
Beatrice Scalf is a wife, mother of 3, and a home educator. When not occupied with running her home and teaching her children, she can be found indulging her passions for reading and writing. Beatrice is currently preparing her first collection of short stories for publication.
Latest: American Heritage Girls


Betsy Price
Betsy Price has been married to her husband Mike for 23 years. She has her Bachelor's degree in education and has taught in the classroom. After many years of infertility, God blessed Mike and Betsy with a beautiful daughter through adoption. Betsy now spends her time serving God and her family through homemaking and home educating. Visit her blog MrsPriceIsRightHomeschooling.com where she shares about homeschooling, homemaking, mothering, wife-ing, and anything else she finds interesting.
Latest: Non-Mother’s Day


Carlita Boyles
Carlita Boyles is a homeschooling mother of three children and has been happily married to John Boyles for over 20 years. Early in her homeschool journey, Carlita developed a method of teaching math that used life experiences instead of textbooks. In 2007, at the request of some moms in her homeschool group, she and John created Math on the Level, a math curriculum designed especially for the homeschool family. Carlita shares at homeschool conventions throughout the country, presenting workshops that are friendly and encouraging. Her sessions equip parents to teach math with confidence, while modifying instruction to meet the needs of each child. Carlita has an extensive background in education. Prior to homeschooling, she was a teacher in the California public school system and has degrees in Child Development and Special Education. In addition, she has both California Multiple Subjects and California Specialist in Learning Disabilities credentials. She began officially homeschooling her children in 1998 when her oldest daughter reached Kindergarten age, although she is convinced that homeschooling actually begins at birth. Besides traveling and adventuring, Carlita enjoys reading, sewing, camping, and spending time with her wonderful family and friends.
Latest: Plus & Minus: Connecting the Infinte with Infinity


Gabreial Wyatt
Gabreial Wyatt is a daughter of Christ, wife, mother of two sweet boys, a home educator, homemaker and writer. She is the editor of Vintage Indie since its debut six years ago. She loves supporting the independent community of businesses, entrepreneurs and the like. Her personal passions include educating her children, organic and natural living, scouting antiques and vintage finds with her hubby as well as traveling with her family. You can visit her at VintageIndieMag.com.
Latest: Book Clubs


Heidi St. John
Heidi St. John has been married to her husband Jay since 1989. They have seven children ages 1 to 20 and have homeschooled all the way through high school. A favorite conference speaker, Heidi approaches homeschooling with humor and grace at events all across North America. Her passion to encourage homeschool moms and set them free to be who God has created them to be will bless and encourage you. Heidi is the author of "The Busy Homeschool Mom's Guide to Romance: Nurturing Your Marriage Through the Homeschool Years". Her second book, "The Busy Homeschool Mom's Guide to Daylight", is set to be released early in 2011. Jay and Heidi are also the founders and executive directors of First Class Homeschool Ministries, a parachurch organization dedicated to helping churches start parent-led, Bible-focused homeschool cooperatives. First Class has been in operation since 2000 and has over 40 locations across North America.
Latest: Valentine’s Day Marriage Checkup


Holly Nelson
Holly Nelson, single mom to three special-needs sons, has been parenting & homeschooling for over 26 years. She has participated in homeschooling for over 40 years, having been taught at home in the 70’s, in a state where it was not legal. She is passionate about her callings, and writes about them at LiveRejoicingEveryDay.com.
Latest: Fermenting Socks, Stinkin’ Feet, and Freak ‘Do’s


Jan Bloom
Jan Bloom and her husband Gary are owners of Books Bloom. Jan is also the author of the "Who Should We Then Read?" series, available online. Jan and Gary travel 8 months out of the year, attending homeschool conventions and hosting BooksBloom Seminars, an opportunity for booklovers to browse thier inventory of over 4,000 carefully chosen vintage and out-of-print books free of the distractions of a busy conference.
Latest: Living Beyond Lists


Janine Petry
Janine is wife to one fabulous husband, home­schooling mom to four spunky kids, and caretaker of one resilient aloe plant. She and her family live in the suburbs of Chicago, but you can visit her at JaninePetry.com.
Latest: Destination Integrity


Jay Younts
John (Jay) Younts is the author of Everyday Talk: Talking Freely and Naturally About God with Your Children, What About War?, In Touch with Paul Stewardship Series. An elder in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) Church, John has taught on and studied issues related to biblical child rearing for over thirty years. John is a frequent speaker for parenting conferences, church seminars for parents, and youth meetings. He has been interviewed on radio stations around the country. Jay also manages and writes for the Shepherd Press Blog. He and his wife Ruth have five grown children and reside in South Carolina.
Latest: Buying Time


Jeannette Tulis
Jeannette was introduced to the ideas of a living education when her husband, David (then her fiance), gave her a copy of For the Children's Sake and said, "This is how I would like us to educate our children!" In God's providence, David and Jeannette were blessed with four children. Their eldest, a daughter, has graduated and studies classical figure sculpting at an atelier in Manhattan. The others, boys ages 9 to 17, have mostly followed a Charlotte Mason (CM) curriculum, as did their sister. Although Jeannette holds a degree from Auburn University with a major in nutrition, her real education has been acquired as she learns alongside her children. Living just outside of Chattanooga, Jeannette is the secretary for the local home education association, writes for their newsletter, Esprit, helps lead a CM support group and teaches a CM style class for early elementary grades.
Latest: Real Life in a Virtual World


Jen McDonald
Jennifer McDonald has written for various local and national homeschooling and military spouse publications, including the books Fighting Fear, Winning the War at Home and Chicken Soup for the Soul: Devotions for Tough Times. She’s been married to her amazing Air Force husband for 23 years, and they are the parents of four children, two graduated and two still at home. Homeschooling since 1995, they’ve been stationed all over the world from the Pacific to Europe, and currently reside in Washington, D.C. Find her at Just-Jen.net and on Twitter as jenmcdonald88.
Latest: Spring Doldrums


Jen Wilkin
Jen Wilkin is a speaker, writer and teacher of women’s Bible studies in Dallas, Texas. She and her husband Jeff have four children between the ages of fifteen and eleven. They co-teach a parenting class at the Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas where they are members. Jen’s passion is to see women become articulate and committed followers of Christ, with a clear understanding of why they believe what they believe, grounded in the Word of God. She averages 2-4 loads of laundry a day, and while she’s waiting for the buzzer to go off on the dryer, she enjoys reading, cooking, blogging, and gardening. You can visit her at JenWilkin.blogspot.com.
Latest: Guarding Sabbath for our Children


Jill Carattini
Jill Carattini is managing editor of A Slice of Infinity, a daily reading considering themes from theology and culture to philosophy and the arts. Jill has spent time in a Native American community working within a local mission church in Oklahoma, and has studied in the Middle East, participating in a program aimed at understanding the culture, history, and politics of the Middle Eastern conflict. She enjoys reading widely in areas of theology, aesthetics, church history, and justice. Among her favorite writers are Frederick Buechner, Dorothy Sayers, Flannery O'Conner, Wendell Berry, and many of the early church pilgrims, though the writings of C.S. Lewis have been most formative in her own thought and writing. Jill is a native of Pentwater, Michigan, and currently resides with her husband Tony in Atlanta, Georgia.


Jill Hardy
Jill Hardy is a homeschooling mom of five, in addition to working part-time as a freelance copywriter. You can read some of her day to day struggles and triumphs on her blog The Crib Chick
Latest: Off the Beaten Path: A Look at Life on the Road with the Solis family.


Jim Stobaugh
Jim and Karen Stobaugh have four home educated adult children. They have a strong burden for the new leadership group that God is calling forth from the home schooling community. Jim is a Merrill Fellow at Harvard University and holds a B.A. cum laude from Vanderbilt, an M.A. from Rutgers University, a M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a D.Min. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. An experienced teacher, Dr. Stobaugh is a recognized leaders in homeschooling and has published several books for students and teachers. Dr. Stobaugh and his wife Karen live near Hollsopple, Pennsylvania, and travel widely to speak about literature, teaching, SAT/ACT Preparation, and education.
Latest: Elisha’s Tears


Karen Campbell
Karen and her husband, Clay, have been married for 37 years and are the parents of 6 homeschooled children and soon-to-be 13 homeschooled grandchildren. They live in Canton, Illinois where Karen blogs and podcasts relationship homeschooling encouragement at www.thatmom.com. Karen loves baking and cooking for the whole gang when they are home and is actively involved in her local Toastmasters Club. In fact, citing Lucy Ricardo as her inspiration, she once won the District Humorous Speaking Contest for her tale of the homeschooling mom who mummified a chicken!
Latest: Where Do We Fit In


Karen DeBeus
Karen DeBeus is a homeschooling mom to four children and a devoted wife to the love of her life. She is passionate about educating others about homeschooling and encouraging families along the way. She is the author of Simply Homeschool: Having Less Clutter and More Joy in Your Homeschool, an eBook written to encourage moms to put God first in their homeschools. She writes about her thoughts on simplifying all areas of our lives on her blog, Simply Living…for Him where her goal is to encourage others to put God first in all they do. Simplifying is about getting back to the basics and reducing the physical clutter in our lives, as well as lessening “mental clutter."
Latest: We Are Roadschooling!


Karrie Emms
Karrie Emms is a homeschooling mother from Northern Ontario, Canada. She has two children, a daughter 11 and a son 13. She keeps busy managing a competitive gymnast and a son who plays football and competes in Karate. But when you add homeschooling, writing, work as an associate artist at a jewellery gallery and university courses to the mix life gets really hectic. Ms. Emms holds post-secondary diplomas in print journalism, interactive multimedia and small business management. She is currently pursuing theological studies while working from home in order to provide homeschooling for her youngest child. Her son recently entered a local high school for his grade 9 year. As a family Ms. Emms and her children enjoy camping and spend a vast portion of the summer months volunteering at several youth camps. With three self-published children's books, countless articles and stories and years of experience in journalism Ms. Emms enjoys putting a little of herself and a lot of her faith into all she writes. She draws her characters and settings from camp experiences and many travels throughout Ontario.
Latest: Making the Right Impressions


Margaret Manning
Margaret Manning is a member of the speaking and writing team at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in Seattle, Washington. In her free time, Margaret enjoys gardening, hiking, biking, walking, and taking care of her two dogs. She also enjoys travel and has visited the United Kingdom, Greece, Turkey, and Brazil.


Mary Hall
Mary Elizabeth Hall holds degrees from Cornell and Syracuse Universities, and has a professional background in human services and program management. Her true passion, however, is for writing and editing. She has published community research and done revision writing for Sonlight Curriculum. Her short story Healer was recently released in Fables for Japan, an anthology to benefit Japan’s tsunami victims, available at www.fables4japan.com. Mary is currently home educating her three daughters and writing a Christian romance novel series. She enjoys inspiring people to love the Lord and prays that all she writes will honor Him. Visit her at Writing to Inspire, and her author page at Facebook.com/MaryElizabethHall.
Latest: The New Proverbs 31 Woman


Matthew Bullington
Above all else, Matthew Bullington is interested in pursuing the Lord’s glory in every arena of his life. Matthew is a homeschool graduate, and recently married his best friend, Meagan. The two of them reside in Tennessee, from where Matthew operates his business, UniversityReady, helping homeschool and private school students prepare for college. Matthew speaks to groups nation-wide, is the advice writer for the Well-Planned Day high school planners, tutors math at a local homeschool tutorial, and is actively involved in discipleship groups with his church family.
Latest: The Christian Case for Standardized Exams


Melonie Kennedy
Melonie Kennedy is a military wife, homeschooling Momma of two, and co-owner of American Virtue, a company committed to enriching the lives of American families from all walks of life. Learn more at American Virtue Magazine and Apps-School.com.
Latest: Deployment Tips for the Homeschool Parent


Melyssa Williams
Melyssa Williams is a writer, homeschooling mommy to three, and ballet teacher. She resides in southern Oregon where she drinks copious amounts of coffee, reads fiction at inopportune times, haunts her local thrift stores, and accidentally unschools. She was homeschooled herself back in the day and finds that it was much easier on that particular end of the pencil. She is in the process of writing her first YA fiction novel and blogs over at TheDazeofUs.blogspot.com.
Latest: When You Want to Quit, I Think You Should


Natalie Wickham
Natalie Wickham is the oldest of six children, and was homeschooled from fourth grade through college. She has assisted in homeschooling some of her younger siblings, and is an Independent Music Teacher who loves developing creative ways to help her students acquire real knowledge and understanding. Natalie has a passion for equipping and challenging upcoming generations of homeschoolers to be godly leaders in the world. This passion led her, along with a group of fellow homeschool graduates, to found the Adventures in Character children's program. This same passion inspired her to develop a Drama and Public Speaking course, which she has offered to high school students. She is the author of the book, Pajama School – stories from the life of a homeschool graduate, and producer of the CD, Journey to Self Publishing - 12 steps to successfully publish your book.
Latest: Homeschool Grad – An interview with Brittany Barden


Rebecca Ingram Powell
Rebecca Ingram Powell is a pastor’s wife, a veteran homeschooling mom of 15 years, and a nationally known author and speaker. Connect online at her blog, www.MomSeriously.com.
Latest: Raising Really Organized Kids


Shari Popejoy
Shari Popejoy, wife of twenty-seven years, mother of three, founder of a local co-op for hundreds of homeschool children, author of seven books, and creator of Won Without Words (a blog of encouragement for wives) lives in the quiet country of the Ozarks where she enjoys writing surrounded by nature (and her children, of course). She is currently completing Volume V of the Livingstone Library, an adventure series for 'smart' kids, which features characters with character, and underlying allegorical spiritual truths. She enjoys high places and the road less traveled, and moments when all is well, and peace permeates like a fragrance. . .oh, and chocolate, mocha, fresh fruit and veggies, and early morning sunrises. Of her seventeen nieces and nephews, fifteen of them are either homeschooled or homeschooling.
Latest: What God Hath Joined Together, Let No Kid Put Asunder


Stuart McAllister
Stuart McAllister is vice president of training and special projects at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia.
Latest: Do You Have a Hero to Spare?


Todd Wilson
Todd Wilson, author of Lies Homeschooling Moms Believe, Help! I’m Married to a Homeschooling Mom, and The Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons, is a dad, writer, conference speaker, and former pastor. Todd’s humor and gut-honest realness have made him a favorite speaker at homeschool conventions across the country and a guest on Focus on the Family. As founder of Familyman Ministries, his passion and mission are to remind dads and moms of what’s most important through a weekly e-mail for dads, seminars, and books that encourage parents. Todd, and his wife Debbie, homeschool their eight children in northern Indiana and travel around America in the Familyman Mobile. You can visit Familyman Ministries at FamilyManWeb.com.
Latest: How to Leave a Church


Tricia Goyer
Tricia Goyer is a homeschooling mom of four and an acclaimed and prolific writer, publishing hundreds of articles in national magazines. She has also written books on marriage and parenting and contributed notes to the Women of Faith Study Bible. Tricia’s written numerous novels inspired by World War II veterans, including her newest release Remembering You and Chasing Mona Lisa. Tricia lives with her husband and four children in Arkansas. You can find out more information about Tricia at TriciaGoyer.com
Latest: How to Grow a Reader


 

Magazine Managing Editor

 

Kathleen has been homeschooling since the mid '80s. She and her husband Rick live in Nashville with their three children. They have seven grown children and five grandchildren, with more on the way. Kathleen loves her job as managing editor, and she is always on the lookout for great things to add to Home Educating Family Magazine.
 

Blog Administrator

 

Jenny enjoys interacting with homeschoolers as the Social Media Coordinator for Home Educating Family. She is also excited to bring special needs homeschooling to a mainstream magazine. She and her husband Greg are learning to view life through the eyes of their sons--one with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and one with a propensity for pretending. You’ll find lots of interesting stories about finding grace in autism over at her blog, ManyHatsMommy.com.
 

Blog Assistant

 

One of these days I will add something to my user profile! For now, I shall remain mysterious.
 

About the Blog

 

Home Educating Family strives to bring you diverse reading material. To do that, we have a diverse group of contributors that write from their personal experience and knowledge base. Some of our contributors have been in the world of homeschooling for a long time. Others are just starting their journey. There are also contributors who may not be homeschoolers, but have great insight to share from their particular field (special needs, subject areas, occupations, etc.).

Part of the beauty of a blog is the back-and-forth interaction between the audience and the writer. Home Educating Family knows that there are as many opinions on homeschooling as there are homeschooling families. We know there will be posts you love and posts you disagree with. Feel free to share your thoughts and questions in the comments. That’s why we’re here—to talk about homeschooling and life! We simply ask that you are respectful of the writers and other audience members when you leave your comments. Thanks for being part of the Home Educating Family blog!

 

Guest Contributors

 

Home Educating Family knows the worth of inviting guests to write for our blog. Each guest brings experience, knowledge, and insight to help our readers along the journey known as life. Some are homeschool veterans, and others do not have children. Many are experts in their field or have valuable life experience that can help others, and we appreciate our guests’ willingness to share with our readers. We also realize our guests may not agree with us on everything. If something they wrote makes you curious about what we believe, you can visit our mission statement and statement of faith.


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