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Lisa and Rhonda Barfield

Lisa and Rhonda Barfield


Former columnists for Practical Homeschooling Magazine.

Lisa Barfield is a 15-year old free-lance writer, a high school sophomore/junior who's homeschooled her entire life. In addition to acting in drama productions, she enjoys working on her two novels, playing violin, reading, and drawing.

Rhonda Barfield is Lisa's mother and author of Real-Life Homeschooling: The Stories of 21 Families Who Teach Their Children at Home, Feed Your Family for $12 a Day, and 15-Minute Cooking.


Homeschooling Articles by Lisa and Rhonda Barfield

Teaching Our Kids to Teach Lisa and Rhonda Barfield tell about a dramatic experience with kids teaching kids.

Teach Your Children to Work Teaching your kids to do chores helps Mom and builds good character. Suggestions for how to get it organized.

Road Trip: Behind the Scenes at a Homeschool Convention Rhonda takes us there.

How to Start a Music Co-op Lessons for all your kids in strings, orchestra, keyboard, guitar, and choir, for $20 per kid per semester. And it only takes one day a week. How does the Northwest County Homeschool Music Co-Op do it?

Time4Learning U of Nebraska-Lincoln ISHS

Popular Articles

Columbus and the Flat Earth...

Classical Education

Discover Your Child's Learning Style

Bears in the House

The Equal Sign - Symbol, Name, Meaning

The Charlote Mason Approach to Poetry

What We Can Learn from the Homeschooled 2002 National Geography Bee Winners

Critical Thinking and Logic

A Homeschooler Wins the Heisman

Getting Organized Part 3

University Model Schools

The History of Public Education

The Charlotte Mason Method

The Benefits of Cursive Writing

The Benefits of Debate

I Was an Accelerated Child

A Reason for Reading

Montessori Language Arts at Home, Part 1

Top Tips for Teaching Toddlers

Character Matters for Kids

Start a Nature Notebook

How to "Bee" a Spelling Success

Getting Started in Homeschooling: The First Ten Steps

Whole-Language Boondoggle

AP Courses At Home

Montessori Math

Teach Your Children to Work

Can Homeschoolers Participate In Public School Programs?

Myth of the Teenager

Who Needs the Prom?

Teaching Blends

Top Jobs for the College Graduate

Getting Organized Part 1 - Tips & Tricks

Advanced Math: Trig, PreCalc, and more!

Art Appreciation the Charlotte Mason Way

Narration Beats Tests

How to Win the Geography Bee

Phonics the Montessori Way

The Gift of a Mentor

Joyce Swann's Homeschool Tips

Why the Internet will Never Replace Books

Shakespeare Camp

Give Yourself a "CLEP Scholarship"

What Does My Preschooler Need to Know?

Combining Work and Homeschool

Don't Give Up on Your Late Bloomers

Interview with John Taylor Gatto

Laptop Homeschool

Patriarchy, Meet Matriarchy

Saxon Math: Facts vs. Rumors