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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

Getting Organized Part 1 - Tips & Tricks

A Reason for Reading

Critical Thinking and Logic

Can Homeschoolers Participate In Public School Programs?

The Gift of a Mentor

Discover Your Child's Learning Style

The Benefits of Cursive Writing

Character Matters for Kids

University Model Schools

I Was an Accelerated Child

How to Win the Geography Bee

What Does My Preschooler Need to Know?

Top Jobs for the College Graduate

Give Yourself a "CLEP Scholarship"

Shakespeare Camp

Joyce Swann's Homeschool Tips

Myth of the Teenager

Advanced Math: Trig, PreCalc, and more!

Montessori Language Arts at Home, Part 1

Getting Organized Part 3

Bears in the House

Saxon Math: Facts vs. Rumors

Patriarchy, Meet Matriarchy

How to "Bee" a Spelling Success

Whole-Language Boondoggle

A Homeschooler Wins the Heisman

Narration Beats Tests

Top Tips for Teaching Toddlers

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

Montessori Math

Interview with John Taylor Gatto

Art Appreciation the Charlotte Mason Way

Classical Education

Why the Internet will Never Replace Books

The Benefits of Debate

Don't Give Up on Your Late Bloomers

The History of Public Education

Getting Started in Homeschooling: The First Ten Steps

Columbus and the Flat Earth...

The Charlote Mason Approach to Poetry

Teach Your Children to Work

Laptop Homeschool

Who Needs the Prom?

Phonics the Montessori Way

The Equal Sign - Symbol, Name, Meaning

AP Courses At Home

Teaching Blends

Combining Work and Homeschool

The Charlotte Mason Method

Start a Nature Notebook