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Mary Biever

Mary Biever


Former columnist for Practical Homeschooling Magazine.

Mary Biever and her husband, Richard, homeschool their two children and run a home-based computer graphics business, The Copper Lion, Inc. In her spare time, Mary writes encouragement essays for the website Crosswalk and her own site, www.marybiever.com.


Homeschooling Articles by Mary Biever

I... Robots?

Going Crazy With Outside Activities When socialization destroys relaxation.

Christmas Lights How a disaster ended in thanksgiving.

Simple (and Unexpected) Pleasures The unexpected day-to-day pleasures of homeschooling.

Summer Sensations Homeschooling and the summer; Doing nothing creatively.

Singing a New Song Practice makes perfect, but it doesn't help you love the music.

Ten Minutes to Change a Life Lessons learned from living through two disasters.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Fairgrounds What one mom learned from 4-H.

Time4Learning U of Nebraska-Lincoln ISHS

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