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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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I Was an Accelerated Child

Top Jobs for the College Graduate

Start a Nature Notebook

The Benefits of Cursive Writing

Don't Give Up on Your Late Bloomers

Getting Started in Homeschooling: The First Ten Steps

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

Patriarchy, Meet Matriarchy

The History of Public Education

Discover Your Child's Learning Style

What Does My Preschooler Need to Know?

Teach Your Children to Work

A Homeschooler Wins the Heisman

The Charlotte Mason Method

Montessori Language Arts at Home, Part 1

Combining Work and Homeschool

Shakespeare Camp

Character Matters for Kids

University Model Schools

A Reason for Reading

Critical Thinking and Logic

Classical Education

The Charlote Mason Approach to Poetry

Montessori Math

Narration Beats Tests

Can Homeschoolers Participate In Public School Programs?

Saxon Math: Facts vs. Rumors

Interview with John Taylor Gatto

AP Courses At Home

Columbus and the Flat Earth...

Getting Organized Part 3

Bears in the House

Who Needs the Prom?

How to Win the Geography Bee

Teaching Blends

Art Appreciation the Charlotte Mason Way

How to "Bee" a Spelling Success

Why the Internet will Never Replace Books

Joyce Swann's Homeschool Tips

Advanced Math: Trig, PreCalc, and more!

Getting Organized Part 1 - Tips & Tricks

Give Yourself a "CLEP Scholarship"

The Equal Sign - Symbol, Name, Meaning

Whole-Language Boondoggle

Top Tips for Teaching Toddlers

The Gift of a Mentor

Myth of the Teenager

The Benefits of Debate

Laptop Homeschool

Phonics the Montessori Way