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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

Popular Articles

Advanced Math: Trig, PreCalc, and more!

Laptop Homeschool

Top Jobs for the College Graduate

Art Appreciation the Charlotte Mason Way

Start a Nature Notebook

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

Can Homeschoolers Participate In Public School Programs?

Getting Started in Homeschooling: The First Ten Steps

The History of Public Education

The Benefits of Debate

The Gift of a Mentor

The Equal Sign - Symbol, Name, Meaning

Whole-Language Boondoggle

Give Yourself a "CLEP Scholarship"

I Was an Accelerated Child

What Does My Preschooler Need to Know?

The Charlote Mason Approach to Poetry

Joyce Swann's Homeschool Tips

Critical Thinking and Logic

Getting Organized Part 3

Interview with John Taylor Gatto

Montessori Language Arts at Home, Part 1

Teach Your Children to Work

The Benefits of Cursive Writing

How to Win the Geography Bee

How to "Bee" a Spelling Success

Top Tips for Teaching Toddlers

Getting Organized Part 1 - Tips & Tricks

Phonics the Montessori Way

Who Needs the Prom?

The Charlotte Mason Method

Classical Education

A Reason for Reading

Saxon Math: Facts vs. Rumors

Teaching Blends

Discover Your Child's Learning Style

Don't Give Up on Your Late Bloomers

A Homeschooler Wins the Heisman

Shakespeare Camp

AP Courses At Home

Columbus and the Flat Earth...

Combining Work and Homeschool

Myth of the Teenager

Montessori Math

University Model Schools

Patriarchy, Meet Matriarchy

Character Matters for Kids

Bears in the House

Why the Internet will Never Replace Books

Narration Beats Tests