About Us: Homeschooling On a Shoestring
Co-author Melissa L. Morgan, school@NOSPAMeaglesnesthome.com (To contact us, remove "NOSPAM" from the e-mail address. Thanks for helping to reduce internet spam.)
Two homeschool moms who are unabashed
penny-pinchers share their ideas for economical homeschooling
in a two-paycheck, latchkey world. Homeschooling
on a Shoestring tells the personal stories and creative
solutions of homeschool parents across the U.S.A,
Educational Travel on a Shoestring : Frugal Family Fun and Learning Away from Home
Homeschooling on a Shoestring: "This book is the most original and helpful homeschooling book I've read in years. Highly Recommended."--Mary Pride, publisher of Practical Homeschooling magazine
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Melissa's education, outside of the
Morgan co-founded the Pataskala Christian Writer's Fellowship, (Columbus Writer's Association/Pataskala) in 1994 and served as leader for the group until 1998. In that capacity, she coordinated and spoke at writing seminars and workshops. She is the webmaster for A Wise Steward's Club For Writers. She has been a member of the Christian Home Educator's of Ohio (CHEO) and member and former co-secretary/newsletter editor of Pataskala Area Teaching Homes With Able Young Students (PATHWAYS) .
Special interests or pursuits other than professional: Melissa enjoys reading, and has researched hundreds of books related to home education. In addition to reading, she also enjoys nature, crafts, gardening, cross-country skiing (when she can find enough snow), exploring the Internet and craft projects with children. All these interests have become interwoven in the family tapestry, likely for generations to come.
Previous publications: In addition to co-authoring the books Educational Travel on a Shoestring : Frugal Family Fun and Learning Away from Home and Homeschooling On a Shoestring, Melissa writes a column about home schooling for Practical Homeschooling magazine. Her work has appeared regularly in magazines and Sunday school publications for children and adults. Publishers include Cross Walk (formerly Teens Today), Christian Education Publishers, San Diego, Ca., Reconciliation Press, Seeds Tracts, and Adult Ministries, International Church of the Nazarene. Melissa regularly publishes on the Internet, including an on-line writer's club and A Wise Steward's Homeschool. She has also edited and written articles for various newsletters.
Personal history: Melissa is a Christian writer who homeschools her children from a Biblical perspective. Her oldest daughter is homeschooling high school. Melissa’s youngest child is homeschooling kindergarten with visual and health challenges (See http://www.eaglesnesthome.com/susie.htm ). Melissa’s son, now a sixteen year old homeschool graduate and in college, recently co-authored and self-published a fiction book, The Unlikely Adventures of Malex and Icepunk, http://www.cafepress.com/mnet_media.18570979 .
She and her husband down-sized their lifestyle from two incomes to one (or one-and a half, including home business income), and built a mortgage-free home through sweat equity, financial finesse, and God's grace.
Melissa Morgan has worked as a volunteer clown at a mission in
Morgan family photos: we're all just a bunch of clowns!
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