If you're considering an educational change for your teenager, know that it’s okay to trust your instincts.

As fellow homeschooling families, we want to share about our adventures while getting out in the community. Must dos: Bob Bullock...

Visiting the Austin Hindu Temple is a great way to learn about different world cultures and find harmony in diversity.

Austin Rising School is dedicated to nurturing the entrepreneurial genius among its students. Throughout the year, ARS motivates and...

Hello, Namaste India, and thank you for your beauty, color, tradition, language, teachings, foods, wildlife, city life, and dancing! ...

Are you feeling lost in the sea of educational choices? Are you struggling to find the right starting point? Are you at the point that...

What is school spirit? Can homeschoolers have school spirit? Is it important? If you could replicate one aspect and activate...

We had an amazing time at the Bob Bullock Museum for Homeschool Day! Our school, Austin Rising School, was thrilled to join almost 500...

Our youth ARS scientists presented a Science Fair for this end-of-session project. Parents and peers had the opportunity to peruse the...

Austin Rising School visited the last remaining historical site in Austin with slave quarters still intact. This engaging landmark is in...

Through the years at Austin Rising School, the one thing that stands out the most, is the soaring confidence in the children. At ARS, we...

You know WHY you want to homeschool, or have the idea anyway. Now what? Lucky you if you live in Austin, Texas. You are surrounded by a...

Shadow Puppet Shows come from long ago, but entertain all the same today.

Have you ever had trouble feeding birds in your backyard because your tenacious squirrels eat all the food while destroying the feeders?!

We began with a video about the three types of essays (informative, persuasive, narrative) and tips on creating an outline. To practice,...

What if there were no trash or recycling services to help us deal with our waste? This week everyone brainstormed what their home and...

SPARROWS CLASS: We had a blast this week!  Our creative juices were flowing and we laughed and laughed! The lesson plan was to write a...

Math 1 This week we explored combinations to add to certain values.  For example, 7 can be thought of as 0+7, 1+6, 2+5, 3+4 4+3, 5+2,...

Math 1 We played more Domino War this week, but added a recording sheet that prompted us to think about equations and equivalencies,...

To start off our unit on world religions, I asked the kids what they know about 6 of the world's major religions: Judaism, Hinduism,...