Rich and Barb Heki, Co-Founders & Directors

Grandparents of Homeschoolers is a non-profit ministry uniting all grandparents of homeschoolers under one umbrella — our love for our grandkids! We exist to provide information and resources to grandparents of homeschoolers through a myriad of tools, online and onsite. This blog is one of them! We also connect with grandparents (and parents) via our website, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter.

We are excited to be ministering specially to grandparents! Whether your grandchildren are already being homeschooled, or will be homeschooled in the future, or whether you’re not sure you even like the idea of them being homeschooled, we invite you to join us on this journey of connecting with other grandparents and learning valuable tidbits of information and ideas from one another. Our ultimate goal is to unite the family — all generations — in a close relationship of discipleship and mentoring, through the vehicle of home education.

We invite you  — Grandpas and Grandmas — to share your ideas, joys, struggles and victories as you dive into this wonderful world of grandparenting those precious homeschooled grandchildren!  Stay tuned for a variety of content, ideas, information and grandparent stories from around the country on this blog.

We can’t wait to meet you! With that, here’s a brief introduction to our family. We’re nearing our 60s, so that puts us smack in the middle of Grandparent Land! We are homeschooling veterans, having served in homeschooling leadership statewide and nationwide since the turn of the century, and having homeschooled our four children from birth to adulthood. Now we are loving being grandparents! The above photo was taken on the last occasion we were able to get together from all parts of the country. Please introduce yourselves when you see us at homeschooling events. The internet is  a great place to connect regularly, but just can’t compare with a hug or a handshake.

If you’d like to receive our occasional blog postings filled with ideas, resources and encouragement in your special roles as Grandpas and Grandmas, we invite you to click the JOIN button. We also welcome parents and other special people in each homeschooled child’s life who play integral roles in the education of the grandchildren. You can lurk, or you can share stories and ideas you’ve seen work in connecting the generations through home education.