Looking for a simple craft this Valentine’s Day? One that will be as fun for your oldest children as it is for your youngest? One that won’t require days of planning or a fortune in supplies, and won’t leave you with hours of clean-up? Well, you’re in luck. I have an idea to share, and…
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 As homeschooling parents, we work endlessly to ensure our children master the basics of reading, mathematics, and grammar. We allow caterpillars to live in jars on our counter tops and build pyramids…
Tuesday morning, math time. The phone rings. I ignore it. It rings again, and again, and again. I give in, and run to answer it, leaving the boys working on multi-digit multiplication and addition with carrying. It’s my mom. “Your father can’t go. His doctors have said no traveling.” My parents had been planning…
“But what about socialization?” I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard that question, don’t you? It’s one of the most commonly asked questions related to homeschooling, and in my mind one of the easiest to answer. Our boys have participated in Cub Scouts, AWANA, Sunday School, Classical Conversations, ice skating lessons,…
Growing up in a military family, I was taught to love our country, respect our flag, appreciate our freedoms, and celebrate the birth of our nation in style. The Fourth of July meant watching (or participating in) a parade, setting off fireworks, and enjoying the company of friends and family while remembering how fortunate we…
The first time I mentioned homeschooling to my husband, Patrick, we didn’t have children. For years, I felt inexplicably drawn to homeschooling, and Patrick objected adamantly. I read a stack of books on homeschooling, befriended several homeschooling families, and by the time our boys were of school-age, I had convinced Patrick that homeschooling was something…