So, last week felt like a rough, terrible week. However, the school checklists got done, the house hadn’t really fallen apart, and we’d had no major disasters. Really,
Homeschool mom encouragement for messy days full of lessons, laughter, resistance, virtue, and real learning around the kitchen table.
It’s a simple fact: We need to track the details of running our households in order to maintain sanity and reliability. Our job isn’t to impress others, but
Life is a story. It is God’s Story. Not only can these fairy-tales be enjoyed because they are moral, but morality can be enjoyed because it puts us
Life is a story. There is the big-picture story that God is telling from beginning to end, a story where we are just bit players adding color along the
This is the first installment of what I hope to be a regular Monday feature: A Metaphor for Monday. Each Monday during our weekly meeting, I will be pep-talking
This year I start teaching writing again. I have taught several writing classes over a scattered 5 years from 2001-2010. I started off using the old IEW teacher training
Review of The Young Peacemaker by Ken Sande with lesson plan ideas for Christian homeschool families teaching biblical conflict resolution.
Is Charlotte Mason classical education? Her second principle shows how children bear God’s image, need formation, and must learn self-control.
Charlotte Mason’s principle “Children are born persons” changes how we teach, lead, and respect our children in homeschooling and education.
Is Charlotte Mason classical education? Her philosophy aimed at truth, goodness, beauty, liberal learning, and a full life for every child.
A label is a tricky thing. Just when you decide to take on an adjective as an identity, you find people including shades of meaning that you don’t personally
