homeschool
Sunday, 21 October 2018 / Published in - Faith, Articles, Blog

Jesus Cares About My Homeschool

  What curriculum should I use? What daily and weekly schedule should I keep? Should we work through the summer? Start in April? Start in October? Have my kids under a program that does all the teaching and I just supervise? Or, be totally hands-on throughout the day with my kids? There are so many
mama
Saturday, 22 September 2018 / Published in - Caring for Yourself, Articles, Blog

Help a Poor Mama Out

  I didn’t sign up with Facebook willingly. I’m a private person and would never dream of displaying to the world what some people seem comfortable with, but marketing and a far-flung collection of friends and colleagues pressed me onto the platform. For the most part, I’m happy connecting with other science buffs and publishing
count as schoolwork
Tuesday, 14 August 2018 / Published in - Reading, - Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

Reading Should Count as Schoolwork

  “Reading through the Lord of the Rings should count as schoolwork,” or so said my 13-year-old son just now. Although I don’t plan on letting him follow Frodo and Pippin’s adventures to the exclusion of all else, he does have a point. Long ago, about the time I first devoured the Lord of the
career
Wednesday, 11 July 2018 / Published in - Character Development, - Family, Articles, Blog

Envisioning Our Children’s Futures

  Throughout history, the majority of children grew up to do whatever their parents did. If your dad was a farmer, odds were that you became one, yourself. In many parts of the world, this is still the case. Naturally, there are many factors making this the smoothest and most obvious path for a young
christian worldview
Friday, 08 June 2018 / Published in - Faith, - Resources, Articles, Blog

Worldview Resources

  Last month, I poured out my heart for teaching kids to recognize the lies the world is going to throw at them. It is so clear from Scripture that we are not to be naïve about the wiles of the Devil and the worldviews of those who have rejected God. I’m sure there are
sheltering
Saturday, 05 May 2018 / Published in - Character Development, - Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

Teaching Lies

  Yes, I chose the title because it would raise the hair on your neck, but it matters too much to just let it slide. I grew up in early modern American homeschool circles. I remember wise instructors assuring parents that the best thing they could do to prepare their children for a dark world
personality types
Tuesday, 10 April 2018 / Published in - Character Development, - Family, - Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

Playing to our Strengths

  On Wednesdays this spring, I’m teaching the ladies at my church about personalities. It can be freeing, motivating, comforting, and challenging to learn how I am designed to reflect a particular splinter of God’s image—and so is each person in my life. Understanding personalities can be a huge way for me to both receive
relax
Saturday, 10 March 2018 / Published in - Caring for Yourself, - Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

Relax

  When I graduated high school after eleven years of homeschooling, I did some reflecting about what I would keep and what I would change for my own kids. There was no question I wanted to continue homeschooling into the next generation, and I knew there was a good chance my kids would take after