It's seems like a no-brainer, right? Go to the big-name homeschooling curriculum website, add "Grade X" kit to your shopping cart, click 'submit order', and then wait for the box of books to arrive on your doorstep. Bam! You're ready to homeschool! What could be easier? So if … [Read more...]
In Case You Ever Wondered: Why My Homeschooled Kids Don’t Know What Grade They’re In
I haven't lost my ability to THINK like a traditional schooler. I spent a lot of years going to public school and then more years thinking my kids would do the same, so I know exactly the things I would have thought were weird about homeschooling. And this is one of them. … [Read more...]
My 4 Favorite Books About Homeschooling (Plus Some Honorable Mentions)
The moment I began considering homeschooling, I immediately started reading everything I could get my hands on on the subject. I poured over homeschooling websites and blogs and read every single homeschooling book available at our local library. I still love reading about … [Read more...]
To the Dear Old Man Who Thinks Only the “Experts” Should Be Teaching My Children
This isn't even MY story and yet I can't help but take it on as personally as if it had happened to me. Sometimes sincere, well-meaning people can have the most ill-conceived ideas. I have a friend who is a first-year homeschooling mom. She has decided to home educate her children … [Read more...]
A First Day of Homeschool
A dramatic conversion experience has a way of clouding out, at least to some extent, our memories of the past. That's by God's design, of course; old things passing away, all things becoming new. The brightness of the new life casts shadows on the old. It's a miracle of grace. The … [Read more...]
