One of the most valuable outcomes to come out of all of this STEM discussion is the amount of free, quality resources now available to encourage students in the maths and sciences. Our daughter and I have been enjoying one such program, a project-based engineering curriculum. As an introduction to each lesson, the authors continually […]
A Table for One (well, almost)
As I write, we have 9 days of school left. 9 days. And as I write, it occurs to me how much different our next school year will look. I should correct that. It occurs to me how different our next school year is already beginning to look. I generally spend this season planning for […]
What Follows “The Decision”
Many parents are making a decision right now: next school year, we are going to homeschool our children. A number of these same parents know other homeschoolers, and knowing someone else on the journey is a source of peace in the midst of uncertainty. There are others, though, who might not be as fortunate, and […]
The Un-Charlotte Mason, Charlotte Mason School Day
Worksheets. When we began homeschooling, our kids were in a private Christian school where it seemed as if their lives were captured via worksheet after worksheet. I can remember loving their recorded progress, and saving each sheet. Then at some point, space got tighter and the worksheets just kept coming—and coming. By the time we […]
Brand New Seasons, Same Old Reason
The kids “pulled a fast one” on me, as they say, and decided to take different missions trips with the chuch’s youth ministry. This meant that each kid took a different week for spring break, and Mom got no break! Geesh! Though I would have loved to spring ahead by sleeping in this past […]