The plan was simple. We would do what we do every year–a page of math and an hour of reading. Oh, and I cannot forget to read the Bible with them. And we might as well continue the book we started right before the summer break since our son was so excited about […]
Summer School??!! Cool!!
Summer educational fun, i.e., “edu-fun,” can be an excellent means to… 1) Begin home educating your children if you have not done it before, giving both parent(s) and child the opportunity to become more comfortable with this method of learning 2) Focus in on one specific skill in which your child needed more attention than […]
You Call it Home; Will Colleges Call it School?
How do we fit our children’s educational experiences into a traditional high school mold? The dilemma that this poses for many homeschoolers could not be better summed up than in this example, a question from a fellow homeschooler, posted on a Yahoo loop to which I once subscribed: I’m almost finished with my daughter’s course […]
Justice pon di Road: A Book Review
I was asked on last year to develop a curriculum for a charitable organization. Specifically, I was asked to develop a curriculum that would get its audience to prayerfully consider sponsoring a child in an underdeveloped country. So I became a student for weeks and months—a student of other cultures, other rituals and traditions, and […]
Why It’s Crazy to Quit after the First Year
As we approach the end of the homeschooling year for many, I thought about the numbers of first year homeschoolers who are disheartened right now. Perhaps it just did not go as you planned. I can remember the end of our first year. The family ate out for lunch to celebrate, and I was, more […]