I received this e-mail not long ago from another African-American homeschooler considering using a Charlotte Mason approach to learning: …in perusing ambleside.org and others I found that most if not all of the art, poetry, music involved is from a European perspective. I want to find a way to integrate our African-American heritage into […]
As I drove this morning, I noticed the number of new neighborhoods being built on the same main thoroughfare as our subdivision. I thought about our neighbor’s comment that the advanced kids at our neighborhood school are now out in a temporary building and having to supply their own bottled water. Where will the children […]
Me and You (God) time
My husband is spending today with our kids, and today I just wanted to share my heart: Lord, I thank you for this time, and for the opportunity to spend time with You. You are El Shaddai. You are Jehovah Jireh. There is none like You and there is no one besides You. Yet I […]
Less is More
I think that although it is not intuitively obvious, less is more in homeschooling, and more is just more for the sake of doing more. It may make you feel better about the volume of work your child has sifted through, but it does not mean they have a better education. You are not homeschooling […]
Relishing dependence, at least for now
We are tagging along with the hubby on business here in the warm (read heat on steroids) area of the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. I always enjoy the tropical landscape, so different from home, and the friendliness of the people. With the majority of the population here being of Spanish descent, we have a great […]