I wrote a post months ago entitled, “Should You Change Your Curriculum?” with the idea that part 2 of that post would be about what to do when you decide you bought the wrong thing. Somehow, in blogging real-time about our homeschool life and its progress, I never got back around to sharing ideas about […]
I have written previously about teaching with passion , and I speak frequently about igniting our children’s passions. After a recent experience, however, it occurred to me that I should perhaps look at this concept of passion from a different angle. This year as a part of our homeschool we deliberately close her planner for a […]
It almost seems counter-intuitive that I would write a post about schooling children of multiple ages and grades when I now have one child to educate, yes? But for many years, our table looked more like this: By homeschooling standards, this is a small group. Yet, I might be helpful to someone when it […]
So, when the youngest volunteered to write a blog post for this week’s iHomeschool Network Blog Hop theme, “From the Eyes of the Student,” I was reminded of the parts of myself that continue to need work. I learned–again–about the danger of being prideful, and I learned–again–about showing others grace. After all, my passions, […]
As many of us wind down to begin a homeschool year that coincides with the traditional school calendar, I cannot help but notice the scores of visitors that frequent my Curriculum Choice and Daily Schedule page. Since this week is the first of the 4-week iHomeschool Network Blog Hop, I thought it might be the […]