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 […]
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 […]
Notebooking–for Math??!!
When I think about the foundations of our homeschool and what tools/ resources/ methodologies make our school, well, our school, one of those pillars has to be notebooking. We have done it for years–so much so until the kids almost habitually set up their own notebooks for certain subjects without me having to say […]
Some Things Change, Some Things Remain the Same
As we enter this annual season of curriculum planning for next school year, I ask the same question that many of you are asking as I write: what will change? I am continuously looking for ways to get the Bible past their heads and into their hearts. Read more about how I approach this planning season […]
The Next Round of College Visits
It’s spring, and a young man’s fancy turns to…his first college visit. It seems like such a long time ago when we were in this season for the first time with the oldest. (You can see my posts of previous visits here and here). Now our season is one of, “Where were you? Who’s this […]