These words are not my own. They belong to Pastor Matt Bullen, Heritage Family Baptist Church, Texas, who will also speak at the upcoming Texas Home School Coalition (THSC) conference this summer. Yet, as I skimmed a homeschooling newsletter, I found the topic thought-provoking. It is a conversation that I’ve had with my husband, and […]
Lost History, Good Books, and Education with Milton Bradley
Recently, I’ve had several conversations with moms who are “formally” homeschooling, whatever that means, after working with their smaller children for a number of years. Inevitably, the conversation floats to teaching/learning styles—not the style of the children, but the style of the mom. We won’t get too far in instructing our children without some […]
A Bird’s Eye Look at Next Year
I have a number of pictures that I want to post–the dinosaur lapbook for the youngest that became a scrapbooking project for Mom (YIKES!), a picture of her "dinosaur chow," more of the older two’s history pages, including their recent interpretation of Jacob Lawrence’s (Harlem Renaissance artist) artwork series. You’d think with 1 desktop and 2 laptops in […]
Words that represent you and yet influence others
Not much going on around here after the holidays. We had fun over food, along with a visit from my in-laws that we didn’t know about until a few days before Thursday. Hence, we’d bought no turkey as no one here eats it, but instead “gobbled until we wobbled” (thanks, Tirzah) on de-boned chickens stuffed […]
The Power and Pleasure of a Good Book
I wonder how weather-dependent other homeschools are. We’ve had an incredible bout of much-needed rain (to preserve the last of the late-summer garden), and you’d think we slept outside. The kids dragged, stayed up late, probably cringing from the violent thunder, and even the superhero had to pry himself out of bed to meet several […]