When your then 5-year-old son tinkers with the idea of dance classes, you never know where it might go. You wrestle with your own stereotypes of what should interest a little boy, you do your best to protect him from the girls’ taunting that, unfortunately, is the sinful nature of children, and you hope […]
Like most of us who educate our kids at home, I often have a bookmark in several books at one time. I am currently reading My American Journey, the autobiography of four-star General and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. As he shares the story of his life—his family’s West Indian heritage, surviving the South during the 60’s, and […]
For the homeschooling community, this is a very busy time of year. It is the season in which, after a year or more elsewhere, many are making a decision to homeschool. Research for all-things-homeschool is at an all-time high; curriculum sales will abound over the next few months as newcomers rush to put […]
I am believing God that 2016 will be another tremendous year for me, an unprecedented season of using my small hinges to open big doors. And it starts right here. “When I Was a Child” is the long-awaited high school history curriculum that will conclude our elementary, middle school, and now high school history […]
This was originally posted in January of 2014. So many families underestimate the decision to homeschool and its impact on every aspect of how the family lives and breathes, so I thought it might be a good time to share–again–our own testimony. ‘Homeschooling is a how-to-live decision not a how-to-learn decision’ was the title […]