Lately, I’ve been feeling convicted about holding my tongue when comparing homeschooling to public schooling, and this week while Connor and I were watching the Hillsdale College free series, Constitution 101, I found one more reason why I need to watch my tendency to glorify homeschooling. The Founders, many of whom were homeschooled, strongly advocated schools Read More→
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Expanding clutter, unfolded laundry, misplaced assignments, telephone interruptions, and scraps of scribbled “to-do’s” are only a few of the many things that threaten to rob you of your daily peace. Homeschooling is a demanding lifestyle. When you add multiple children and the needs of a spouse, the challenges to stay organized and “on-task” rapidly mount. Read More→
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Nervous giggles, tingly fingers, twitchy eyelids, trembling lips, racing heart, midsection butterflies are all symptoms of a truly legitimate fear: giving a speech in front of other people. Be honest. You have felt the exact same fear at some point in your life (maybe you still do), and your homeschool child will follow in your footsteps unless you start now to help her conquer Read More→
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Sometimes you need to know when to hire an expert and when to make the project yourself. Experts usually cost lots of money, and often, you could have done the same work at home and had more fun. I once paid a seamstress to create custom window treatments for my living room, and yes, they look professional, but honestly, I know how to sew window treatments Read More→
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Young kids have more self-motivation and daring than we adults give them credit. This weekend, the New York Times ran an article (Read All About It! Kids Vex Titans!) about a labor strike in 1899 that “unsettled the empires of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.” Thousands of kids (yes, look at that image…they are young kids!) used “muscle and wit” to interrupt paper delivery Read More→
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How to Choose Homeschool Curriculum
- 30 Ways to Supercharge Your Speech Curriculum
- 9 Simple Tools to Keep You Organized
- Are You Suffering For The Sake Of Others?
- Authentic Classical Homeschooling Primer
- Become a Better Teacher by Adopting Seven Laws
- Big Family, Small Budget
- Big News: Mary Pride & home-school.com!
- Classical Skills, not Stages
- Curriculum Road Map to Mastery of Reading Skills
- Curriculum Road Map to Mastery of Speaking Skills
- Curriculum Road Map to Mastery of Thinking Skills
- Develop Your Curriculum with Road Maps to Mastery
- DIY Curriculum Projects Can Be Lots of Fun
- Do it Well, or Do it Over
- Does Classical Education Count as Real School?
- Don’t Be a Slave to Curriculum Lesson Plans
- Don’t Let Homeschooling Interfere with Education
- Everything Old is New Again
- Examine Your Zeal for Well-Trained Minds
- Facts + Real-Life = Better Retention
- Forget Everything You Know About School
- Have Your Ambitious Homeschool Plans Fizzled?
- Homeschool Blog Awards – Best Methods Category
- Homeschooling Methods: Blogger Spectrum
- How Do Kids Like to Learn?
- How Do Other Homeschool Parents Teach?
- How Wise and Bauer Systematize Classical Education
- Investigate Alternative Learning Scenarios
- John Holt: Unschooling as Home Education
- Kinesthetic Kid: Calvin in Motion
- Let Junior Write a One Week Curriculum Plan
- Living Books Education and Charlotte Mason
- News Flash! Founders Endorse Public Schools
- Nine Reasons NOT to Homeschool
- Oliver Van DeMille And Leadership Home Education
- Seek and Discover Top Homeschool Curriculum
- Seven Essential Elements for Success
- Shaky Speculation: The Lost Tools Of Learning
- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
- Teach Three Skills Until Mastered
- Teaching Sons vs. Teaching Daughters
- Ten Qs: What Is Your Home Education Philosophy?
- Thank the Lord I didn’t Drown!
- Top 30 Motivations for Homeschooling
- Trim Your To-Do List with the 80/20 Rule
- Unschooling Without Books, Tests, or Classes
- Use Achievement Test Results as Teaching Tools
- Wait on Jesus to Call the Plays
- What Are Your Priorities?
- What Classical Essentials Did the Greeks Claim?
- What is a Christian Home Education?
- When Is Your Homeschooler Ready for High School?
- Why are Learning Styles so Important?
- Why the Well-Trained Mind Drove Me Crazy!
