When You Think They Would Be Better In Public School

A Gentle Reminder Of Why You Homeschool Your Children
  Are there days when you wonder if your children would be better in public school? My mother was a music teacher before having children. Though trained to teach other parents’ children, my mother’s years in the system taught her one thing: it wasn’t for HER children. Even so, there were moments when my mother’s
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Keeping Art in Our Homeschools

A Fresh Way To Incorporate Art Into Your Homeschool Schedule
  It’s fun, it’s messy, and it’s essential to a well-rounded education. Art awakens God-given creativity that’s necessary for our kids to excel in every subject! As an art school grad, I’ve seen the boost artistic creativity can give even the most technical of fields. The Lord Himself calls us His “work of art” and
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Who Will Teach These Children

10 Reasons Why You Should Homeschool Your Children
  Is our culture becoming ethically better or morally worse? What would it take to bring true positive change into our future? The solution lies in my home and yours: our very own children are the answer to this ancient problem. The cultural elite know this fact; therefore, everyone and their Uncle want a hand
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Navigating the Bookend Years of Homeschooling

How to Start and Finish Homeschool the Right Way
  “If we dare to be different and persevere in our homeschooling, we can provide our children with rich educational experiences and hope for the future.” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. My friend, who was into the seventh month of her pregnancy, had camped out all night. Why? To make sure her child
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The Power of Penmanship

how to make handwriting an engaging activity
  Penmanship can be seen as a follow-the-bouncing-ball mindless activity where children learn the basic strokes of the alphabet. You demonstrate how to make the smalls and caps of the letter “a,” for example. Show kids the method to write the letters and give practice drills so they will get it right. Penmanship, in this
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Finding Joy in Math

How to make math fun
  Finding joy . . . in math? Some of you reading that may wonder how that’s possible. I know math often comes across as a very dry, frustrating subject filled with apparently meaningless rules. But when we look past those rules and really understand math’s purpose, math comes across in a completely different light.
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Our Schoolroom: Making the Most of Small Spaces

tips for making the most of small spaces
  When my husband and I were first married, we began a discussion about homeschooling. By the time our first child was born five years later, we knew that we wanted to homeschool. I had been a schoolteacher, teaching second grade and then special education. However, I quit working to stay home with our first
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25 Unique Field Trips Across the U.S.

25 Great Homeschool Field Trip Locations Across the United States
  Some of our most memorable homeschooling experiences have been made while on vacation. That may be because most of our vacations are better known as educational field trips. Regardless of the duration of our “vacation,” whether it’s a day, a week, or a month, there’s usually something we can experience together while learning something
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