Welcome to my homeschool blog, which offers insights into loving learning, loving your family, loving history, loving homeschooling, and enjoying your life! With your cup of coffee in hand, take a break to laugh with me, to have your heart refreshed, to be reminded of how cool your kids really are, and to consider the amazing adventure of being a homeschool mom. AND, if you are interested in the History Revealed curriculum, be sure to check out my Teaching Tips!
When it comes to the arts—and how to nurture your child’s inner artist—I have some opinions. At one time, all three of my children were majoring in the arts in college: one studying classical ballet, one studying piano at a conservatory, and one studying theater. Life happened, challenges came, and
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The world is bigger than us. That should be obvious, but sometimes we live with cultural blinders. What I mean is that we go through our day, thinking thoughts in our own language within our own culture. And we don’t really pay attention to the reality that there are multitudes
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I love new days, new years, new opportunities! There is an invigorating freshness when we start new, isn’t there? All things are possible. And, for homeschool parents, this is a great time to bring fresh eyes to this age-old challenge: how DO we balance building character and academics? After all,
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I made a mistake yesterday. Actually, I’ve made the same mistake time and time again. And, as I thought about it this morning, I thought YOU might take some good from my mistake. So, here it goes. I had been speaking at a wonderful homeschool convention in Michigan. One of
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On January 4, I wrote, “More than any other teacher on the planet, you can be flexible with your lesson plan and schedule. If you see a sudden interest arising in your student, then make it a priority, change your schedule, and allow it in your lesson plan.” So, what
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