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!
This Father’s Day, June 19, we will celebrate dads. Today, I’d like to share the top 3 traits of homeschool dads: Understanding his kids Investing in his kids Being intentional at home To bring it to life, here are three of my favorite stories—all from New Zealand! 1) Understanding his
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The relationship between student and teacher is one of the most significant factors in successful learning. When you are both parent AND teacher, the relationship becomes even more significant! Learn what happens when your children feel “safe” to learn in this new episode of my Homeschool 101 videos.
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I’ve been pondering the concept of kindness this weekend. It’s not something we see modeled in our culture, it’s not an attribute generally valued in movies, in magazines, and certainly not in current political speeches.Yet, it can change your world—and transform your children’s lives. One of the most stunning characteristics
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Forging a family tradition takes time and effort. . .May my faltering experiences with this bring you hope and encouragement in this season. “Joy to the world, the Lord is come…” As the disbelieving eyeballs of customers and tellers at our local bank peered at us in astonishment, my children
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Have you noticed that your kids are more fidgety, more distracted, and less enthused about studying Daniel Boone than they were in October? Why is that? Actually, are YOU less enthused about math and science and history right now? Do you find your thoughts running more and more to Christmas—when
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