Several years ago, Andrew Pudewa spoke at our homeschooling conference and he said something I’ll never forget: “The problem with trying to cover all the bases is that you end up going a mile wide and an inch deep. In other words, you know virtually nothing about everything.“ He suggested delving deeply into one particular […]
Normally, I don’t buy eBooks. I prefer a paperback to a digital file any day, and since you can’t skim through an eBook before you buy it, I’m always skeptical of its content and value. However, I had a leg up on The ABC’s for Godly Girls by Lindsey Stromberg. I’ve been reading her blog for a […]
We make it a habit in our home to limit the amount of time our children spend in front of a screen. We don’t have a TV (not because they are evil, but because there’s not much worth viewing!), and watching a movie on the computer is usually reserved for special occasions. Last month, we were […]
Before I started implementing Brain Breaks, our homeschool morning went something like this: “Charity, we’re going to do Alpha Phonics. Can you please go get your book?” Charity walks over to get her book and a pencil, and sits back down at the table. Refreshed from a good sleep and a hearty breakfast, she is focused […]
Perhaps March Break is almost over and your kids are anxious to get back into routine. ‘Course they’d never say it, but you can tell by the dilly-dallying and oft-repeated, “I’m bored. Can we watch a movie?” that they need something constructive to do. Or maybe, like us, you’re working through March Break in hopes […]
Like any area of life, homeschooling can quickly become a complicated monster. You can sometimes find yourself battling through the darkness in search of homeschool sanity. We’ve been in the homeschool mentality for almost 10-years. When our oldest child was two-years-old the Lord did a whammy on my heart and introduced me to the world […]
I have used the same tired, old, hand-me-down phonics curriculum for each one of my children. Remember those old infomercials about Hooked-on-Phonics from the early 90’s? Yes, the same ones you now run across in the thrift stores for $2? That’s what I use. Just when I think I should really look into a new phonics […]
If you were to ask a new homeschooling mom what her biggest fear was about teaching her children, what would she say? Nine times out of ten, she’d probably remark that she’s worried about covering all the bases. The truth is, you can’t cover all the bases. No one covers all the bases. No teacher in any school can ever teach […]
There are 4 essential subjects to teach your child. You can teach hundreds of other ones too, but these four are the most important. 1. Bible There is only one thing needful in a child’s education: the Lord Jesus Christ. Reading, writing, and arithmetic are all very important, but of what eternal purpose do they serve if our […]
Second-generation homeschoolers have the tremendous privilege of following in the footsteps of those who paved the road before us. We have easy access to a storehouse of wisdom and experience because, as most new home educating parents will testify, the homeschooling pioneers of our day are among the most kind, warm, loving, passionate teachers in the world, […]