Going into my twelfth year of homeschooling with three kids, not four, because our eldest daughter, 18, just began her university social sciences program across the country. Our three youngest kids 10, 14 and 16 are at home. Homeschooling looks a whole lot different than it did when we started. I have an entirely independent … Continue reading
I’m rereading “The Brave Learner”, Julie Bogart’s offering, before I get started on another year of homeschooling. This girlfriend is the voice inside my head encouraging me on, giving me tools and generally just getting me at any step of my journey. Check her out on YouTube. Then read one of her half dozen books … Continue reading
Interesting that homeschool moms are questioned about their kids’ socialization. Meanwhile, kids are being transported to many activities every week: co-op, science classes, theatre or piano practice, baseball games, playdates, jobs. It’s the mamas that are driving, coordinating, managing a house, helping small children, and teaching lessons. By the end of the day, mama is … Continue reading
In this house, we love science. Discovering how things work, how they function, playing with ingredients, memorizing the elements of the Periodic Table, assembling boxes of physics activities, and performing chemistry experiments, reading on plate tectonics or atomic theory, we’ve done a little bit of everything over the years. (And it’s not because dad is … Continue reading
It’s a homestead life for us! Not all six of our homeschool family thought living an hour away from town, off-grid, in a 500 square foot cabin was a fabulous idea when I first came up with that idea nearly ten years ago. My husband reminded me that we’d have three teenage girls when we … Continue reading
When spring bursts, I feel invited outside. I am thankful to be living alongside my children as I have a keen awareness of the need for variability and activity. For the last decade, no matter the personality of the child, I have seen a need to change up their routines around this time of the … Continue reading
Peering into the lives of other homeschoolers is just plain interesting. It also gives us ideas for our own homeschools, our own children and families. It leaves us with a feeling of pride: this is our community, this is who we rub shoulders with, these are the benefits to homeschooling. I have the pleasure of … Continue reading
