DOUBT. That five letter word that occupies all that choose a less than conventional educational route for our children, and less than conventional lifestyle choice for our family, is all too familiar. Really though, you have a child = you have doubts. You sign up for doubts and fears when you hold that little one … Continue reading
It’s that time of year. (It took me two weeks longer than other years to think of homeschooling). This is what I started with… …a cup of tea… (& appropriately, a cup of courage) And piles and piles of papers, notebooks, sketches, math workbooks, writing stuff, whatever they did this year on paper. I culled … Continue reading
As a born and raised urbanite, pesky weeds interfere with a carpet lush lawn. Spray them, pull them, curse them, but there is no use to them: a bane on suburban perfection. I still bend to pull weeds. I still swipe them with my heavy garden clogs. But now I’ve also found a new use … Continue reading
I’ve been around long enough to hit the wall twice. Hit the wall, meaning, I was ready to put my kids into school. That says a lot for someone that is a home education advocate to the core. But I didn’t put them in school. Self-reflection revealed I wasn’t frustrated with homeschooling, I was frustrated … Continue reading
You’d think I was doing nothing but homesteading with all these homestead posts. Based on my tan, you might partly be right. Beginning of June and I’m as tan as I am usually at the end of a summer. What are the kids doing in this mix? We take a seasonal shift at the beginning … Continue reading
Did I tell you I’ve been a practicing bread maker? This has been a fairly new endeavour. I’ve tried it before, but not made my family dependant on it until January. Occasionally I still buy bread, but mostly I keep the sourdough starter happy and make a couple loaves every few days. I won’t start … Continue reading
We’ve been reaping the benefit of a financial children’s teaching program for four years. (This is the only gimmicky sales seminar I’ve ever purchased.) The program was hoping to teach me something about financially savvy kids (and also sell me their wares). And it has been worth every penny! We want our children to learn … Continue reading
