Education is not a race. I had to tell myself this truth repeatedly throughout the year, and I think it’s finally starting to sink in. It is so easy to set goals for my children and then, despite my knowing different, pressure them and myself to “get it done”. This has been my approach to […]
These past few months have brought a lot of change. Our school has been disrupted and our plans have been thrown out the window. As difficult as all of this has been, it has challenged us in both the good and the bad. Maybe we have slowed down and spent quality time with our children.
At my most insecure, uncertain moments as a homeschooler, I am reminded that my purpose is not fulfilled by what my kids can exhibit, but to equip them with the ability to learn. Tempted to feel diminished by the lack of latin recitation, the absence of drama performances or coding classes, like Christian on the
This is the age of information. Everywhere we look we are confronted with news, theories, rants, facts and fallacies. Even when we choose to opt out of social media, you can be sure that a friend or neighbor will inform you of something you didn’t know. I have come to realize that the more information
Every Advent my literary radar is on high alert, hoping that this year there will be an advent reading that will fulfill my dreams of a perfect family orthodoxy. One group of expertly bound pages that will draw an envious eye to my living room bookshelf. A book that can be held so ferociously by
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