Last week we talked about the reality of gaps. Gaps in our education and learning are inevitable. They happen. Embracing them doesn’t mean not pursuing the truth, goodness, and beauty of God and His creation through traditional studies however. Acknowledging the existence of gaps places us at a decision point. What gaps do I want […]
When you go out into public and someone takes it upon themselves to “assess” our homeschool success by asking our 7 year old questions, how do you respond? When this happens, every mother, regardless of the school her child attends, is suddenly transported into the middle school spelling bee. We find ourselves prodded to the
If you are truly expecting great things, then you will look for them. However taking on the monumental task of inspecting everything that we expect can be overwhelming. This is where community can help us. Here are some strategies for keeping eyes on what your children are completing each week. If you read, you write
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This month we are discussing expectations. As we have all wrestled with new years resolutions, maybe you’ve started some new expectations or you’ve ignored expectations all together. After all, it’s hard to fail if you expect nothing. But as we learned last week, this is not what are are called to. Our calling is hard work,
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Education and the pursuit of goodness, truth, and beauty encompasses all areas of life. We can’t learn the language of creation without logic, and we can’t learn writing without reading. Everything is connected. Because everything is created by God and as John tells us, Christ is in all and through all. Many homeschoolers agree that
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