Think back to when you were contemplating homeschooling. Whether you’re here for a year or 20, the decision to homeschool came out of an ideal that you had in your head. Even if you think that you’re only here for a year, you’re here because homeschooling offered you something that public or private schooling did […]
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Am I the only one who has a vision of the ideal? I imagine an ideal curriculum, an ideal format for a text, an ideal school day, and an ideal student. Then I wake up. I don’t have any of those. Instead I have a real curriculum, a used text, an ordinary 24 hours,
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Happy independence day. Well, that was the sentiment I passed on to my eleven-year-old when I finally decided to relinquish my obsessive need to oversee every operation that went on in the kitchen, and allow her the freedom to make herself a hot breakfast at whim. As exhausting as the years were of tying every
The school year is underway, and most likely you are starting to struggle with focusing on learning well. I’m not talking about memorizing facts or producing papers, but actually pursuing knowledge and wisdom. Pursuing knowledge of the holy is a worthy goal, which takes time, effort, and perseverance. How do we develop students who are
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Over this past summer, we completed a summer semester. Now I know that I’ve spoken about summer semester before, but I’ll recap real quick. Basically, Summer Semester is a short semester for us to build skills or work through material that isn’t necessarily a typical course. For example, my sons typically review math facts, learn
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