May day, as a human tradition, is just one small piece of evidence pointing to the order within man. God is a God of order. He created this world and man to live and govern it. Man, as an image bearer of the creator, creates, and one of those things he creates is tradition. Tradition […]
Are you having fun teaching? Over the course of our homeschool we have had a lot of successful learning, and a lot of setbacks. Things that I thought would come easy have proven to be difficult, and I have been surprised at the areas that we have thrived in. Every family has that one subject
Homeschool moms are hardcore. We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to be everything for everyone. It’s why I often describe the homeschool mom-life as “being drawn and quartered daily”. The list of daily, weekly, and monthly tasks is monumental. You’re reading with the first grader, editing the high schooler’s paper, washing dishes, cleaning
There are bakers and there are bakers. By this, I mean there are people who find a great recipe, follow it meticulously, and create a masterpiece, and there are people who whip things up in the kitchen using some sort of magic and also create a masterpiece. Some people intuitively understand how ingredients work. The
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Preparing for this up-coming school year has looked different than all the years before. It seemed to me, for a long time, that the grammar stage would just last forever. Getting comfortable with days that aren’t as successful as I would have liked them to be took a while, but it happened. After years of
