The writers over at Keeper of the Home are sharing “A Day in My Life.” Today it’s my turn! If you’d like to be a bug on the wall and find out how the first day of school went for our family, hop over to Keeper!
Joyfully Investing in Younger Siblings’ Education
August 30, 2012 By
By Contributing Writer, Stephani Upon graduation I had four younger siblings. Now I have six. Two of my sisters have graduated high school, another sibling is in junior high, and the three youngest are all under the age of 6! You guessed it… my parents will be homeschooling for years to come… Impacting the Next [...]
Managing the Multiples: Home Schooling a Large Family of All Different Ages
August 29, 2012 By
By Contributing Writer, Jennifer Ross We have 11 children, 2 have graduated, 6 are “doing school,” and 3 are just babies still. What’s a home educating Mother to do? Hint: Enlist help from the older ones. Well actually, our oldest son is on his own now, but our oldest (and graduated) daughter is here at home, training [...]
Homeschooling: The Topic of Conversation
August 28, 2012 By
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford I was driving, rather lost in thought, zoned by the double lines in front of me, when he asked the third question. “But how will they know?” I had probably answered his first two questions with a half-lying, “I don’t know”, the result of not really listening. “How will they [...]
Homeschooling: It’s Never Too Late to Start
August 27, 2012 By
By Contributing Writer, Marci Ferrell When Natalie shared that August’s topic would be homeschooling, I had concern as to what I could add or share about this month. Most of the contributors here are seasoned homeschooling parents or have been homeschooled themselves, while my experience is homeschooling one child…and not until he was in eighth grade. [...]
You Can Do It Too! 25 Homeschooling Families Share Their Stories
August 23, 2012 By
What could be more appropriate during our month’s focus on home education, than a brand new eBook about it? Introducing You Can Do It Too: 25 Homeschool Families Share Their Stories. You might recognize some of the women (oh wait…there’s a guy in there too!) who contributed to this project. (Hint: three of them are [...]
Homeschooling with Preschoolers & Postpartum Depression
August 22, 2012 By
By Contributing Writer, Leah Smith Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. ~Psalm 127:1 Last year was our first “official” year of homeschooling. I had a five year old, a three year old, a two year old, and a newborn. The word “overwhelmed” comes to mind, but seems a tad understated. Let me tell you, [...]
Homeschooling Toward Godly Character
August 21, 2012 By
By Contributing Writer, Kim Doebler It was out of a desire to raise children with godly character that we initially considered homeschooling. During the first several years of our marriage we were busy observing other families. Whenever we noticed a family that modeled what we hoped for our family, we would introduce ourselves and try [...]
Ten Criteria for Choosing Homeschool Curriculum
August 20, 2012 By
By Contributing Writer, Bambi Moore This is the time of year that I’m cleaning out closets, donating or swapping books with other homeschool moms, and also making purchases. As homeschoolers we are blessed to have so many options out there, but what works for one family may not work for another. Also, there are so [...]
Demystifying the Institute for Excellence in Writing
August 17, 2012 By
Home educating mothers tend to be overwhelmed by two subjects in particular. Science and writing. OK. Upper level math too. Since I’m not much of a left-brained gal, I won’t be writing any posts about dead animal dissections or the wonders of derivatives, but I do love English—and writing is something I like to read [...]
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