Picture this: it’s the Judgement Day, and you are standing next to your spouse and kids. Maybe your family of origin too. Maybe your friends from college. Hey, there’s a whole crowd of people you recognize all around you. It’s like “This is Your Life” from Sesame Street.
I promised in my last post that I would share what we are planning to try next year. Can I just say that I never ever, NEVER EVER would have dreamed—even as close as last year—that we would be venturing into other education options, but here we are. (Because I’m such a complete and total […]
Last fall I tried a more traditional home schooling curriculum, A Beka video streaming, and I wrote the reason why HERE and a preliminary review HERE. I’ve had several emails since then asking me to do an update. Did I end up liking it after the honeymoon period ended? Would I do it again? How […]
Yesterday, in Country Mouse, City Mouse, I addressed whether or not ’tis more godly to live in the country than to live in the city, and I argued that the option MOST pleasing to God is a combination of the two. Obviously it’s The Burbs. Where I live. Because, of course, I always do what […]
By Contributing Writer, Molly Evert “The serpent is more crafty than any of the beasts of the field. He attacks while retreating, retreating while attacking. He concedes this point, all the while making that point. He is both a tar baby and quicksilver. And we are fools for forgetting it.” –R. C. Sproul, Jr. During […]
This is Part Two of a two-part series. You can read Part One HERE. Please note: this review is not intended to convince anyone they should use A Beka. I certainly don’t believe it is the best choice for everyone. I simply want to share why we are using is this year as opposed to […]
I started homeschooling 17 years ago with my then 3-year-old son, Sam. This year I’m responsible for five children in grades 8, 6, 3, 2, and Kindergarten. We’ve tried lots of different curricula over the years, and I have always had a leaning toward the classical method of education. When my oldest two were little, […]
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I believe that we get into trouble when knowing becomes a surrogate for learning. We know that a vast recall of facts about something is in no way a measure of understanding them. At best, it is necessary but not sufficient. And yet we subject our kids to memorizing. We seem to believe that rote […]
By Contributing Writer, Tyanne It was the only major life decision on which we could not see eye-to-eye before our wedding. “No way!” I told my husband during our engagement. After several heated discussions on the topic, we set it aside as “something to pray about,” while each of us hoped (and expected) the other would cave. Homeschooling had never been an option […]
