As the winter falls upon us those of you home schoolers who let your kids wile away the afternoons playing outside during the spring, summer and fall may be looking at the bleak months ahead with dismay. Worry not my fellow moms! (Ahem, and dads too!) Below you will find some perfectly wonderful ways to [...]
Winter is coming. The leaves are changing, there is a chill in the air, and the frost is on the pumpkin. Winter can be a great time of rest and renewal if you let it be. It can also be very tempting to turn on the television a lot now that the kids are indoors [...]
Recently, we visited the home of Gene Stratton Porter, the famous Indiana author who penned such well known titles as “Freckles”, “The Girl of the Limberlost” and “Laddie”. As we listened to the guide describe her childhood he mentioned she was the youngest of 12 children. Her mother became very ill when she was little [...]
When children are homeschooled it is easy to combine subjects like History, Science, and Geography and teach lots of ages at once. This can be intimidating for families who have never attempted it before. It can be freeing for the family bogged down with 4 children all doing varying levels of 7 subjects using textbooks [...]
When I first started homeschooling, I was afraid to do unit studies. They intimidated me because I didn’t have a schedule to follow or a book to tell me what to do. When we adopted, it was blatantly obvious that a super structured school day was not going to work. I had to help my [...]