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Discovering Our Styles
One of the great things about homeschooling is that we can conform teaching methods to fit the individual student. I’ve always recognized that my children are unique from one another, but recently...
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Shopping at the Homeschool Emporium (A Brief Fantasy)
Welcome to the Homeschool Emporium, the one-stop shop for homeschooling parents! Have you ever been here before? This isn’t your usual curriculum fair. Our wares are a lot more fabulous than that!...
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Rethinking School and The Evolution of Susan Wise Bauer
Every year I pull out The Well-Trained Mind, the modern bible of classical home education. I thumb through it, reading the sections applicable to the ages of my children. I make lists of courses and...
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My Coffee Date with Me
I occasionally have coffee with my younger self, and we compare homeschooling notes. When we sat down last time, Past Sara was homeschooling four kids, ages 9 down to 1. It was hard to keep her...
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Understanding Learning Styles, Part 1
Often with the very best intentions, we set out to chart the course and plan the events of our children’s lives according to what makes sense to us—the way we did it. . . . But what seldom occurs to...
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Understanding Learning Styles, Part 2
As we begin our homeschooling year, it’s good to remember that our kids don’t always learn in the way that makes the most logical sense to us personally. Every person is unique and these learning...
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Tailor-Made Education
Homeschooling is great because you can tailor your child’s education to his/her interests and needs! But what does that even mean? I might give the impression that Darren and I craft every single...
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5 Tips and Flips
Over the thirteen years that I’ve been homeschooling, I’ve learned something about good advice: every helpful tip has a balancing flip. Here are a few examples. Good Tip! Know what your goals are....
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Please Fix Your Kids
“My son’s impulse control was a disaster,” my friend told me. “He couldn’t not push a button, run the water, poke the red ant.” I was sympathetic. “My son was incapable of sitting still while someone...
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A Letter to My First Graduate
Dear Bookgirl, In September of 2006, I sat down with you to officially begin homeschooling. Your dad and I had ordered curriculum that came with everything we needed—books to read aloud, worksheets to...
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