I have several friends who can say they have run in a marathon. No, I am not included in their ranks. I consider it an accomplishment if I can make it to two miles. But I admire them. It is an impressive thing to do. Running over 26 miles takes months of training and a […]
It doesn’t take much to get a homeschool mother stressed. In fact, I believe that most of us are only a few pointed questions away from tears… if folks only know where to probe. We struggle with fears that our children are missing things. We are concerned that there are academic gaps. We constantly strive […]
We do it everyday. We want to train our children well; we want to teach them how to do things correctly; we are concerned that they use the right words with the right motivation. So we correct them. We do it all the time. Sometimes that seems to be all that we ever say to […]
It goes without saying that children love to play. They begin exploring things around them when they are infants: grasping, mouthing and staring. This is how they learn. I remember nearly anything that came near my young toddlers (including the dog) would invariably end up in their mouths! As they grow, children need to continue […]
I recently read an article by the TIME Magazine folks that echoes what I have been encouraging parents for quite some time. They discuss findings that show why so many students upon college graduation are unable to obtain or hold down a job. The students have the diploma. They are likely skilled in their career […]
Milky way galaxy What has a disc, four arms, spurs and is full of gas? Our Milky Way galaxy, of course. Well, we thought it had only TWO arms until recently. Since 2008, scientists believed our Milky Way galaxy, the one in which our solar system resides in the universe, had two arms. But after […]
“I am not getting it all done…” That’s what she said to me the other day. A mom who had recently begun homeschooling her four children was telling me how she had been struggling to find the time to cover every subject with every child every day. I cannot tell you how many times I […]
In the United States, January 6th is a day that often goes by without much attention. But many places in the world celebrate this day as Three Kings Day or Epiphany. Epiphany is the day when we remember the wise men’s visit to the one they knew to be Messiah. As a matter of fact, […]
Now that Christmas is over, there is something inside me that clicks, making me want to clean, declutter and re-organize everything. I continue to repeat, “Do we really need this?” to my kids, or “Are we using this?” to my husband. As we begin to put away the Christmas decorations and find homes for new […]