By Contributing Writer, Yvonne Harink Testing and Fixed Intelligence For most people today education is almost synonymous with testing. Our education system is fascinated with measuring, comparing, and grading people. Any type of educational reform usually centers around raising the standards by increasing the testing. I recently read a book by Ken Robinson called The […]
What Should a 21st Century Education Look Like? We homeschooling parents know we’re giving our children a decent academic education. But let’s face it – we sometimes wonder if we really know how to equip them to be the adults the 21st Century needs. After all, the world our children are inheriting will be more […]
By Contributing Writer, Terry Covey When considering the most important lessen I’ve learned in home educating for the last 22 years, I must revisit the reality that it’s not about academics. “Yikes,” some of you are saying! Don’t fret. Those are important, but the most important lesson we teach our children is how to think. […]
By Natalie, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Today I’d like to introduce you to a newly released book, Chucking College by Melanie Ellison. You’ll get three things: first you’ll get an overview of what this book has to offer; next I’ll share a few of my favorite college chucking quotes; and finally I’ll tell you how […]
By Contributing Writer, Molly Evert Homeschooling my oldest son has always been a breeze. He learned to read when he was 3, and my greatest educational challenge with him was poor penmanship. I was not prepared for the struggles I faced with our second son. He wasn’t ready to read at age 3. Or at […]
By Contributing Writer, Marci Ferrell My Favorite Benefit to Homeschooling…………Being Home! Pretty simple, but after years of public school, traveling a good distance to take our kids to a Christian school, and before and after school activities galore, being home was such a blessing. I shared previously on Visionary Womanhood that we didn’t homeschool our […]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson About five months ago our oldest son and his wife had a baby girl. Our first grandchild! It wasn’t long before our son Andrew was teasingly called “Uncle Andrew.” We all laughed as we pictured Uncle Andrew from The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis—tall, thin, sharply pointed nose, bright eyes, […]
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 […]
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford Let’s face it: homeschooling can be stressful. And while stress levels are dependent on many factors, holding your child’s education in your own hands can stress the most relaxed homeschooler. Whether you are a strict desk-and-American flag kind of homeschooler, or a “playing-in-the-dirt-qualifies-as-an-experiment” kind, there are some regular habits that […]
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Choosing Which Hills to Die On
By Contributing Writer, Molly Evert This week’s posts have touched on some hot button issues including higher education, vocation, and living “off the grid.” Unfortunately, there are no debate-ending proof texts on any of these issues that clearly tell us which choices are “the biblical ones.” In her post about college yesterday Natalie went after […]
Potty Training: Mom of Nine Tells All
By Natalie, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Potty Training: A Necessary Evil I’ve been potty training for 16 years now (well, not me—but, you know—my kids) and have succeeded, during that time, in potty training four girls and three boys so far. I won’t tell you how much poop and pee I’ve cleaned up from walls, […]
Help! Pregnancy is Making My Body Fall Apart!
By Natalie, Editress of Visionary Womanhood I received the following e-mail recently: My husband and I are in the long slow process of changing our thinking about family size. We are currently expecting our fifth little treasure, and we are so grateful, and excited. And a little scared sometimes, too, haha. :) Our oldest is […]
Waffling On What To Do About Christmas
By Contributing Writer, Marcia Wilwerding The Waffling Begins I suppose this post is as much to do with where our family is now in regard to what to do about Christmas as it is about telling you what to do if your family is still waffling on the subject. While some people have never once […]
10 Lessons from the Life of Mary
Every Christmas season I look forward to reading the account of the birth of Christ in Luke together as a family on Christmas morning. I’m amazed at Mary’s faith. What must have gone through her mind when Gabriel approached her? How did she process the news that she and Joseph were to raise the Son of God? What depths of sorrow did she endure while watching her Son die a horrific death on a cross? There are many lessons we can learn from her life, but I want to share just ten today.
When Christmas Morning is a Disappointment
By Contributing Writer, Bambi Moore Maybe some of you have played out this same scenario in your own living room on Christmas morning: The family gathers around an enormous stack of gifts. Little Billy opens up two gifts and his eyes are as big as saucers. “WOW!! Thank you!! Is that really for me??!!” He’s […]
25 Favorite Christmas Gift Ideas
I asked our contributors to share their favorite Christmas gift ideas with our readers. Here is what they came up with! From Ann Dunagan of Harvest Ministry: 1. If your family desires to give a gift to needy orphan children, Harvest Ministry is raising money to supply pillows for the Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center […]
12 Steps to an Organized Home {After the Holidays}
image credit By Contributing Writer, Brandy Ferguson Clear the trash. If you’re anything like us, it takes a bit of effort to sort through the gifts, receipts, boxes, bows, and all the trash from gift wrapping, bags, on and on. Put away new stuff. As simple as it sounds, putting away new things is something […]
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