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 […]
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, […]
By Natalie Klejwa, Editress of Visionary Womanhood This month (August 2013) we’re going to focus on home education. To kick us off, I thought I’d share a mish mash of things I’ve had to learn (sometimes the hard way) over my own 16 years of homeschooling, because folks, I have finally arrived at homeschool nirvana. […]
The writers over at Keeper of the Home are sharing “A Day in My Life.” Today it’s my turn! If you’d like to be a bug on the wall and find out how the first day of school went for our family, hop over to Keeper!
Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) Home educating mothers tend to be overwhelmed by two subjects in particular. Science and writing. OK. Upper level math too. Since I’m not much of a left-brained gal, I won’t be writing any posts about dead animal dissections or the wonders of derivatives, but I do love English—and writing […]
Today I’m guest posting over at Keeper of the Home! Come on over and read about seven strategies I’ve found helpful in my 15 years of home educating.
By Natalie Klejwa, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Every child’s path will be different. This is just one path in a million. I know for a fact that NONE of our other children will follow this exact route, although there may be variations. The point of this post is to unpack one example of how it […]
