Day 1 of Homeschooling: Learning To Cuss

It’s inevitable. There comes a time in every child’s life when they must be ripped from the safety and security of their loving mother’s bosom and tossed to the hungry, vicious wolves known as 8 year olds. Kids late in their childhood years are fascinated by things that they think they’re getting away with. They’re [...]

I’m SO Behind (and school hasn’t even started!)

Summer is great in so many ways. The long days, the heat, the relaxed attitude, no school. I’m realizing it’s a great lazy-maker as well. On that last day of school, before summer, I was planning how I could make the most of the summer days. You know, remain productive, keep a schedule, actually get things done. [...]

So You Think You Can Homeschool

When people find out I homeschool I get two distinct reactions, and they usually come from the same people.

Wow, that’s great!
Even so,  I could never do that.

The reasons I get are varied, but I rarely hear the old standby: “what about socialization?”
Parents can be their children’s teachers. I’m the perfect example.

I have little to no patience [...]

California makes it illegal to homeschool

OPEN LETTER TO THE CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS
Who on GOD’s green earth do you think you are to take away my rightto teach my children at home? Since when have you become better at knowing what is best for them to learn than me? As a homeschooler I already have to jump through hoops to [...]

The moral of Aesop’s Fable (as retold by Reagan)

We’re learning more about the ancient Greeks this week in Tapestry of Grace. One of the books we are looking at is a collection of Aesop’s Fables. I explained to Reagan that a fable is a story that has a moral, or some sort of social truth, in it.
One of the fables we read was The [...]

(Creative) topographical map of Israel

 
BEHOLD! Israel through the eyes of a 5, almost 6, year old. In Tapestry of Grace we go through history chronologically. Starting at creation we take four years to get to the current times. Right now we are studying King David and Israel during his reign. TOG has a lot of hands-on projects; salt maps [...]

A Homeschooler’s 23rd Psalm

Following the theme of yesterday’s post I’ve found another reworked Bible passage:
A Homeschooler’s 23rd Psalm
Taken from Alpha Omega’s Homeschool View
The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
He maketh me to live on less sleep;
He leadeth me through the noise of many voices.He restoreth my soul; He leadeth me to teach
The right lessons each day, for [...]