by guest author Marcia Washburn The workload of a wife and mother more than doubles during December. In addition to all of her normal duties, she may add writing Christmas cards or letters; decorating the house; additional cooking and entertaining;...
by guest author Mike Cheney When asked to write on the subject of fathers relating with their children, I recalled the path my wife and I tried to follow. We home educated, worked in our family business (I like to call it our "family economy"), and...
by Julianna Dotten (C) Todd Wilson, FamilyMan It's a few weeks into the school year for most of us, and at some point, reality hits that our perfectly scheduled 15-minute increments aren't working. Life happens, and sometimes lunch takes longer...
By guest author Cindy Puhek What is education? Sometimes as homeschoolers we mistakenly think that completing the perfect curriculum will educate our children. But those of us who have been homeschooling for a couple of decades understand that...
By guest author Amos C. Wilson "Amos, did you know that Jonah was swallowed by a big dog?" The question came from my four-year-old sister as she stood barefoot in my garden, her curly brown hair a crazy mess in the wind. Today was gardening day....
By guest author Pete Olson How do we as homeschool families balance reaching out to others and protecting our children from the world? Homeschool father and pastor Pete Olson gives some insight in this interview. A person who lives next door is...
By guest author David Watkins I was reading a small periodical recently and came across a story about the great physicist, Albert Einstein. It immediately reminded me of something I occasionally see manifested in veteran home educators. The...
by Julianna Dotten Homeschooling won’t save us. I know that may sound obvious (after all, we wouldn’t change our creed to “I believe in the power of homeschooling …”). But somehow, the thinking tends to creep into our lives. We get so excited about...
