By guest author Julianna Duerksen Looking for a fun unity study for one of those cold, snowy January days when you’re stuck in the house? This Art History Unit Study is something multiple ages can do — older students will enjoy digging deeper into...
by guest author Tara Clark The holidays are upon us! Some of you started anxiously awaiting the return of this season before last Christmas was over! You have longed for the return of the comforting smell of cinnamon and fir trees or the embrace...
By guest author J. Aaron Gruben You’ve been to the conference. You’ve worked out your lesson plans. You’ve begun another successful year of homeschooling your child! Great job. But remember: don’t stop teaching when the lesson’s done. Thousands of...
By guest Author Renee Ellison A child with an undisciplined mind learns internal discipline by gobs and gobs of experiences of external discipline via attentive time with mom, dad, or a tutor. (Discipline here is not used in the punitive sense but...
By author Shari McMinn We live in an age of Pinterest perfectionism — I call it a “Martha” world. We are super busy and too much is expected of men, women, and even children! As a homeschool mom to lots of kids, a long-time farm wife, working...
By Guest Author Laurena Townsend Teaching students to write well is no joke. It’s a complicated task. First, the students must be able to physically write. Then, they must have the intellectual maturity to understand the concept of representing...
by guest author Robyn van Eck Read part 1 here. Literary Excellence If you think children learn the beauty of our language by hearing great books read to them (and they do), guess how well they learn it by copying great writing, word by...
By guest author Robyn Van Eck I was a new mother, just beginning to learn about homeschooling, when an older friend told me about this old-fashioned method she used in her homeschool: copywork. The mere mention of the word awakened thoughts of...
