Enrichment | Heart of the Matter

Easy Spring Spider Craft

My kids completed a cute and easy spring spider craft that I wanted to share with you! Using a few simple supplies I feel that you’ll find this craft is loads of fun. Here we go, let’s create. Supplies needed: Crushed...

Going Old-School: Final Projects, Part 1

We are starting our last unit study of the year this week. While we’re moving through some early American History, I’m also working though my usual checklists to make sure we’ve covered our subjects, filled in all...

Help My Child Is Smarter Than Me

Are you homeschooling a child who has outsmarted your smarts? Whether it’s a gifted 5th grader ready to fly past your knowledge of the Milky Way into much deeper space, or a super smart high school senior who left you behind...

What Comes Next When A Home Schooler Graduates?

What comes after homeschooling? For many students, it’s college. But how do we choose the right college? How do we get from being intimately involved in our children’s education to sending them off to an institution?...

How a Homeschool Conference or Retreat Can Encourage You in Your Journey

Last weekend I had the privilege of attending Apologia Live’s Celebrate the Journey retreat for homeschool mothers and representing Heart of the Matter. As I was trying to get out the door, it seemed there were several things...

Homeschool Makeover: Maps as Window Treatments

In our homeschool, I sometimes feel like geography is one of those things we need to work on more in our studies. Yes, we enjoy hands on geography and mapping activities to compliment our history studies. But, I also found a...

Naturalistic Learners

Animals, plants, bugs, rocks, showing an interest in these things or science in general shows an aptitude for being a naturalistic learner. Both my 11 and 9 year old daughters are this type of learner but in different...

The Hidden Value of Chores

When I started telling people that I’d decided to homeschool my boys, I got a lot of skeptical comments. I think my favorite has been, “You know you’re going to have to cut the cord eventually right?” If you heard the...

Book of 100 Heads

One day this fall my son, Søren, decided to copy a Van Gogh drawing. He pulled out a sketchbook, sharpened some pencils and spent an hour studying line and texture, shape and value. The stunning result added a project to our...

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