Family Life | Heart of the Matter

Having Dessert First

I don’t know about you, but I am a Type-A kind of girl. And no, it doesn’t mean that I am an A+ excellent home educator and on the mommy-honor-roll with my kids proudly proclaiming it with a bumper sticker on their...

Ebb & Flow

There are roughly 65 days left of our current school year. For some of us who homeschool year round, that number means very little. For the rest of us who live in houses with NO air conditioning in the summer, it means we put the...

Too Much of the Wrong Kind of Socialization

It’s funny but as a homeschooling mom I ofter hear the question, “Aren’t you concerned that your kids won’t grow to be sociable?” Gee Whiz. I guess they will miss out on developing many social skills...

Learning Styles

For as long as I live, I will never cease to be amazed at how so many different looking children can come from the same two parents. My husband and I have five children – five very distinctly different looking children....

Five Things That Make School Run Smoothly

Five Things That Make School Run Smoothly People often ask me HOW we manage things around our house. So this month I have five things to share with you that have worked well in our large family homeschooling situation....

SO WHAT ABOUT SOCIALIZATION?…AND OTHER QUESTIONS (part 2)

SO WHAT ABOUT SOCIALIZATION?…AND OTHER QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT HOMESCHOOLING! (This is part 2 in a 3 part series.) THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE. I’M GONNA LET IT SHINE! Matt. 5:13-16 “You are the salt of the earth;...

Reading is an Adventure

Last week my kids and I started reading Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Our World History curriculum has landed us in America during the 1800′s when people looked to the West for a new life and cheap...

The Principal of The Matter

Today, most homeschooling families are functioning as one income households which means the main financial resources are being derived from the father’s employment while mothers are usually the formal educators of the home....

She Blinded Me With Science!

Over the years we have had much fun with science in our homeschool. When my girls were smaller we adopted a classical approach to educating in all things scientific. That entailed studying all four major science categories over a...

Living In The Moment

As I sat watching tv one afternoon my oldest kiddo began using one of my chairs as a drum. Because my home is oh-so-clean, the dust flew in all directions in the light from the window. And, like moths to a flame, so kids to dirt...