Going Old-School: Final Projects, Part 1
Posted by Debra | 4 comments
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 the gaps, completed what matters and have something to show for it all. Rather than go to a pinning...
Adoption and Homeschooling
Posted by Elizabeth Curry | 16 comments
I am writing from China where we are in the middle of adopting our tenth child, a little girl who is nine years old. We have adopted twice before, a nearly four year old boy and a two year old boy, but this is the first time that we have ever adopted a child this old. She speaks a handful of words of English and we speak less...
Learning Basic Tracking
Posted by Dana | 3 comments
Spring rains soften the earth which holds a record of what passed by. Down an old country road, spilled grain from last year’s harvest attracts deer and coyotes and something a little bit larger. Something that sent my two eldest children running home to tell me, somewhat out of breath, that they had found mountain...
Heart of the Matter Spring Fever Conference: Finishing Strong
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The 2012 Spring Fever Conference is just days away. Thursday – Saturday, April 12th-14th, 2012 10:30-4:00 each day. You can view the schedule, speakers and topics here! How can you participate? This is an online conference which means you can join us by computer or listen to mp3 recordings at a later date once...
FreePianoLessons4Kids.com Review and Giveaway
Posted by Carlie | 59 comments
Over the last couple of weeks our 5-year-old son has been using the website FreePianoLessons4Kids.com trying out the free piano lessons. The website is very easy to use and all of the lessons are 100% free. These lessons are intended for beginning piano students and can also be used to supplement instruction if your child is...
This Week At Heart Of The Matter
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This Week At Heart of the Matter! He is risen! He is risen indeed! I hope this post finds you and your family rejoicing in the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. What hope His death, burial and resurrection gives to each of us as we face each day knowing the unspeakable riches of His grace! Spring...
Help My Child Is Smarter Than Me
Posted by Cindy West | 0 comments
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 three years ago after finishing Algebra II as a freshman – teaching gifted or advanced kids is...
The Foundation of Success with Debbie Strayer
You Can Teach Your Child Successfully. Though this is the title of one of Dr. Beechick’s foundational works for homeschoolers, it is also a foundational truth available to you today. The homeschooling movement didn’t begin just as a reaction to things that were objectionable, but also as a revelation. Parents had released...
What Comes Next When A Home Schooler Graduates?
Posted by Bethany | 0 comments
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? Here’s how we did it. Several key steps in the process will help you and your teen to feel more...
It’s the Starting That’s Stopping Us
Posted by CarolB | 2 comments
My child had been agonizing in front of the computer literally for two hours. She squinted her eyes tightly as she considered how to start her report. She typed a mere four or five words, groaned, and then quickly backspaced it away, finding herself once again staring at a blank screen. I know that once this girl gets going,...
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