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Nurturing a Passion for Medical Careers

Does your family have a budding nurse, a therapist in waiting, or a wanna be surgeon? We all know that children have a different answer almost every month to the “what do you want to be when you grow up” question. But if that passion for medicine seems to be long lasting, you may want to encourage it. Besides providing a...

How Do I Know What To Teach and When to Teach It?

Posted by Peggy | 0 comments

One of the best things about homeschooling is being able to study what you want – when you want. On the other hand there are certain topics that do need to be covered. If you are new to homeschooling or just in panic mode (a place I visit a couple of times a year), then you would like to know what “typically”...

How to Mesh Unit Studies with Classical Education

Posted by Bethany | 0 comments

Love the idea of unit studies? Fascinated by classical education? Think the two are mutually exclusive? I’d like to propose that they are compatible. Let’s just briefly review classical education and unit studies to make sure that we’re on the same page as far as basic definitions go. “Classical education depends on a...

Egyptian Cartouches

Posted by Jimmie | 0 comments

Hands-on activities are not just for elementary age children. Middle schoolers and even high school students also enjoy them and benefit from them. In fact, many projects are too advanced for younger children to manage successfully and require more skilled hands. Our potato stamp cartouches are a great example. As part of our...

The Shoot-Out

Posted by Aubrey Lively | 0 comments

My husband died last week in a shoot-out with Shoshone Indians on the Oregon Trail, and while it doesn’t seem to be bothering anyone else (including my husband), I find myself brooding over the situation as I put away laundry and wash dishes. We were approached by six Shoshone Indians on horseback. There were seven of us, and...

Who’s the Teacher Here?

Posted by Christine | 0 comments

“Come on down, we’re going to start schoolwork!” I call up the stairs. “But, Mom, I’m teaching Maddy to play Battleship!” my 9-year-old replies, with a hint of annoyance for being interrupted. Hmmm, Cartesian graphing definitely counts as math…and he’s teaching her, I think to...

Reflections

Posted by Kysha | 0 comments

I have always loved teaching Science, Math, Art and English to my children. I have always approached these subjects with great excitement and enthusiasm with each new topic. But there’s one subject which I had absolutely loathed. Well, maybe that’s a strong word. I had rather disliked… and that’s...

Vacations that Teach: Living Education

Posted by Sallie | 0 comments

I love history in any size, shape, or form. More often than not, I combine learning more about our family history (genealogy) with major historical events in places we have come from in our migrations. My husband especially loves aviation history. Our daughter loves fashion design history. One of our sons loves anything that...

Creative Homeschooling: Lapbooking/Notebooking

Posted by Amy Bayliss | 0 comments

Our family has become quite accustomed to building our own books. We do a loose combination of all of the popular forms of booking: lapbooking, scrapbooking, notebooking, altered booking, etc. We have actually simply started calling it “heartbooking©” since our style fits none of these exclusively and because we...

Why I Homeschool- Freedom’s Future

Posted by Renae | 0 comments

The world is riddled with arbitrary standards and vague morality. Fear swells as economies crash and wars rage. However gloomy the forecast appears, America is still a land touted for freedom. Will freedom exist for future generations? While there is no guarantee of success, hope compels me to plant seeds of liberty in the...