Middle Years
Homeschooling: the numbers are in our favor
August 16, 2013
I'm not saying homeschooling is better, though I am unapologetically biased in that direction. What I am saying is that we all need to chill a bit about the outcomes.
Knowing the learner (a story from the strawberry field)
July 24, 2013
If I could choose to be an expert in just one thing during this stage of our homeschool journey, I'd chose to be an expert in knowing my kids and building a better relationship with them.
A little bit of drawing
June 20, 2013
We didn't teach the kids to draw, they just never lost their interest in it. Nature or nurture? I'm not exactly sure but I think it's a bit of both.
Lepidoptera Love (Birds & the Bees too)
June 19, 2013
The world is an amazing place. That's the point of nature study, to discover this amazing-ness.
Technology is the New Literacy
June 17, 2013
We don't want to teach our kids to be point and click users, we want to teach them to be think and create users.
Growing Independence (for all of us)
May 31, 2013
How is it that my family can survive without me? Oh right, I've taught them some living and learning skills so that they can, not just survive, but thrive, in my absence.
Dropping it all
May 24, 2013
I am now living two homeschool worlds. The world of elementary/middle years and high school. And from this vantage point I can say with confidence it's ok to drop it all when spring arrives.
