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Homeschooling is an extended family. Today we collected at the bowling alley for some social time. Note the age range from a one year old to 17 year olds.
I’m on a homeschooling chat list and a mother asked for ideas for her 12 year old who is gifted in math and science but bored in Bible study. Here’s what I…
Yesterday we held our yearly Classical Kids Art Fair; it was well attended and a rousing success. Here are just a few of the wonderful works displayed.
Last night I spent some time helping a homeschooler figure out some great picture books for the first half of world history. Here are the links I rustled up…
Last Saturday, I went to a lovely evening with hot chocolate around a gorgeous, upscale campfire, to welcome newcomers to our homeschooling group and…
Our youngest daughter is taking AP Human Geography this year, and coupled in the photo above with her textbook is the 22nd edition of Goode’s World Atlas.
Homeschooling parents learn all sorts of things. This is today’s interesting tidbit. I’ll comment on it below after sharing the basic story here:
Our son received his high school diploma today at our local homeschool group. Andrew gave his last presentation at “Kid’s Forum” where he has given 90 speeches.
Well, we have sent an acceptance check to Swarthmore! Our son felt that it was the best school with the most options and opportunity.
Well, the FIRST robotics season is over and my kids brought their robot to the homeschooling science fair, and did a great job teaching little kids about it.
I’ve just had an enlightening time on a website learning about the size and scale of the universe.
I have done something wonderfully right. I have raised readers. My oldest two were early readers. But my youngest started later. Here are the books she just
Last weekend I was asked by a friend about homeschooling. Do I stand up at a blackboard and lecture? No… I said.
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My youngest has recently been studying evolution. This is a hot topic amongst homeschoolers where many teach “Creationism” and not evolution
– My 9th grade homeschooler is deeply engaged with the periodic table at the moment. In the process we have discovered an online resource I wanted to share with you. The University of Nottingham has created a video for each element and you can watch them for free at www.periodicvideos.com. Just click on an element … Read more
Here are some photos of homeschooling around here. This post was prompted by the classic shot above of my daughter sitting on the kitchen counter
School is off to a start, albeit a somewhat rocky one. With so many online classes, and with the power outages due to Hurricane Irene on critical days of the first week (not to mention traveling to Michigan) we were put behind from the offset and are scrambling to catch up. Anyway, that should iron … Read more