Written by Laura Thomas of This Eternal Moment While we may have many opportunities to talk to other homeschooling parents, we may not have as many chances to chat with adults who were homeschooled as children. I recently had the opportunity to interview three homeschool graduates about what …
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5 tips for reading middle grade novels with your kids
Written by contributor Sarah Mackenzie of Amongst Lovely Things When my oldest children were small, I couldn’t wait until we could read middle grade novels together. I enjoyed reading picture books with them, of course, but it had been Beverly Cleary and Roald Dahl who had sparked my own …
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Pressing through the middle years of homeschooling
Written by Hannah Vanderpool of Praying With One Eye Open I’m a writer who likes fresh beginnings and well-timed endings. Middles? Not so much. When I think about the middle of, say, a novel manuscript, I imagine a hammock creaking under the weight of a couple of lemonade-sipping kids or a …
The 10 commandments of a family road trip
Written by Jamie Martin of Simple Homeschool and Steady Mom My personal love of road trips stems from childhood--when Dad and I would hop into his rusty Toyota Celica, often without a destination in mind, and hit the open road most weekends. Though we never went far, I loved those hours spent in …
The lazy girl’s guide to home education
Written by contributor Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane A big forest behind our house, lots of free time to read, a garden, science fairs, a playhouse, maps on the wall, Legos, an old piano, sketch books, almost no TV, and a library card. These were the key components of my homeschool …