When is my child ready to choose their own path? ~ Written by Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane "We homeschool not so our kids are insulated from the world. We homeschool to make sure the concrete has been hardened before we put heavy loads on it." I vividly remember setting foot in my first …
Now He’s a Senior: Reflecting on 12 years at Simple Homeschool
And now he's a Senior: Reflecting on 12 years at Simple Homeschool ~ Written by Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane He was five when I wrote my first homeschool post. Headed into Kindergarten, reading Bob books. I already felt overwhelmed and we hadn't even started. I'd followed Jamie for several …
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Do we depend too much on our kids?
Do we depend too much on our kids? ~ Written by Kari Patterson The wording might sound weird, but the idea resonates with me deeply: Once your child's a teen, you're no longer the star of the show. You might be thinking, Star of the show? What show? My daughter Heidi (15) is in youth theater …
Intentional Mediocrity: The Homeschool Not To Do List
Intentional Mediocrity: A Homeschool Not To Do List ~ Written by Kari Patterson "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." -GK Chesterton Okay, this quote doesn't top the charts of most-inspiring, but this idea has helped me immensely through the last 15 years of motherhood, homeschooling, …
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Homeschooling in Survival Mode
Homeschooling in Survival Mode ~ Written by Kari Patterson My dad passed away three weeks ago. I wrote about him in my day-in-the-life post, how we live next door and the little boys run over every day. We helped care for him these last two years after my mom passed away. She had Parkinson's; …