Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
Kari's homeschool day in the life ~ Written by Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane As soon as I wrote the title on this post my newborn started crying and the 2-year-old "comforted" him with a smothering hug and a sloppy kiss, so I sprang from my seat to save my smallest son (Benjamin). Then the …
Kari’s homeschool day in the life (with a newborn, 2-, 11- and 14-year-old)Read More
Written by Kari Patterson As I write these words, our family has had an incredibly stressful few weeks. The details don't matter here (it's not election related, but being a week overdue with our 4th child is a certainly a factor!), because as I listen to others it seems everyone is facing these …
Written by Kari Patterson For many families in my area, the first day of school included evacuating their homes. Due to COVID-19, schools in our area are online for the time being, so just as families were preparing for the steep learning-curve of an entirely new system of education, a severe …
Resilience: 5 ways to make your homeschool disaster-proofRead More
Written by Kari Patterson Teaching multiple ages at once is hard. This is one of the most common homeschool complaints I hear (usually from myself!). The struggle is real: We'll have a 14-year age span between the oldest and youngest of our children when our next son is born this …
Written by Kari Patterson If you're considering homeschooling and have a heap of questions, please know: You're not alone. We're in strange times, and never before have I heard from so many parents who are considering homeschooling their children next year. If that's you, let me just say: …
Considering homeschool? 5 things I wish I knew before I began.Read More
