Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
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 ~ 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; …
Kari's Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 4-, 5-, 15-, and 17-year-old) ~ Written by Kari Patterson This is my 11th day-in-the-life post for Simple Homeschool! As I look back at the early years, one thought fills my mind: I don't regret a bit of the homeschool journey with my Bigs; I just wish …
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I Want You to Learn; A letter to my child who has failed ~ Written by Kari Patterson My dear child, You might be 3 or 5 or 14 or 17. The details will vary, but my posture toward you never will. I know you feel it right now, that feeling we fear most, the feeling we avoid at all cost: …
Nothing to hide ~ Written by Kari Patterson Do you ever wonder how your kids will describe their homeschool experience someday? I try not to dwell too much on it; we do our best and hope they'll look back with fond memories and maybe even a bit of gratitude. But it does cross my mind now and …
