Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
Written by Lora Lynn Fanning I heard it in her voice over the phone. My friend was exhausted and sad to her core after a particularly epic meltdown over language arts. She mumbled sadly, "Something has got to give. I can't ... I just can't anymore." She'd hit The Wall. There's a brick wall …
Homeschool sidekicks: 6 ways to creatively outsource your lifeRead More
Written by Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae. To understand why this year looks different, I need to take you back in time. In November of 2014, I was suffering from the infamous Homeschool Burnout. School was taking longer and longer and there was no separation between the teaching hours and …
Lora’s homeschool day in the life (with a 3-, 6-, 7-, 9-, 10-, & twin 11-year-olds)Read More
Our Latin Curriculum Hunt ~ Written by Lora Lynn Fanning of VitaFamiliae. Professor Gerberding stalked into my Latin 101 class in college and slammed a brand new copy of Wheelock’s Latin onto my desk. “Welcome to Latin! Learn it before you die!” And I did. Later, when I had kids, I …
Kissing the frog: Our Latin curriculum hunt and what I learnedRead More
Written by Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae Before we left for this year’s homeschool convention, I thought it would be the “smart” thing to test my fourth-graders to make sure I wasn’t missing some major piece in their learning puzzle. If I was, I could research it at the convention. I paid …
Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae When I was just starting out with homeschooling, I sneered at the idea of tests. "Why should I teach to a test?" I wondered. We were going to simply soak up information with good literature and activities and I would just KNOW that my kids …
