Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae Last semester, I determined my third grade twins should do a writing project. I requested a paragraph from each about their history studies. Simple, right? A week later, we were all in tears and only after much angst did they eke out …
Becoming brave writers: A review of The Writer’s JungleRead More
Written by Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae I always knew I was an introvert but I knew it in my bones by the time that fifth or sixth child arrived. At first, I thought it was exhaustion that sent me to my room every afternoon during naptime, no matter how much work I was ignoring. I blamed …
Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae Recently, I put a small statement out on twitter and facebook to say that, for the first time, we had actually DONE school in our pajamas. I'd always heard people joke about homeschoolers spending the day in pj's, but I'd never actually …
Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae It seems this “day in the life” assignment always comes around when I’m in the midst of transition or crisis, but I suppose that’s just what homeschooling is: educating our kids in the middle of Life. Our family moved to a new house last …
Lora’s homeschool day in the life (with a 10 months, 2-, 4-, 5-, 7-, 8-. & 8- year old)Read More
Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae Late one Sunday night while lesson planning, I discovered I'd neglected to obtain the books I needed for the following day's lesson. I couldn't make it to the library and I wanted to keep us on schedule. So I did what any mother in the …
