Our family recently returned from our annual winter camping trip. Three wonderful days of backpacking, sleeping in a wood heated cabin, hiking to ocean lookouts, eating trail food, playing cards, sharing stories and many laughs. The woods and mountains, any time of year, are two of our family's …
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Curriculum Choices: Sonlight Explored
Stories have the power to teach, comfort, and transport us to faraway lands. As someone who majored in literature during college, I've always loved and enjoyed learning through both the autobiographical and fictional accounts of others. That's why when I discovered Sonlight, I could hardly wait …
Educational Philosophies Defined, Part II
Last week we explored four educational methods--giving a brief overview of each and providing links for further research. So many methods exist that we could go on and on (& on!). For today, let's cover five more and what they look like from a homeschooler's perspective. 1. The Classical …
Choosing Good Books for Your Children
Today let's talk about what we should read to our little ones. With thousands of children's books published each year, choosing can feel overwhelming. Poor quality literature may entertain, but it's also mind-numbing. High quality literature is thought-provoking as well as entertaining. It …
The Importance of Reading to Children: Where?
Last week I began a series about reading aloud to children. In my first post I wrote about why we should read to our children. This week I want to discuss where we should read to our little people. Where we read to them? Does it matter -- isn't the sofa a good spot? Yes, of course. In our house …