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One of our favorite times of year as a family is fall. The heat of summer is over, the mosquitoes aren’t biting any longer, and the beauty and smells remind us of hot chocolate, warm fires, and read-alouds in the evenings. We love fall in our home! As a family, we don’t celebrate Halloween. Instead,…
Did you know that Halloween lands on the same day as the little-known, largely uncelebrated Christian holiday, Reformation Day? Yes, October 31st is the very day we celebrate Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg Chapel! You may be one of the many families out there trying hard to think…
My parents began homeschooling in the early 1980s, when few people had even heard of homeschooling. In fact, homeschool was such a new idea back then that my dad lobbied for legal homeschooling in the State of Washington. We have probably heard every common homeschool myth, and a few that are uncommon. I am an advocate…
People in general don’t think very much about how reading affects the way mankind lives. It touches almost every part of our existence. Read this post: 4 Powerful Tools to Teach Your Dyslexic Child to Read Parents who have a child who struggles to read simple sentences on their own have to spend copious amounts…
Does your child struggle with reading? Do you find they have trouble following words on the page or deciphering what they read? Perhaps you’ve suspected that he or she is dyslexic or they’ve recently been diagnosed. The powerful tools shared below have been used by homeschooling moms to help dyslexic children move from trouble readers…
I don’t know about you, but much of my walk with the Lord was shaped by teen camps. There was something about getting away, sleeping in wooden cabins, on bunk beds with lumpy mattresses, that just created an atmosphere where you could open up a bit more. We always went to Lost Creek Village Christian…
If you’re like me, you’ve found yourself trying to defend your decision to homeschool. Every little advancement Every good grade Every cool field trip They all get hung up like badges to prove that our decision to homeschool was the right decision. I know, because I’ve often found myself doing this with my friends. It…
Our homeschool journey began in 2019 when Andrej began first grade. By December of 2019, we had decided to begin homeschooling Robi as well. He had just completed the first semester of third grade, and before the second semester began, we had met with the principal of his school and signed the paperwork for un-enrollment….
It’s hard to believe that I’m going to be homeschooling only one child this year. I’m a bit happy-sad. Happy to see our older son spreading his wings and entering a new phase of life. Sad because it seems that his homeschool journey was so short. Indeed, it was. Only 4 1/2 years. He’s going…
When I began homeschooling both of my children, there were two things I knew I wanted to make up the central hub of our homeschool: Reading Notebooking In many ways, reading and notebooking intersect for us, because we do a lot of reading together for various subjects, and I use notebooking most of the time…
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