If I invited a professional organizer to come over to my house and help me with my goal of organizing all my homeschooling “stuff,” the first thing this expert would do is sit me down in my living room. She’d pull out a clipboard, and she’d start to ask me questions.…
Archives for 2010
Why We Do It
October 15, 2010 by 5 Comments
Biblical Homeschooling Goals
Today I want to quickly list a few “homeschooling” goals that are straight from Scripture. I’m hoping to gain some principles I can use to choose a homeschooling philosophy, method and curriculum out of the trillions of options that are available to me.…
Brainstorming a Homeschool Philosophy
October 8, 2010 by 4 Comments
Ladies, it’s late at night when I’m writing this, and I have simply got to get to bed. My eyes are heavy… I’m falling asleep… Seriously, I’m breaking my be-in-bed-by-ten-o’clock rule. 🙂 I didn’t have time to finish this blog post as I wanted to, but I’ll give you what I’ve got so far.…
Homeschooling in a Modern Pantheon
September 10, 2010 by 8 Comments
We’re deep into the history of Rome here in our homeschool, currently studying the ceasars before Nero, during the spread of the gospel and the lives of the apostles. It’s really fascinating stuff! 🙂 We recently studied about some of the temples constructed for their gods.…
Homeschooling Goals – Unschooling
September 3, 2010 by 10 Comments
As I mentioned in an earlier post on homeschooling goals, many times we homeschoolers are guilty of being sluggish in our thinking, too quickly adopting goals as our own when we haven’t compared them against Scripture. Often we make goals by reading popular books or by “going with our gut,” even when God’s Word says that our hearts can very easily deceive us (Jeremiah 17:9).…
Our "New & Revised" Homeschooling Plans (2010-2011)
August 27, 2010 by 4 Comments
Okay, last week I waxed eloquently about my wonderful homeschooling plans for the year.
Now it’s time for true confessions. It worked great… for a day or two… then we were feeling miserable. The kids complained about the books, and I complained about how much work it all was.…
Homeschooling Goals
August 20, 2010 by 5 Comments
If you’ve been thinking about homeschooling for any length of time, you’ve seen books and articles that recommend that you make goals for your children’s education. I remember when my oldest son was just a few years old. My husband and I heard this same advice, and we honestly had no idea what goals were worthy.…
Homeschooling at Anne’s House 2010-2011
August 19, 2010 by 6 Comments
I guess it’s getting to be a tradition. How is Anne going to homeschool her children this year? Well, it’s been a busy summer and I’m feeling a tad disorganized, but here are my plans for the coming year.
We’re in the middle of developing curriculum for several subjects because we haven’t found things that are a “perfect fit.”…
Keeping Life Uncluttered
July 30, 2010 by 1 Comment
We’ve been talking about how to declutter our homes; now let’s tackle keeping them that way!
Here are some things I’ve noticed about clutter:
Homemaking can reveal my heart.In my own life, clutter has taught me that my heart is not quite as pure as I’d like to pretend it is.…
Just Tell Me What to Order!
June 18, 2010 by
Today we’re unveiling the first title in our new “Homeschool How-To’s” series for moms who are either just starting out in homeschooling or are looking for quick, simple answers to common dilemmas. The price of each E-book is low enough that you can get help right away!…
