By the end of our homeschooling morning, our “classroom” usually looks like someone threw a grenade into it. I’ve tried to manage the mess by…
“The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. That’s what we were taught in school, isn’t it? In any geometric problem, you can…
There are many ways to go about homeschooling. Sometimes I get enamoured by the idea of homeschooling without accountability. Just going about it on my own…
Deceitfully beautiful yellow flowers, that’s a Bladderwort. (Photo source: www.fs.fed.us) My sons and…
With permission from my husband, Edric, I am writing this entry. “If I want my family to respect me, I need to be respectable.” His…
I suppose it’s normal that all kids are afraid of the dark at some point. My kids struggle with this. They don’t like going upstairs…
Early this morning I had a doctor’s appointment for my scoliosis. Three of my kids were with me — Elijah, Edan and Titus. (My two…
When my kids do anything noteworthy in their lives, I attribute it to the Lord. I know that I am a flawed mother and it…
It’s not a pretty title but it’s my descriptor for what happened this afternoon, in the car, on Edric’s leg, on his leather shoes, on…
“Where’s Edan?” I asked Elijah and Titus, who were checking out the toys in the bookstore. They shrugged their shoulders and tilted their heads in…
When people ask me how I homeschool several children, I tell them the secret is to teach my kids obedience. Character is key. If a child…
It’s always interesting to see how my kids will respond to children who pick on them. Although it doesn’t happen often because it isn’t easy…
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