Since making the decision to home school my children, currently ages one and three, I have been researching various methods of home schooling. Over the next few weeks, I’d like to share with you some of the benefits I’ve seen
Charlotte Mason: Resources
Since making the decision to home school my children, currently ages one and three, I have been researching various methods of home schooling. Over the next few weeks, I’d like to share with you some of the benefits I’ve seen
Charlotte Mason: Outdoors Every Day
Since making the decision to home school my children, currently ages one and three, I have been researching various methods of home schooling. Over the next few weeks, I’d like to share with you some of the benefits I’ve seen
Can You Afford to Home School?
For many families, home schooling means going from a two-income household to having one parent work while the other stays home. This is a major lifestyle change, but it doesn’t have to be fraught with doubt and uncertainty. A little
OUTSIDE!
“Outside” was our three-year-old’s first two-syllable word. By the time he was about sixteen months old, he would go to our front door and ask to go outside, usually while signing “please.” He was absolutely right. Kids need to be
Keep It Real
When teaching your littles about money, you can buy plastic coins and paper dollars, but why waste your real money buying fake money? Any time you can use real-world objects for manipulatives, go for it! Today Daddy and our three-year-old
In A Blink
It’s happening today: my baby is turning one. While many advantages draw me to home schooling — flexibility, individual pace, custom curriculum — none come close to the idea of spending more time with my boys. Childhood passes in a
Brothers
“Behold how pleasant and how good it is for brothers to dwell together in unity.” Psalm 133:1 One of my biggest draws to home schooling is these two besties getting to spend more of their time together. How has home
Legacy
Today my grandma, my boys’ only living great-grandparent, turns ninety. From building domino castles and hand-churning ice cream to her official turkey stuffing recipe (which bids the reader to “find a cat” to deal with the liver), this woman is
Urban Outdoors
I grew up in a small town, but fate has seen fit to have me raise my boys in a big city. I hate the traffic. My best friend is Charlotte Masoning her children in rural Indiana with chickens and barn