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
Freedom in Curriculum
As soon as I began talking with other moms about home schooling, they started asking me what curriculum I was going to use. Yikes. When I select curriculum for the school where I work (a task for which I have
Lent and Spring Cleaning
Disclaimer: This post is not strictly about home schooling. However, the culture of our home (and yours) is a central component of home schooling. We have just entered the season of Lent. The Armenian church observes several liturgical changes during
Teeny Tiny Photographer
Whenever my friends let their young kids take pictures with their phones, all they get are seven thousand selfies and a low memory warning. My three-year-old was feeling a bit under the weather last weekend at my parents, and in
Use That Library Card!
Sometimes I walk into our neighborhood library and can’t believe that all these wonderful resources are available to us for free! Then I remember that I’m paying for it with my tax dollars. You’re already paying for your local library,
Cooking with Kids
Just one more thing your kids are pretty unlikely to get in school: cooking class. That means it’s up to you to teach them at home. Fortunately, most kids love food. My three-year-old is all too eager to help out
The Wild Blue Yonder
We have committed to something that might be a bit crazy. Come next June, we are taking both of our boys — ages 1 and 3 — to Olympic National Park for a week. My husband and I love hiking
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
Making Friends in Home School
In our discussions of home schooling, my husband and I come back around to one question over and over: How will they become “socialized”? Of course, the typical home schooling argument is that children learn how to live and work