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I have many posts and YouTube tutorials explaining how we have used Trello to organize our kids’ homeschool checklists. Yes, that’s a past-tense verb
Character is one of those words we toss around often. Too often, we do so without a clear understanding of what it is. We say we care about character,
Getting a family dinner on the table can feel relentless. Whether we serve up a success or a flop, the next meal will follow fast on its heels. As
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The best personality test can't help you. Knowing your type only helps you if 1) it's accurate and 2) you put your knowledge into action. Have you ever
Esse quam videri, or Virtue The Education is for Life series In Christopher Perrin’s lecture, "Eight Essential Principles of Classical Education," he
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Your homeschool needs your personality, and your homeschool has a personality. When we understand homeschool personality, we can be more content and happy
John Milton Gregory defines education as “embrac all the steps and processes by which an infant is gradually transformed into a full-grown and intelligent
If anybody needs to get things done, it’s mothers managing a home. GTD, therefore, is great for homemakers. After all, what we do in the home is very much
Updated to add: Please note that this was written in 2015. We've switched Latin programs several times and I've not yet done the same thing with any set
Christopher Perrin has begun a great free video series developing eight principles of classical education - none of which require rote parroting of bare
Before thinking about personality and learning styles, you have to know what MBTI personality typing is. If you need to know the best personality test
By Betsy Farquhar: ENFP, homeschooling mother of three middle school students, and managing editor of Redeemed Reader. How to Turn ENFP Possibility into
Your homeschool needs your personality, and your homeschool has a personality. When we understand homeschool personality, we can be more content and happy
Before thinking about personality and learning styles, you have to know what MBTI personality typing is. If you need to know the best personality test
Over the years I've had conversations with several people who just can't seem to get beyond the term "classical" in education. "What hath Athens to do
Your homeschool needs your personality, and your homeschool has a personality. When we understand homeschool personality, we can be more content and happy
The best personality test can't help you. Knowing your type only helps you if 1) it's accurate and 2) you put your knowledge into action. Have you ever
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Writing, I believe, is one of the most vital skills we can teach our kids, whether we homeschool or not. It is so poorly taught in modern education, yet
When I was a young wife and mother, I read all the organization books, the productivity books, the godly family living books. I learned a lot, and a lot
Have you ever noticed? The most eager homeschooling moms are those whose oldest child is 4 or 5? I was one, myself. And when I felt the eye-roll behind
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. In episode 8 of the Scholé Sisters podcast Brandy and I discussed habits for
The best personality test can't help you. Knowing your type only helps you if 1) it's accurate and 2) you put your knowledge into action. Have you ever
Ah, dawdling, time-wasting, window-staring, day-dreaming children. Gotta love them. If we didn’t, we’d give up hope. Even though we do love them,
As I begin to share book lists, I do need to make it clear that you should use your own discernment when it comes to books for your family. Every family’s
Is there more angst spilt in homeschooling over any subject more than math? Math is a subject none of us want to mess up. Once our children hit middle
Grammar and diagramming is not something that has always come easily for me. I remember 7th or 8th grade when diagramming was introduced in my Bob Jones
Who doesn't want a life that is smooth and easy? Years ago, when I had only quite small children and I had immersed myself in books on educational theory,
Making coffee ice cream was one of my top to-do items for the summer last year, regardless of my weight loss goals at the time. I started off with the
If anybody needs to get things done, it’s mothers managing a home. GTD, therefore, is great for homemakers. After all, what we do in the home is very much
Our family has pancakes for breakfast every Saturday and Sunday morning. Like his father before him, my husband has charge of weekend pancake breakfast
It's time to put dinner on the table and we need a vegetable side dish. A salad seems like so much work, and so does any other vegetable. Frozen broccoli
The adolescent years are where we are most tempted to give up homeschooling, yet home can be such a needed supportive atmosphere for the turbulent
I mentioned previously that the Wilsons' advice helped us get our marriage off to a strong start. The biggest and best piece of advice they gave was to
It's not only 12-year-old boys who ask that question, now, is it? In "How We Homeschool Latin", I said that there are generally three reasons given for
Instead of doing literature as a separate subject (with the exception of studying Shakespeare), our elementary kids have a twice-monthly book club that
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by Abby Wahl Abby Wahl is a Christian, a wife to a farmer/rancher and when not herding sheep, she is herding her 5 children (ages 13-8) and faithfully
These are my husband's request every birthday. It always makes me happy when he does, because I first made them as an inspiration, out of my pantry
Or, easy homeschool nature study I do believe Charlotte Mason’s plan for nature study is the best method for elementary science, but making it out of the
You know I love lists. And I also love books. So what could be better than a list of books? How about a list of my books? I won't try to convince you that
Grammar and diagramming is not something that has always come easily for me. I remember 7th or 8th grade when diagramming was introduced in my Bob Jones
Way back when when my oldest was in preschool, I was reading Cindy Rollins’ blog, where she continually told us that Morning Time was the best thing
It's one thing to buy the books and supples, to make a plan, to create a chart and quite another to actually pull it off in a typical day. Days never go
Our family has pancakes for breakfast every Saturday and Sunday morning. Like his father before him, my husband has charge of weekend pancake breakfast
Updated to add: Please note that this was written in 2015. We've switched Latin programs several times and I've not yet done the same thing with any set
