Social Media and Splintered Personalities
Posted in Homeschooling on October 2, 2017
Integrity is something I try to focus on with the youth and kids in my programs. I don’t merely zero in on truth-telling but on truth-being. In today’s world, they can be entirely different people on any platform from Snap Chat to Facebook to Instagram. I encourage them to be the same person -- to Read More »
Raising Independent Thinkers
Posted in Homeschooling on October 1, 2017
I have watched my children grow up and become adults. It is truly a gift to witness them making wise choices that reflect their personal values. They are able to think about each decision that comes their way and choose for themselves what is good and right. As a family, we all need each other Read More »
Science Blitz at Nature Festivals
Posted in Homeschooling on September 29, 2017
The loggerhead shrike, a “passerine” bird, widely distributed across southern Canada, the contiguous USA, and Mexico, impales its prey on a sharp thorn and proceeds to eviscerate it. In the alvar, where we are strolling with our guide, we spot the remains of enormous grubs stabbed onto the trunk of a tree as if the Read More »
Advantages of Homeschooling Kids With Learning Disabilities
Posted in Homeschooling on September 25, 2017
Through the years, I have had the privilege of spending time with countless different children. Each was unique in their approach to life and learning. Although it is I who was their teacher at the time, I feel that it is I who learned the most. They have all taught me how to teach them. Read More »
Living on a Homestead WITHOUT the Space
Posted in Homeschooling on September 24, 2017
Do you dream of having your own homestead? Children tending to the chickens in between their schooling lessons, while you hang laundry on your clothes line overlooking beautiful green rolling hills? I feel you, mama. It has always been my dream to own my own land. Have that picturesque farmhouse, chicken, goats, bees and a Read More »
