I recently made a few videos explaining some of the big picture stuff one might want to consider as they begin their homeschooling journey. The first is just me introducing the subject The second I ask CAN I REALLY DO THIS? In the third, I give a Brief History of Home...
I have had several questions about Charlotte Mason and where to learn more. So why not write a post about it, right? Well, Charlotte Mason was a teacher of teachers. A British Educator at the turn of the 20th Century, Mason was instrumental in shifting British...
I have recently come across several questions about Unschooling on various discussion forums and groups. This got me thinking about it again and I thought I would weigh in with my take on the method. First a Definition. There are as many definitions as there are...
My Mom gave the BEST pep talks!! Whenever I felt frustrated or discouraged or overwhelmed or feeling inadequate, I would call mom and “cry” on her shoulder. She would listen. She would always listen. And then, probably because she...
This post contains affiliate links. Why is math instruction so language intensive? I have two children with language processing disorders, so I have wondered this many times. It never occurred to me there could be an alternative: I thought that was just the...
MATH When am I ever going to use this in REAL life? I love it when someone smarter than me agrees with me. Earlier, I wrote about how I don’t think we should be requiring our high schoolers to study higher math. Link Here. I recently found this TED...
