The one where we tried to start doing school again.. and then went shopping. In my life this week… Hey, guess what? We homeschool!! It’s been so long, one might have started wondering. We took a humongous break to move. Monday I decided we were going to try to ease back into school, knowing that we wouldn’t do any school on Tuesday, but thinking we’d do school the rest of …
From Transformation to Purposeful (New Year Resolutions)
It’s tradition here for me to pick a word for the new year. It’s not quite like New Year Resolutions, and it’s not like I know what the new year will bring or think I will be able to alter my future in any way. It’s more like taking the time to meditate on what God is doing in my life right now and thinking about how I want to …
Multiple Ages: How to plan a group subject with one text
One of the many benefits of eclectic homeschooling is the ability to choose one text for a subject and teach your children as a group at mixed ages. We do this with Bible, worldview, science and history. We’ve also done this with a few other things along the way, such as GrammarLand. And by the way, we love it! It did seem a little daunting at first, though. I poured …