Author: mymentech

One question that I’ve heard many times since we began homeschooling is, how do you handle sick days? It’s inevitable that the days are going to occur when one or — God forbid — all of your kids are sick. If everyone is sick,...

Homeschooling is our way of life, but that doesn’t mean we do all our learning at home. It also doesn’t mean I do all the teaching. What it does mean is that home is the central part of the hub of my children’s education.

I’ve been pondering this well-known quote: “Education is the lighting of a fire, not the filling of a bucket.” Have you heard it before? It’s one that is bandied around a lot in the homeschooling world.

I have been doing this for a long time, this homeschooling thing. It has had its ups and downs, but it has been worth the ride. And trust me, sometimes the ride was not easy. It was bumpy, and winding and often mismarked. But it...

It is easy to consider homeschooling is all about curriculum and resources, about sitting at the desk and doing school work. I see homeschooling as an opportunity to train my children in every area of their life. When we look at...