Author: mymentech

10 ideas to help you navigate the waters of homeschooling a “strong-willed” child. Over a year ago, I tucked an idea for an article into my drafts folder: Homeschooling the Difficult Child. At the time, I was going through such a struggle homeschooling our Go To Daughter that I didn’t really feel I had anything worth while to say on the subject.

Studying world history alongside world literature has always made sense to me. Evidently it makes sense to the Notgrass family as well, because they’ve developed a well-organized curriculum that integrates these two subjects and adds a solid Bible component.

“Citius, Altius, Fortius” or “Faster, Higher, Stronger” became the official Olympic motto in 1894. Based on the words of Dominican Priest, Henri Didon, they were first expressed during the opening ceremony of a school sporting event in 1881. Fascinating, right, but are you wondering how this apply to yourself as a homeschool Mom?

Today we celebrate the life of a great man, a visionary, a gift from God! To remember Dr. King, my children and I (and my mom, too!) talked about the principles for which Dr. King stood. We listened to one of his most famous...

When we first started homeschooling, I honestly didn’t think I had what it took to create our own lesson plans. I thought that in order to learn, you had to have a text book and a professionally designed set of activities and...