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The FAMILY WAY to Health and Physical Fitness

by Deanne Crawford | Sep 26, 2019 | Extracurricular | 0 |

Inspiring families to create healthy habits together, Saturday Sept. 28th is designated National...

Learning Through Living Books

by Kristy Jensen | Sep 27, 2017 | Schools of Thought | 0 |

I am embracing the Charlotte Mason method for homeschooling this year. If you don’t know about her philosophies I would recommend checking out A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola. Miss Mason’s methods are simple yet deeply rooted.

Response to Intervention – a Homeschooling Perspective

by Sara Carothers | Aug 9, 2017 | Schools of Thought | 0 |

Let’s look at RTI. This stands for Response to Intervention and I think there are some good take-aways here for your homeschooling summer. The goal of RTI is to prevent academic failure in school and ensure students have the support they need to then enter the world of work/career training/college.

Language Arts – A Delightful Medley

by Janice Price | Jan 13, 2017 | Academics | 0 |

Most of our language arts curriculum choices fall into three different “camps” – traditional, Charlotte Mason, and classical – and, of course, there are variations and blendings of these.

3 Questions I Ask Myself

by Kristy Howard | Sep 18, 2015 | Glimpses of Life | 0 |

True or false: Homeschooling always fits into neat, day-size compartments and schedules?

Keeping Dad in Our Homeschooling

by Stacie S. | Sep 16, 2015 | Schools of Thought | 0 |

For most homeschooling families I know, it’s the mama who’s in the day-to-day trenches, juggling homeschooling with housework and diaper changes and attitude adjustments–sometimes the kids’ and sometimes her own. Here are the ways my husband is involved in our homeschool.

Why Do We Homeschool?

by Joe Stapp | Apr 27, 2015 | Schools of Thought | 0 |

Why do we home school? This is a very interesting question that you should ask yourself, and then ask your children. Yes, ask your children. Why? Because they’ll speak to the heart of why you truly home school, or at least what you vocalize as your reason for homeschooling.

The Best Advice I Was Ever Given

by Mindy Brouse | Mar 20, 2015 | Glimpses of Life | 0 |

I can not believe we are half way through our twelfth year of homeschooling. The biggest reason I can’t believe this is that I can not fathom that I am old enough to have a child old enough to have been educated for twelve years.

Philosophies of Education

by Mindy Brouse | Apr 16, 2014 | Schools of Thought | 0 |

The best piece of advice I ever received at the beginning of my homeschooling journey was to decide my philosophy of education before buying a single curriculum item. That has proven to be incredibly helpful (and money saving like you wouldn’t believe) because there is a veritable smorgasbord of curriculum out there.

Perspectives from a REAL Homeschool Mom

by Deanne Crawford | Mar 18, 2014 | Glimpses of Life | 0 |

While it is true, academic knowledge is essential for our children, home-education affords us the opportunity for so much more! For my family, we focused on being R.E.A.L, which was an acronym created to remind me of the reason I chose the homeschooling lifestyle.

Homeschool Essentials: Vision

by Heather Vogler | Feb 24, 2014 | Schools of Thought | 0 |

For those of us who homeschool it’s likely because of strong conviction to do so. When we first begin, we are all terribly excited and in full gear. But if we lose sight of the reason beyond what we are doing, when the bumps in the road come, the thought of quitting can be all too familiar territory.

Christian Classical Education: Our Approach

by Stacie S. | Feb 18, 2014 | Glimpses of Life | 0 |

In general, a classical education is based upon the trivium, which is Latin for “the three ways” to educate. It consists of the grammar, logic, and rhetoric stages. The thought is that one stage should be a foundation for the next.

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