We haven’t opened a textbook in a week-and-a-half, but we’ve been schooled. We’ve learned that life is fragile, precious, brief. That everyone. everyone. makes a difference and impacts those around them. We’ve learned that coming together as loved ones is the one thing we can […]

So, you’re having one of those days. Or, it might be difficult to tell bad days from bad weeks because the days, the disappointment, the drama, they all seem to run together. Homeschooling was supposed to be inspiring. To you and your children. This summer […]

We are in week four of My Father’s World kindergarten curriculum, Creation from A to Z,  so today my six-year-old (the kindergartener) and three-year-old (the boy who wishes he was the kindergartener) snuggled in to read Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik. The illustrations give […]

I screwed up today. I said a few things I shouldn’t have said. To be more specific, I used a few words in particular that I shouldn’t have used. (No, not that one.) I’m sure you never do this. You remember to take a deep […]