A few weeks ago, my fourth and fifth graders completed Trail Guide to Learning: Paths of Exploration. This was our first year with this curriculum from GeoMatters and my initial impressions and assessment still ring true after nine months on the trail. We will be […]

Our school year officially ended a few weeks ago, but before I pack this year’s materials away and the triumphs and struggles of the previous several months are distant memories, I wanted to provide some final thoughts on our year with My Father’s World God’s […]

I’m gearing up to attend my state’s big homeschool convention in a few weeks, which always gets me excited to plan for next year. As I consider curriculum tweaks, mods and complete about-faces, this has gotten me thinking about the various curriculums we’ve used over […]

If you’re considering homeschooling for the first time, you’re probably lying awake at night thinking about all the things that won’t get done around the house, obsessing over curriculum choices, and trying to decide which local co-op to join. [Note: If you’re currently in your […]

We are nine weeks into our school year and our new unit-based curriculum, Trail Guide to Learning: Paths of Exploration from Geography Matters. So far we’ve explored Columbus’s early years and the significant events which led to his becoming the most famous explorer in American […]

Tell more than two people that you’ve chosen to homeschool, and you’ll have gotten at least one uncomfortable, “Oh…” Why? Because homeschooling is weird. And homeschoolers are weird. But, if we take the time to breakdown the things that make homeschoolers socially abnormal, we might […]

I woke up this morning with a nagging feeling. I had ignored most of the hype around the solar eclipse and was only vaguely worried about not making any of my children blind. But this morning, I felt that old familiar nudge of homeschooling mommy […]