Mandy is a homeschooling mom in Texas. Her profile reads, “I’m a Texan gal with just the right mix of country and city. God has truly blessed me more than I ever thought possible.” We thought it would be fun to get to know more about her. Tell us about your kids. How old are [...]
March 17, 2009 – 10:05 pm
I’d like you to meet the mom at A Homegrown Life. She’s an unschooler with three boys. I love her blog name: Crunchy Christian Mom. Tell us the ages of your kids and how long you’ve been homeschooling. My boys are 2.5, 6.5 and almost 8 — which is killing me. I can’t believe my [...]
As unschoolers, we like to let our kids follow their interests and develop their giftedness. We let them explore and discover, and we offer suggestions and guidance. And once in awhile I feel like it’s time to have some concentrated, directed, purposeful education going on. That’s what this post is all about. This is a [...]
February 27, 2009 – 11:55 pm
I don’t know about you, but I love seeing pictures and reading about the adventures homeschoolers have. We’re a pretty creative bunch. Just today I read about Stone Age Techie taking her boys to visit Walden Pond. So I’ve decided to host a big Virtual Field trip where all of us can send in our [...]
January 26, 2009 – 4:43 pm
A few people have asked me about dealing with resistance from kids. We all face it, and it’s not fun. Dealing with a bad attitude or a straight out “NO!” is really a relationship issue. What do you expect from your kids and how much do you respect their opinions? How much do they respect [...]
December 12, 2008 – 2:43 am
This is all you need to know: WRITING IS NOT HARD. Writing is communicating. If you can think, you can write. So why do home schoolers spend so much money on writing curriculum and give writing assignments starting in first grade and worry that their kids don’t write enough? Probably because the home schooling parent [...]
November 12, 2008 – 6:31 pm
My son Peter graduated from our home school last Spring. This post was originally written in early October 2008: Peter has completed one week of college classes. I’m very interested in his observations and experiences as a teenager who was allowed to follow his interests at his own pace in highschool. How does he adjust [...]
October 31, 2008 – 12:06 am
Thank you Cathy, for introducing me to edutopia.org and this video. Here James Paul Gee, a professor at Arizona State University talks about video games and their learning potential, online communities, and the future of education in general. Fascinating stuff. Dr. Gee has written a book called What Video Games can Teach Us About Literacy [...]
October 2, 2008 – 12:15 am
I’m a missions junky. I’ve wanted to be missionary since I was a teenager. When it was time to decide what to study in college, I figured teaching or nursing would be the most useful on the mission field, and I didn’t like blood, so it had to be teaching. We have never actually moved [...]
September 30, 2008 – 4:39 pm
Thank you Cathy, for introducing me to edutopia.org and this video. Here James Paul Gee, a professor at Arizona State University talks about video games and their learning potential, online communities, and the future of education in general. Fascinating stuff. Dr. Gee has written a book called What Video Games can Teach Us About Literacy [...]
