Homeschooling

How to Turn Your Teen’s Interests into High School Credit

When my son was thirteen, his Kindle e-reader broke. Rather than buying a new e-reader, he decided to replace the…
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Choosing Joy as a Homeschool Mom (Part 2)

Society has made us feel that our kids need to be involved in everything to be successful–; academics, music, sports, science, math, writing, foreign language, you name it—they need to be doing it and and they need to be doing it well.
But God has made each of our children differently. They each excel in their own unique gifts.

Choosing Joy as a Homeschool Mom (Part 1)

This is the time of year that a lot of homeschool moms feel like giving up. Whether it’s the cold dreary days, or the endless sickness, or maybe it’s the children (or the mom!) just ready to be done with the year, come February homeschooling can become a drudgery for many of us.

Your Child is an Art Genius- New Art Curriculum Review

I’ve always loved to draw. Somewhere along the way, I decided I wasn’t good at it because I couldn’t do very realistic drawings or draw people that looked like the people I was trying to draw, so I quit. Homeschooling my children has given me a great opportunity to try different art forms and get back into art. One art program I was given the opportunity to review lately is Beyond the Stick Figure by Sally Stansfield.