In the early days of my homeschooling, I discovered a little gem that I have read and re-read throughout the last decade. A Mother’s Rule of Life by Holly Pierlot is an interesting book which has proved to be a valuable resource in my homeschool and spiritual life. Understanding that the home is not a … Continue reading A Mother’s Rule of Life
Know and Tell: The Art of Narration
My homeschooling style can best be described as “relaxed classical” or “love of learning through living books.” In ordinary words, I am homeschooling for heaven not Harvard. That said, if God’s plan for my children includes Harvard, I want them to be adequately prepared to meet the challenge. In our homeschool, we are focused on … Continue reading Know and Tell: The Art of Narration
Teacher Planner – Student Clipboards
I have waited to write this post for what seems like forever because I want to have all of my ducks in a row before I do it. Today, however, I surrendered to the truth that I will never have my ducks in a row. Not even close. So, why wait? I am going to … Continue reading Teacher Planner – Student Clipboards
Planner Girl Again
(The list at the bottom of this article will be updated over the next few weeks.) Motherhood changed me. I knew it would. But knowing that something will happen and watching it happen are often two very different things. In my pre-motherhood life, I had two careers. One was in the corporate world doing a … Continue reading Planner Girl Again
Peeler Essentials
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is quite a mouthful for a book title. It is also ridiculously long to type out every time we want to reference an online book club. All of those wonderful words, however, did give us great fodder for nickname options. Very early we settled on the nickname … Continue reading Peeler Essentials
Peeler Essentials: Book Darts
Book Darts #PeelerEssentials “How I love ya, how I love ya, my dear old Book Darts!” Book Darts, where have you been all my life? Yes, I’m waxing cliché-ful. It’s amazing how quickly these critters have become indispensable to me. Thank you, Jennifer Halverson! Jennifer's #PeelerEssentials Book Darts are THESE. Life is changeable enough without messing … Continue reading Peeler Essentials: Book Darts
The Song of Hiawatha
This is part of Diane's American Literature Course Series My grandpa was born in 1906. He went to school in the ancient days of America when memorization was considered a good way to, well, remember things. When I was a child, he could still recite large chunks of Longfellow’s Evangeline. I believe I first heard from him, … Continue reading The Song of Hiawatha
Great Courses: Watercolor
Work In Progress This post is a work in progress. I am posting now, rather than waiting until I have more things to report, because I have gotten three questions about this course in the last week. I thought that it might make sense to put something quick and dirty up now and then plan … Continue reading Great Courses: Watercolor
American Literature Course
In my review of The Last of the Mohicans, I mentioned that I was reading it for an American Literature class I’m teaching this year. My students are four homeschooled girls, ages 13, 14, 15, and 16. We meet once a week for two hours. We devote the majority of our first hour to the … Continue reading American Literature Course
Masarik Family Fall Clipboards
A number of friends have asked what our school clipboards look like right now. In the last month I have been asking a lot of questions about technique and planning tools in our online homeschool community. I have benefitted from a lot of very good advice from those conversations. I think that our current clipboards … Continue reading Masarik Family Fall Clipboards