HOMESCHOOL

the trouble with imaginary belly buttons

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Garfield, Blythe, age 5, crayons and ink pen “Mom!” Blythe’s running at me, distraughtly waving a piece of paper. “Mom! I’m throwing away my Garfield drawing!”...

{this moment}: the season for planting seeds

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{this moment}: A Friday ritual. A single photo (or group of photos) capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment...

{this moment}: a walk through “the poem of creation”

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  {this moment}: A Friday ritual. A single photo (or group of photos) capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A...

or {this moment} — I couldn’t decide: the outdoor classroom

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{this moment}: A Friday ritual. A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause,...

the diggers.

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Our kids love to dig! Anyone relate? We used to have a sandbox, where they could unleash their shovel-skills, but we had to remove that...

et lux in tenebris lucet . . .

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“And the light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.” John 1:5 We’ve been memorizing John 1:1-7 in English and Latin this...

learning at home (and elsewhere)

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When friends who don’t homeschool first hear that I do, if they don’t immediately respond with the socialization question (which is merely a polite way...

{this moment}: celebrating a beautiful February day with watercolors

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{this moment}: A Friday ritual. A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause,...

{this moment, taken by burke}: dictating phonograms

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{this moment}: A Friday ritual. A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause,...

How We Began Homeschooling

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When people ask me, “How did you decide to homeschool?” I’m still stumped. Usually (because I don’t go into as much detail with everyone), I...