Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
{I say with the utmost affection,} You might be a math geek if you play board slam at home at night with your husband. You might be a competitive math geek if you happen to forget to tell your husband he can use cubes and squares to get the answers he needs. Ha! But, either way, here are some ideas for keeping the game interesting … [Read more...]
“Moms, let me say it again. You can’t help him too much. Okay?” These firm, but gentle, generous words from my son’s Essentials tutor washed over me for the second week in a row and I realized what freedom they had brought to our homeschool experience. I had been warned the first year in Essentials could be overwhelming and it's certainly … [Read more...]
Guess what? Julie's back! I know y'all love her posts, because she shares in such a gracious, honest way. Now you know just one of the reasons we're friends. Anyhoo, today, Julie is back to share her experience with Essentials. She's been an Essentials parent for three years and an Essentials tutor for one year. So you're getting the scoop from … [Read more...]
We are wrapping up our third year as part of a Classical Conversations community now. In this post, I'm going to do my best to share the basics of how a Classical Conversations community works.Classical Conversations is a Classical, Christian community education program for homeschool families designed with the goal to know God and … [Read more...]