Home Schooling

I’ve been homeschooling my children for almost 30 years. Yah, crazy, huh?!  But with that experience has come lots of practical tools, real-life experience, and foundational reasons this method of education is so beneficial.   Read on….

Lessons from the Garden Can Make You A Better Parent

Do Kids and Gardens Have Anything In Common? Raising kids is quite a bit like raising a garden. You care ...
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School’s Starting! – You Need To Plan For the Perfect Day

It's that time of year again!  Where did summer go?!  No more vacay — it's time to get organized! This ...
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Inspiring Blogs – The Loft Link Up

I'm joining The Loft link-up, a group of women, seeking to build a community of bloggers who inspire, challenge, and simply ...
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The Myth Of Getting It All Done!

As Christian, home-schooling moms, we take on so much, go against the flow, all while living in a crazy, busy ...
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The Most Important Lesson in Home Education

When considering the most important lessen I've learned in home educating for the last 22 years, I must revisit the ...
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Building Up Without Burning Out – Growing Children Into Adults – Part Three

Hopefully you've read my posts Part One and Part Two of this series. We've covered: simplifying home education to avoid burn out the ...
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Building Up Without Burning Out – Growing Children Into Adults – Part Two

Okay, so we're going for no "burn out" when it comes to home educating our children.  I'll answer a reader's ...
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Building Up Without Burning Out – Growing Children Into Adults – Part One

This week I'll be answering a question posed by a reader of my post, Breaking the Mold in Raising Adult Children ...
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We Broke the Mold and Raised Responsible Adults!

Our Half-Grown Home Educating Family (at the time I originally wrote this post) 2012 Our family as of January 2019 ...
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“Constructing” Successful Adults

Have you ever felt that raising a child to adulthood is as complicated as managing the construction of the major ...
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