While we are here discussing the pros and cons of homeschooling there is an ongoing and revolutionary discussion taking place within a section of the homeschooling population. It involves how children learn and what met…

I encourage my children to keep a journal even before they can read or write. Of course, my six year old mostly draws: He is on the verge of reading and he wrote his first sentences yesterday: "I miss you I love…

I remember watching a program on PBS about teaching children to read. One statement that stuck out was “teaching reading IS rocket science…” Good thing I didn’t have a mouth full of liquids at the time. I thought i…

The children have set up tents in our tee tiny backyard and are planning to live outside today! Kelsey actually set up both tents all by herself! I didn't help at all. I hope the "take-down" will be just as easy on…