There are a variety of ways to educate your children. If homeschooling is the way you’ve chosen, or if you’re thinking of trying it, you may be helped by the following.
How to Start Homeschooling
When we first decided to homeschool, I was mildly freaking out. Where would I begin? What about algebra? Could I really do this? Seventeen years in, I’m happy to say it is doable and the results have been worth the work. If you’re thinking of starting, here’s where you should start. Keep reading.
Keep the Home in Homeschooling
No matter how organized you are at the start of the school year, the creep of homeschooling supplies and books and more into every room of your home is inevitable. Is it possible to keep school and home life distinct? With all the stuff of learning, how do we protect the home in our homeschool? Keep reading.
How to Teach Your Child to Read
It’s not uncommon to feel a little competitive over your child’s ability to read. I never had that chance to boast about early readers because our kids were average (statistically, most kids are). Still, it was no less a thrill to witness their blossoming ability to read. How did it happy? A few ideas from a veteran mom gave me the help I needed to teach them to read. Keep reading.
How to Find Good Books, Part 1
Having readers who are hard to keep up with is both challenge and joy. I want them to read creative, excellent, inspiring books. But it can be hard to find those among the weeds on the library shelves. That's increasingly a problem as they advance to middle school and beyond. With so many bad choices available for kids, how can you find the good ones? Keep reading.
How to Find Good Books, Part 2
With so many good books to chose from, how can you know which ones to order? Especially for kids that range widely in grade and reading level? My favorite online book-finder has hundreds and trusted titles to choose from. Keep reading.
Whatever form of schooling you choose, we’re all called to teach our children to know and love God and serve Him with all their heart, mind, soul, and strength; and to love their neighbors as themselves (Exodus 11, Mark 12:30-31, Matthew 20:12-20) . This is the most important learning of all.