A Frame of Reference When we were homeschooling, our family enjoyed black-and-white movies from the 1940s. One favorite was Mrs. Miniver, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1942. The movie is based on the boo...
A Prayer for My Homeschool Mamas can easily get caught up in their worries about academics, socialization, or simply getting everything done. While all these things are important, what is most important in the lives of our chil...
A Simple, Profound Truth: God Made Us All Homeschooling parents have daily opportunities to teach their children a crucial concept that the citizens of the world desperately need. Each person needs to know the simple—and profound—truth that “...
Am I going to ruin my child? Lots of mamas struggle with this fear—am I going to ruin my children? I remember those fears well. You can imagine my dismay one day in the 1980s when I told our then-two-year-old, "I love you," and s...
An Honest View of History History has many beautiful stories. People have done many things right, but we have certainly not done everything right. In my history writing for children, I like to emphasize the wonderful things th...
Are They Hearing What You Are Saying? In 1 Corinthians 13:11, the apostle Paul said something that every homeschooling mama is wise to remember. It could be a key to understanding our children and better meeting their learning needs. He s...
Are You Afraid to Homeschool? I once met a homeschooling mama who was about 40 years old. She had taken good care of her health and exercised regularly. However, a few months before she had been in the middle of an ugly conflict i...
Back-to-School Checklist 1. Thank God for trusting you to train your children. 2. Thank God for making each one of your children exactly as He did. 3. Pray for God's guidance and blessing on this particular day. 4. Do somethi...
Becoming Good Citizens In 1798 President John Adams warned of the dangers that the worst of human passions might bring on our country. He wrote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly...
Becoming Humble Servants Children quickly learn that they want their own way. They need parents to help them move from the natural baby state of shouting his or her own needs to the spiritually mature attitude of serving othe...
But...What About Socialization? On a recent Saturday night Ray and I visited friends we have known for more than twenty years (I’ll call them Matt and Tina). Their younger daughter (I’ll call her Jenny) is active in a vibrant campus...
Can I keep on homeschooling? I’m guessing that on some days you feel overwhelmed and exhausted. I remember what that felt like. I used to carry homeschooling around on my back like a big sack of rocks. Just ask my husband, Ray, a...