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Caramel drinks and reading books

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” – Frederick Douglas There is an ache of sadness to the goodbyes I must make to the books and materials I’ve now been privileged to use with all seven of my children. I have caught myself multiple times in the past months thinking, “I should […]

Still a masterpiece in the making

Each school year brings new enlightenment and revelation to my education methods, heart attitude, and acknowledgement of the validity of “out-of-the-box” ideas in homeschooling. Since I’m a visionary, I like this consistent reevaluation because it forces me to look at the big picture again and again – and sometimes even reassess the big picture itself. […]

History News & All About Reading

I cannot even express how excited I have been during the past two weeks of Sonlight Core B history lessons. Why? Because we discovered The Greek News. It is a History News publication book presenting Ancient Greece in an “eyewitness news” format. What a genius idea! The layout is captivating, the articles witty and informative, […]

Creating an appetite

Since we love having a literature-rich environment in our home, not only for school but also for enjoyment, it is incumbent upon me to evaluate every book before it gets to be on the children’s bookshelf. There is a very strong tradition in many Christian homeschool curricula to avoid at all costs any types of […]

It’s all Greek to me

As I’ve poured over and refined my school schedule for this coming year, I have not felt comfortable about my plans for vocabulary. We have not been happy with vocabulary workbooks because they have proven to be ineffective thus far, and we’ve gone through THREE levels with disappointing retention rates. My girls can memorize anything […]

Excellent communicators

I’ll be the first to admit that grammar and composition are not concepts that I feel I can readily teach. I understand how to write and have had plenty of experience with creative writing. However, trying to narrow all of that down into 2nd grader bites is a daunting task. Every time I think of […]