If you have been following along, you now have a list of history topics on which to focus your reading. You may or may not have some books in mind already. If you do not, I highly recommend Tapestry of Grace’s Bookshelf Central. An...

It is time! You have divided your history curriculum into reasonable chunks for each week, and you have decided what to do with any extra weeks. Now it is time to grab your planning docs and a pencil and really get to work. This part of...

Last week, I left you pondering these questions: Will this curriculum need some review time? Do I need to set aside time for semester tests or projects? For what else could I use that time? I promised you some of my own answers. Let’s...

Yearly Planning – Part 1 I am a planner. There is no escaping it. I am what I am, and I know what makes me feel comfortable. Holding a plan in my hand definitely lights me up. I like having a goal, working hard for that goal, and then...

One of the first questions new homeschooling parents ask is: how did you pick your curriculum? It is generally followed with comments about the overwhelming number of choices, whether homeschooling should look like public schooling and...

He inhales words. I have no idea how he does it. He has been reading for five years, and I still have no way of imitating what he does when he reads out loud. He starts sentences just fine, but about halfway through the sentence, he is...

I taught public school for five years before Will joined the military. While I was relieved to be able to stay home with our babies, for a long time I looked forward to the day that I could rejoin the real world of work. When it became...

When my oldest was born, my mom looked at me and said, “I know you don’t like TV right now, but there will come a time when you use it as a babysitter and I want you to know that it will be alright.” I think my mom knows me too well,...