Playtime
Playtime–a short and simple word so important to children. Children need to play and they need time to play. Now there’s a way to lessen homeschool stress. Relax for part of the day and let your children play. I have great memories of our…
Playtime–a short and simple word so important to children. Children need to play and they need time to play. Now there’s a way to lessen homeschool stress. Relax for part of the day and let your children play. I have great memories of our…
The best-known American hero of World War I was Alvin C. York from Pall Mall, Tennessee. My parents took my brother and me there to visit his grist mill years ago. Ray and I later took our children. One of…
According to Laura Ingalls Wilder, “Home is the nicest word there is.” Pa, Ma, Mary, Laura, Carrie, and Grace moved often and lived in several states, but Pa and Ma gave their girls that secure place called home. When the red-checked…
In 1991 our family was in our second year of homeschooling. In the fall, Ray went on a business trip to a Detroit suburb, so the children and I tagged along. While he went to meetings each day, we went…
One of my favorite homeschool memories was the year we studied different regions of America. Television and people moving from region to region have watered down the variations between them, but I am thankful that regional distinctions continue to exist.…
A few years ago I walked into a lingerie department and asked for the location of the slips. I was flabbergasted when the sales lady told me that this department store didn’t sell them in the store anymore, but I…