Homeschool Without Fear
For the last few weeks, Notgrass History has been sending out video excerpts from a talk Ray and I did together several years ago in North Carolina. I have been remiss not to share them with you. Our topic was…
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Books
I continue to work slowly on our new world history curriculum for middle school students. The task promises to take untold hours on my computer, but I am also doing much research the old-fashioned way–I’m reading books, the kind you…
Hearts That Pour
I love the fellowship of fellow homeschooling mothers. One thing I have noticed about us is how quickly we share our hearts with one another. Sometimes it seems that what is in our hearts is right there at the top…
A Man from Mt. Airy
When I was in elementary school, we looked forward to the times when entertainers visited our school through a program called Southern Assemblies. Teachers collected a quarter from each child who wanted to attend. At the scheduled time, we got…
Readiness
I heard a wonderful story yesterday while Ray and I were visiting with homeschoolers at The Pilgrim’s Journey homeschool bookstore in Fayetteville, North Carolina. A homeschooled teenager (I’ll call her Jill) struggled with high school math. After a year of…
And Now It’s Time to Go to Bed
When our children were small, I often sang to them before they went to bed. Along with classic children’s songs were two that changed from day to day. One of these I learned when I first started going to the…