“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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About education
A few days ago there was a rather disturbing report that U.S. schools would be encouraged to replace books like Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird with more practical informational texts like Recommended Levels of Insulation by the the US Environmental Protection Agency. (Okay, I’ve never been a huge fan of Catcher […]
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Piracy and learning
For the next two years, we’ll be studying American History using a literature approach. Next week we’ll be studying pirates, specifically their activity along the North American coast. We’ve plundered the library of pirate books and commandeered “Muppet Treasure Island.” I’m ready with maps, and crafts, and buried treasure. Look, I even have my own […]
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From triage to priorities
I’ve been in full-fledged triage mode for the last month. Every minute of the day, I’m deciding what is critical, what can wait, and what’s dying so should be ignored. (Figuratively dying, not literally. Unless you count my poor garden which literally died months ago. A moment of silence please.) My triage system is this: […]
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Curriculum Review: Economics for Everybody
I previously reviewed the spectacular Visual Latin curriculum produced by Compass Cinema. Now Compass is offering an economics program that is just as great as the Latin offering. (They’re having a 30% off sale right now. Get on that!) Economics for Everybody is a biblical economics program for (almost) everybody. It is unapologetically Christian. The […]
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Terrible Tuesday
Quick and dirty addition, and I’m out the door in 10 minutes. And….GO! I’m sooo getting this for MTG: Help! I’m Married to a Homeschool Mom! A little economics lesson for a Tuesday morning: The Laffer Curve, and a double dose of Milton Friedman: 10 of his best economic quotes and the original “Greed is […]
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A review and a contest! Or vice-versa.
Home schooler are suppose to study Latin. It’s in the charter. Moms must wear denim jumpers, and the children are suppose to study Latin. There’s an optional woodworking clause, but Latin is a must. Since I don’t even own a denim jumper (gasp!), the kids had better study Latin or we’re kicked out of the […]
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The key to success: delegation
One of the most common questions any homeschooling mom of more than one kid gets is, “How do you juggle it all? What do you do with the other kids while you are working with one child?” And honestly, this is something I still struggle with. Despite my carefully laid out plans, schedules, charts, routines, […]
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Not why, but why not
(Reposted and cleaned up from my old blog. Apparently, nothing prior to July 2007 made the jump.) From time to time, I’ve been asked why we homeschool. Well, for lots of reasons, some more important (to us) than others: for matters of faith, philosophy, understanding of how individuals learn, and personal choice. And sometimes just […]
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Cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater
I had an interesting experience in a craft store this afternoon. Apparently some local middle school teacher of indeterminate subject assigned some sort of detested project. Many irritated parents accompanied the young scholars to gather styrofoam pieces and paint. I have no idea what they were making. I do know nobody was very happy about […]
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MIA
The blog is not abandoned. We’re just in a busy season. And by busy, I mean 20 different directions at once and all my brain power is being used trying to maintain what little sanity I have left. But I may blog tomorrow, because this? This is definitely happening. You’ll find some other practical treatments […]
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