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Homeschooling

It all began when I was eleven and my mom was diagnosed with cancer. I have now been involved with homeschooling for more than 25 years and am blessed to be homeschooling ten children.

This page is designed to help you find the specific homeschooling information that you are looking for. Click on the menu above for posts on those specific homeschooling topics.

Below you will find the most recent homeschooling posts as well as an index of popular homeschooling posts here on the site.

Homeschooling is not the norm and we aren’t normal homeschoolers. So why do we do it? I’ve attempted to answer that question in these posts.

Public schools – Why they aren’t an option.
Our homeschool journey – How God sent us the blessing of cancer.
Goals
Homeschooling vs. the classroom
Socialization
Academics
Homeschooling and single moms
Family relationships

Encouraging Verses for Homeschooling: 4 Moms of Many

This week the 4 Moms of Many are sharing some verses or stories that have encouraged us in our homeschooling journey. The passage that explains both why we chose to home educate and dictates how we home educate is Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 You shall…

4 Moms Q & A: Only Littles, Bible Reading Attitudes and Read Aloud Interuptions

Today the 4 Moms of Many are answering your questions. Brianah asked this question on FB. It’s one that gets asked frequently so probably deserves some more publicity, “What did your day look like when you had all littles?“ Our first 8 children are all between 14 and 18 months apart, so by the time…

4 Moms Teach Writing Part 1: Grammar

This week the 4 Mom of Many are talking about teaching writing specifically teaching grammar. In our family we’ve taken a laid back, whole language approach to teaching grammar. Our plan goes like something like this. Read aloud to child Have the child narrate Teach the child to read Teach the child proper letter formation…

Bible reading around the camp fire each morning

Our purpose in homeschooling is to fulfill our God-given responsibility to raise our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. One vital aspect of this training is for our children to know the Word of God. One way we accomplish this is that we spend time every day reading the Word of God….

The average American family, comprised of 3.14 people, spends $800-$900 on Christmas gifts each year. We don’t. We avoid much of the annual gift giving frenzy by keeping things a bit more simple. Here are some of our reasons: We don’t need all that stuff. We wish for the focus of Christmas to be on…

How we homeschool:

Husbands and Homeschooling
Our Homeschool: 6 Distinctives
How we homeschool: an overview
The Reality – A live blog about what really happens during our school day.
Teaching younger children
Teaching older children
Teaching children with learning challenges

Teaching different ages and levels together:

A day in the life of a homeschooling family of 11 - Read minute by minute updates of one school day in our home.
Homeschooling with little ones: Part 1
Homeschooling with little ones: Part 2
How to use one level of Sonlight with all of your children
Our schedule
Our Sonlight school schedule
Putting it all together

Choosing curriculum:

Teaching Bible:

Teaching Bible
Bible reading - How and why we read through the Bible at least once a year.
Memorization – A step by step tutorial to create a system to keep up with all of the memorization passages that your children know.
Family worship

Teaching other subjects:

Homeschool House

Our school room - Updated pictures of our school room
Homeschool house – creative projects and ideas for making your home more education friendly.

Balance

Keeping up with housework and homeschooling

Curriculum Reviews

I’ve reviewed more than 50 homeschool products. To see all my reviews organized by subject visit the curriculum review page.