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

Homeschooling Through Pregnancy or Chronic Illness

This week the four moms of many are talking about how to homeschool through pregnancy or a chronic illness. First take a big breath, close your eyes and ears to what the world (and other homeschooling moms or dads) say is important for your child’s education. Now turn to God’s Word and grab hold of…

As parents we are commanded to train our children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Eph. 6). We are to speak to our children of His words when we lie down, when we walk by the way and when we rise up (Deut. 6). Our standard for raising our children is the law…

compost composting trash can colby drill

My brother-in-law gave us the idea for this simple DIY compost bin in a trash can. Since we had just put our house on the market, and since the compost pile out back was less than desirable, this contained option seemed like a good solution. The trash can keeps the compost contained and “neighbor friendly”. …

Courtship, Dating and Purity: 4 Moms Q & A

Once a month the 4 Moms take some time to answer reader questions. This month, I’m continuing to work my way through the fabulous list questions that you all came up with on Facebook last month. Michelle Givler asked, “Do you believe in courtship or dating and what does that look like to you and…

Teaching Writing Part 1: Grammar Teaching creative writing or composition is the scariest academic homeschooling task that I face. I graduated from college with honors, receiving only three B’s. All three came in English classes. All of them because of my writing or composition grades. So now you know the truth, I’m not a writer…

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.