Be Anything but “Normal”
In 2022, I was invited to give the commencement speech for a homeschool graduation ceremony. As we enter the last few weeks of school and...
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- Feb 10
- 4 min
Curb the Doldrums
At times during the school year we grow so accustomed to the expected regularity of our daily schedule that our momentum turns into...
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- Aug 11, 2022
- 4 min
Reframing "Tolerance"
In the mid-90’s I was teaching at a public school in which I was expected to distribute to the staff a monthly publication titled,...
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- Feb 7, 2022
- 3 min
Wordly-Wise
My students were chatting casually one day when someone made a remark that surprised me, to which I responded with the current...
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- Nov 16, 2021
- 3 min
The Library You Never Knew
Until I began homeschooling, I assumed the library was merely a place to check out reading materials and subsequently pay fines for...
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- Jun 22, 2021
- 4 min
The "Label" Debate
I witnessed something beautiful a few weeks ago in the vendor hall at a convention. While speaking with a homeschool dad at my booth, I...
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- Mar 17, 2021
- 4 min
Pride and Prejudice: Homeschool Style
“Why aren’t your kids in school?” The lady at the checkout raised her eyebrows accusingly, peering over the rims of her glasses to size...
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- Jan 28, 2021
- 6 min
What About College?
Something shifted in me when my firstborn began eighth grade. Suddenly I found myself at the edge of a cliff, staring wide-eyed like a...
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- Jan 10, 2021
- 6 min
How to Motivate Your Kids
“Because I said so” is not a phrase that motivates and inspires kids to get their schoolwork done. Neither is “Because it’s good for you”...
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- Oct 28, 2020
- 3 min
Supermoms Wear Sweatpants
I grew up watching TV shows with beautifully poised, coiffed mother-figures like June Cleaver, Carol Brady, Claire Huxtable, and heck,...
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- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
"Less Than and Greater Than"
“Comparison is the thief of joy” - Theodore Roosevelt. It was the first day of school and I couldn’t wait to eat lunch from my brand new...
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- Aug 30, 2020
- 5 min
Kids and Money
Did you get an allowance when you were growing up? As a young teen, I was awestruck at the notion of my peers getting five to ten dollars...
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- Aug 3, 2020
- 3 min
My Only "Beef" with Charlotte Mason
I love the Charlotte Mason approach to homeschooling. The turn-of-the-19th-century educational guru was really on to something. I say yes...
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- Jul 19, 2020
- 3 min
(Don't) Begin with the End in Mind
The CoronaVirus has proven globally that things don’t always go as planned. The ramifications of this pandemic on our education system...
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- Jun 26, 2020
- 4 min
Good Housekeeping: It's for Kids
You may recall the second law of thermodynamics: “Every system left to its own devices moves from order to disorder.” When my third child...
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- Jun 4, 2020
- 4 min
A Mother-Daughter Secret Journal!
Below is the Prologue from “Our Secret Journal Revealed,” the book my daughter and I published a couple years ago when she was in...
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- May 14, 2020
- 5 min
The #1 Key to a Successful Homeschool
My mom’s got a saying that she learned from her father: “first, first, and then first.” The refrain has become multi-generational, as our...
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- Apr 22, 2020
- 4 min
Homeschool Record Keeping Scrap Book!
Here is a SIMPLE way to keep records of what your homeschool students accomplished each year!
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- Apr 5, 2020
- 2 min
HomeSchool FUN During Covid-19
Perspective! Have you ever noticed how the elderly often look back on their difficult seasons in life with a hint of sentimental...
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- Apr 5, 2020
- 2 min
Easy-to-Use Homeschool Schedule Template
Some of us parents are free-flowing and some of us are highly structured. In the homeschool realm, there are challenges if the scale is...
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