Every fall we take a week off from regular schoolwork and focus on books. This is a rest and a reward for the fall’s hard work. It is also a huge game changer educationally, as we take time to explore new ideas. This year we were sick during reading week but even so it was […]
High School
Review: Help! I’m Homeschooling! by Tricia Hodges
It is true that habits—good ones, that is—make homeschooling possible and even pleasant. Charlotte Mason wrote about the importance of habits in education years ago. Recently James K. A. Smith claimed that virtue and character are habits internalized*, showing just how important they are. Deep down, all of us know that smooth days run on […]
Glow Kids, Screens, and Education
A few years ago, my dental hygienist enthusiastically told me that her children’s school was completely computer based and every kid had a laptop. With my mouth wide open I couldn’t say anything, but I wouldn’t have known how to respond even if I had been able to talk. After all, computer learning is everywhere […]
Review: No Christian Silence on Science by Margaret Helder
Your teen is interested in science and, as a Christian parent, you worry about what an evolution-dominated university education will do to his or her faith. Many years ago, the father of a bright young girl named Margaret worried the same way, but he needn’t have. Now this Margaret, who has become Dr. Helder, is […]
Table of Genders of French Nouns from French Three Years
One of the tricky things about learning French is learning the gender of the nouns. This is important because several words in a sentence can depend on a noun’s gender, and if you get that wrong, much of the sentence is wrong. Traditionally, you just learn which nouns are masculine and feminine as you learn […]