This year I was looking for a way to teach my girls about the English language without teaching grammar itself. I wanted to give them an understanding of its beauty and history so that they would learn to love it and also be able to use it more skillfully. And then I was offered King […]
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Homeschooling Methods and Content Based Learning, Part 1
Imagine trying to follow any significant modern conversation, whether in person, online, or in print, without sharing a common knowledge base. Imagine how lost you would often feel if you did not know anything at all about fairy tales, the Civil War, John F. Kennedy, the cell, Queen Victoria, Greek mythology, E=mc2, Buddhism, apartheid, the […]
Review: Prayers that Changed History by Tricia Goyer
Tricia Goyer, homeschooling mother of many, wrote this unique devotional church history book to teach children about prayer and to encourage them to pray. She focuses on historical characters whose prayers had wide ranging and long lasting effects, and her refrain is, “And history was forever changed.” There are various aspects to this book. Children—and […]
Review: The Peaceful Wife by April Cassidy
When April Cassidy, a driven, perfectionistic, controlling type A person, got married, she didn’t realize that the very qualities that led to her success in the workplace were a handicap in her marriage. In The Peaceful Wife she shares what it took her years of misery to find out: how to apply the biblical view […]