When life turns “THE PLAN” upside-down . . .
October = fall leaves, harvesting, applesauce, cinnamon, lushness of color, a final vibrancy of life before the stillness of winter sets in. And for the homeschooling mom, there’s usually one last...
View ArticleHe will quiet you with his love
My dad answered the phone and asked, “so how is the beginning of the Christmas season treating you?” Inwardly, I moaned. Tomorrow the choir will expect a solid outline of the Christmas music program, a...
View ArticleTaking up Elijah’s mantle: the ‘Elisha Generation’ of Seventh-day Adventists
The 3 year old darted in and around coarse wooden plank benches under the giant tent his daddy was setting up for meetings that night. In the oblivion of childhood he wasn’t slowed by the June heat of...
View ArticlePreparing the Elisha Generation for prophecy studies
In an earlier post, I talked about the importance of studying prophecy, and how special the current generation of Seventh-day Adventist students is. I like to call our generation and the next “The...
View ArticleProphecy Study Resources
Finding resources for prophecy study can be daunting. Fortunately, there are a few well-regarded sources for Adventists interested in the subject, especially for the middle-school to high-school aged...
View Article10 Ways to Create Afternoon Leisure Time
Charlotte Mason is one educational leader who advocates afternoon leisure time for children; lessons are to be completed by noon or 1 pm to allow free time. This “leisure time” may be spent frolicking...
View ArticleDocumenting with a Portfolio . . . even when you don’t *have* to
It’s time to close out the school year!! We’ve added up the days and graded the last papers . . . but just as a brick and mortar teacher’s job isn’t over as soon as the students walk out the door, our...
View ArticleFourth Graders and the National Parks — Is it FREE?
You’ve probably heard that fourth graders are eligible to receive a free FAMILY annual pass to all of the national parks this year (an $80 value). The program begins this month, September 2015, and all...
View ArticleTips for Travelling with Tots on Planes
Travel. Adventure. Those two things intrigued me about my future husband when I met him. I came from a family that travelled all over the world … well, all except for my mother. She stayed home and...
View ArticleThoughts on “True Education”
A question was posed by the admin on the SDA Homeschool Families Facebook page a few months ago: What is true education? The depth of answers was impressive, and caused me to give this topic some...
View ArticleNature Nugget: A Story of Planned Survival
Yellowstone’s “Summer of Fire” in 1988 devastated that pristine park … but only momentarily. Within days, each burned area began sprouting with new life. First came grasses. Bluebirds and woodpeckers...
View ArticleNature Nugget: Clark’s Nutcracker and National Park Forests
In 1805, Captain William Clark noticed a bird cracking open pine cones, eating the seeds. The bird was about the size of a jay, with a long, pointed bill and ashen gray feathers, except for the tail...
View ArticlePathfinder/Adventurer Honors and Nature Study
Our family has flirted with nature study off and on over the last five years. Some years have included this study faithfully; in other years nature study is the icing on our proverbial homeschooling...
View ArticleA Haven of Inspiration for Moms
Let’s face it: Motherhood and homeschooling can wear a person’s enthusiasm down bit by bit. Not that we want it to. Certainly we chose this path, or at least embraced it willingly for the purpose of...
View ArticleScheduling: Perfect for Whom?
If you follow Pinterest you’ve seen the headlines: “The perfect homeschool schedule,” “Homeschool scheduling made easy,” “A Charlotte Mason Homeschool Day,” or even “The Unschooler’s Guide to...
View ArticleHomeschool on the Trail: Tracking
Rain isn’t typically something I wish for on vacation — especially a vacation in a national park where a day of board games in an RV invokes mass hysteria for those under, say, age 99. (“Please...
View ArticleMusings of a Christian Homeschool Mom at Kilauea
On a tour of Kilauea’s visitor center on the Big Island of Hawaii, my kids could not miss the dramatic artwork crediting the goddess Pele with Creation, 70 million years ago. As a Christian who...
View Article10 Fall-Themed Nature Study Ideas
Nature study can be as simple as opening a window to hear bird songs, or as complicated as…well, as complicated as you want to make it! Those following Charlotte Mason’s philosophy might wish to do a...
View ArticleMarrying Nature Study and Handicrafts for the Holidays
First, a disclaimer: I am not “crafty.” Artistic, yes, but not crafty. I am absolutely positive there are more creative and capable moms out there who could take these crafts to a much higher level....
View ArticleOur Apun Unit Study Experience
I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia — you know, that place that gets ridiculed when the occasional ice and/or snowstorm rolls through the southeast and completely paralyzes life there for several days, and...
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