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We have it easy in the United States and other English speaking areas of the world when it comes to homeschooling. We have more homeschooling materials available to us than we could possibly ever use over the course of a lifetime. Contrast that with the lack of homeschool materials for non-English speakers. There is a large…
Homeschooling
Finding Real Refreshment in God’s Living Water
Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to be a part of the Refreshed Mom’s team. The culmination of a year of networking, encouraging fellow moms, and sharing Apologia‘s vision of refreshing moms was the Real Refreshment Retreat. This year, the retreats were located in Atlanta and Baltimore. I attended my first Real Refreshment…
Curiosity and Critical Thinking with EEME Electronics Projects
Electronics is a subject I’ve been around most of my life. My dad had electronic components and tools around when I was growing up. I never had an interest in it, but I was at least exposed to it. Jonathan has been showing an interest in how things work. He is his father’s child. They…
The Mystery of History: First Impressions
I shared a while back that I moved from Story of the World to The Mystery of History this year for history with Jonathan. We jumped into history after our first module of science. If you’re not familiar with our modular schedule experiment, read more about modular or block scheduling here. Before I tell you…
How to Choose “Just Right” Books for Your Kids
We swim in a never-ending sea of books. How do you determine what books to offer to your child to read? Is this book too easy? Is this book too hard? Is he interested in the topic or subject of this book? Whew! It can make a parent’s head spin in confusion. Jonathan was an…