Raising Readers

It's been four weeks since we started back to school, and I feel like we are finally getting the hang of our schedule! And by "we," I am...

They say that you never really appreciate something until it is gone, and when the world shut down in the spring of 2020 it became...

I have a deep, dark secret to share with you. Very few people know this about me. You may lose all respect for me when you hear this...

The year has flown by, as they tend to do, and we have only two weeks left of our second year in Classical Conversations. Last spring I...

This year was not my best reading year in terms of number of books read, but of course the reading is never just about getting through as...

It never fails: every November, at the end of the month, I feel the itch to loosen our school schedule (which is already fairly loose to...

It's a funny thing to say, considering that we will soon be embarking on our second year of Classical Conversations, and I will be a...

I recently finished reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Leonardo Da Vinci and it was wonderful. Well-written biographies are gripping...

New Year's resolutions may have a negative connotation, but I still enjoy the practice of setting aside some time to think about the...

Reading stands alone as my one hobby which has survived the onslaught of five children in nine years. I have great plans to resume more...

Don't let this title fool you - I have actually "taught" my children very little geography, in the traditional sense of the word. Big...

I am sitting in my living room, sipping a warm mug of half-caf coffee, feeling baby boy dance inside my belly, and listening to one of my...

I'm not quite sure where we are on a "normal school calendar," but the weather is telling me it's time for us to be done. As spring warms...

One of the blessings of homeschooling in 2021 is that many, many people have walked this road before us and we can learn from their...

It was a hard year in many ways, but a good year for reading. I finished 77 books, some old favorites and some completely new to me, and...

Well. It's been an eventful month-and-a-half since my October update, and I'm reminded again that it's good to be consistent and work...

Planning a homeschool year can be very overwhelming. There are - quite literally - a million and one resources and curriculum available,...

We've recently found some wonderful wordless picture books and I can honestly say that Mom and Dad have been enjoying them just as much -...

We definitely didn't get to everything on my list for September, but I am so glad that we were able to spend a good chunk of time...

Our first week is in the books... literally! We dove into our new textbooks and living books and picture books. We began to tweak, poke,...

One of my goals at the beginning of 2018 was to read more - not to the children, just for myself. And I did! It turned out to be a good...

This was our first official year of homeschooling, and as I write this we have just finished our last day! Big Brother was in...

One of our goals as parents has been to raise children who read often, easily, and with enjoyment. Our boys are not all reading on their...