A few people have emailed me asking when we stopped homeschooling the two younger boys and why and so I thought I’d just lay it all out here. Those who emailed were very supportive but simply inquisitive since homeschooling seems to be an all or nothing method. I see it a bit differently. I realize [...]
The old teacher hat is coming back out…
July 2, 2009 By
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time getting Carsten ready to start school back up on August 17th. It is his seventh grade year already. I’ve been extremely excited about how well he is doing with reading but I gotta tell you, the math is giving me ulcers. We basically had to start teaching [...]
Creative ways to teach history to your children…
June 30, 2009 By
Our family has become quite accustomed to building our own books. We do a loose combination of all of the popular forms of booking: lapbooking, scrapbooking, notebooking, altered booking, etc. We have actually simply started calling it “heartbooking©” since our style fits none of these exclusively and because we base the foundation of our education [...]
Decisions, Decisions
February 11, 2009 By
A few weeks ago Ryan and I sat down to discuss some things about the state of our home, marriage, family, and all of that other good stuff. We discovered that we were both uncomfortable with some things that neither of us had previously mentioned. I guess you do that when you are newly married. [...]
Heart of the Matter Video Meme
October 24, 2008 By
Are you enjoying the Heart of the Matter’s video meme? Great idea, Angela and you did a great job putting this together. Did everyone see Amy S’s video? She sooo said “y’all.” I love it! Marsha, Dawn, Heather and I have trained her well. Oh and I knew how to say Nikowa’s name. Yay! Go [...]
