You know historical poetry provides insight into the people and time period when it was written. But did you know that you could teach character using the Psalms? One of the most valuable ways to use poetry is to teach…
King Alfred’s English: A History of the Language We Speak and Why We Should Be Glad We Do, by Laurie J. White is a homeschooling mom’s dream. Why is it so valuable to have this literary delight on your shelf?…
Did you know trees can talk to each other? 🌳 Not with words, of course—but through an underground network that lets them share water, nutrients, even warnings about hungry insects. Some trees will pass food to their struggling neighbors. Others send…
If you homeschool using Charlotte Mason methods, you’ve often heard that narration is the activity to do after reading books. Oral narration is an excellent teaching strategy, but did you know that there are many other ways to make creative…
One day, elbow-deep in soapy water at the kitchen sink while doing some pre-dinner cleanup, I felt a light tap on the top of my head. Was that water dripping from the can light over my kitchen sink?! This can’t be good….
Basic habit training just might transform your household and your homeschooling. “The habits of the child produce the character of the man… every day, every hour, the parents are either passively or actively forming those habits in their children upon…
