“Mama, what do you think about string theory?” This is the question I got on the way to TaeKwonDo lessons a couple of weeks ago. String theory? Seriously?! Did I mention that she is ten years old? In all honesty I was thinking about what I was going to feed my family on return from [...]

I used to think how great it was that as homeschoolers, my kids could avoid those pesky state-wide standardized tests the public school kids had to endure.   (Of course, it depends on the state, whether or not homeschoolers must take these tests, but in many states they either aren’t required at all, or are optional.)  [...]

My son is only 10 but recently told me he wants to be homeschooled through high school. I often think, “Will I be able to rise to the challenge?” Do you have similar thoughts? We attend a homeschool co-op, and there are several parents who are homeschooling their kids through high school. It seems to [...]

My son was a 6-year-old (almost 7) when I began teaching him to read, and it seemed as though he just wasn’t getting it. He had learned some phonics in kindergarten and recognized some sight words, but putting together everything he had learned just wasn’t happening. I tried everything from McGuffey readers to other phonics books and [...]

I have tried several different homeschool programs, I even tried public school. This school year specifically, I was using Sonlight. I have recently discovered something about myself and that is that I don’t adapt things very well unless I am very sure and very familiar with it. So, for example, when doing the Sonlight Language [...]