In school, I hated Texas history. Really. It was my least favorite class. That may sound strange coming from me, since twelve years ago I wrote Discover Texas, a Texas history curriculum for home school families. The explanation is simple: I did not want my children to hate the study of their state’s history. I…
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In previous articles, (Fear of Loss, Hope of Gain and Tend Your Garden) we explored what lessons could be learned from gardening and how these same principles (planting the right seeds at the right time) would yield success (good fruit) in our family “garden.” In this third article I will share one more analogy I…
It may seem odd, when writing to encourage new home schoolers, to focus on life with teenagers, but for me it is natural. In many ways the pre-adult years are the fruition of the pre-school years. We were living in Germany when we began homeschooling, so the whole idea of a “kindergarten”—literally, a garden of…
It has been said that there are only two reasons anyone would make a major change in his or her life: fear of loss or hope of gain. Otherwise, it is easiest to do what has always been done. When I look back at the reasons we decided to homeschool, this is certainly true. Twenty-four…
