There is something very appealing about the idea of a one-room schoolhouse—multiple ages learning together, one teacher in charge, shared learning, and assigned chores, all in one room. It is just an elegantly uncomplicated model of education. In our day of urban, institutionalized, age-segregated, mass-education warehouses, it is no wonder that the one-room schoolhouse still…
Encouragement
One benefit of having nine kids is the trickle-down effect that occurs when a parent is consistent with discipline. The downside, however, can be the assumption that all those wonderful lessons and values just automatically trickle down to the younger ones, or, the misguided presumption that one is parenting thoroughly. I learned this lesson the…
by Gina McCormick As parents we want so much for our children to learn everything possible about our world. We want them to see things they might not notice on their own. As home schoolers we are doubly concerned with their education, not only as “book learning” but as cultural and spiritual training as well.…
Should babies be using sign language? What is the purpose? Can they really understand the signs? How do parents start using it with their babies? What are the best words to use? Will signing keep my baby from talking? Will it help with the terrible twos? I am a single mom who has always worked…
“For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.” (2 Corinthians 10:1) After homeschooling and graduating two sons, I can look back to a tale of two sons: “It was the best of…
