I am seeing it everywhere. Those with jobs are cutting back and those without jobs are cutting back even more. In my circle of homeschooling moms, many are seriously looking for employment or some other way of making money. That is when I tell them about Rhea Perry. Rhea is a homeschooling mother of 7 who, [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on February 1st, 2009 | No Comments »
So the question on the table is… What skills and knowledge will the kids need in the real world? My husband and I have been going back and forth on this for a while. We both agree that having exposure to a wide range of math, science, history, and literature is a good thing. One [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 13th, 2009 | No Comments »
I have been homeschooling my children for the last 8 years. We have studied history from ancient times to the present, biology, physics, chemistry, earth science, grammar, math, and many other subjects. We have been studying all of this in the name of education, an education that is supposed to get them ready for the [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 6th, 2009 | No Comments »
People know when you are not really listening. Even subconsciously, they pick up on it. Some give up, but others keep trying. Have you ever been in a conversation where the other person just keeps talking? They may be saying the same thing over and over again or flit around from one subject to another. [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on October 16th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Everyone has a need to be acknowledged, heard, and understood. Seems pretty obvious. But it is amazing to me how little we do that for each other. Before I had children, I remember standing in line at the grocery store. Ahead of me in line was a mom and her two young children. Her daughter was saying, “Mommy [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on October 15th, 2008 | No Comments »