In our homeschool, we’ve been talking for a year now about how we’ll celebrate the five-hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation. We want our children, even at a very young age, to mark this milestone in the spread of the gospel. When Martin Luther issued his Ninety-Five Theses for debate, he probably had […]
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Learning to Trust God for Your Harvest
We think of autumn as the season of harvest. Even with the conveniences of grocery stores and restaurants, we all look forward to the cooler weather that brings fresh apples, blackberries, sweet potatoes, squash, and pumpkins to the produce aisle. For all the difficulties that a life on a farm involves, it must be rewarding […]
Why History Seems Boring and How to Make It Fascinating
It’s not unusual for children to find history boring. But that wasn’t the case with me. I’ve been a history nerd ever since my dad took me on a homeschool field trip to a World War II aircraft carrier. But I understand that not everyone shares my enthusiasm for studying the past. Does your child get […]
Building Long-Term Math Mastery
Have you ever stopped and asked yourself, “Why does one plus one equal two?” Most people who find themselves faced with this math question will probably say something along the lines of “it just does.” But if you thought about it, you could probably come up with a more articulate answer. For example, if you […]
Scope & Sequence: A Homeschool Game Plan
As a homeschool dad, I wonder about taking children who can’t read and preparing them for college. It seems like such a huge climb. How do we take five-year-olds and prepare them for what the Lord has planned without overwhelming them? To help with the process, I like to think about board games. I’ve always […]
Technology Tools for Learning Spanish
For most kids, it takes a lot more than an hour of lessons five days a week to become proficient in a foreign language. Fluency comes through constant use. If it’s part of your goals for your children to be able to converse easily in Spanish, you’ll need to surround them with resources that help […]
6 Ways to Combat the Blank Page
Your homeschool year is about to get underway again, and with it, exciting new writing assignments. Whether your writer looks forward to learning more about writing or tries to stay as far away from it as he can, there’s one aspect of writing that he will most likely struggle with. The blank page. Looking at […]