Earlier this month I had the privilege to speak at a women’s conference for ten like-minded Fort Worth churches. I spoke on family worship… Read More »Virtue Formation Through Liturgy in Our Homeschool Morning Time
August: August was back to school month for us as well as me getting ready to speak at a conference, so, while I didn’t get… Read More »A Homeschool Mom Reads: August and September
Since reading a highly recommended secular parenting book earlier this summer out of curiosity, I’ve been on a bit of a parenting book binge, looking for intensely… Read More »Book Review: Bonding with Your Child Through Boundaries
In this series, I am discussing the four different ways that evangelicals are doing classical Christian education (CCE) in 2015. In my first post, I… Read More »The Four Approaches to Classical Christian Education, Part 3: The Trivium-as-Stages Approach
After the fun beach and car reading of June, I was ready for some nourishing fare this month, and that was just what I got.… Read More »A Homeschool Mom Reads: July
These are some recent reader questions that reflect questions I get fairly often regarding history curriculum and history dating of ancient times from a young… Read More »Reader Questions Answered: Young Earth History Curriculum and Dates
As I plan for our upcoming school year, what am I buying? I still love much/most of what we’ve been using. We had a few… Read More »My Curriculum Recommendations: 2nd and 4th Grade
Here’s what I read in May and June. (January through April can be found here.) May: The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall The fourth… Read More »A Homeschool Mom Reads: May and June
At long last, I finished my master’s degree in Christian education in December. Much as I’m thrilled to be done, I loved the external pressure… Read More »A Homeschool Mom Reads: January through April
I posted this photo on facebook a few days ago as I was gearing up for and getting excited about our simplified summer morning routine… Read More »The App That Rescued Our Memory Work
Yesterday I had the opportunity to present a special library lecture on the topic of family worship. I emphasized the importance of both welcoming children… Read More »How do children learn to worship?
I recently wrote a post introducing a new series about the four distinct ways that evangelicals are doing classical Christian education in 2015–more than 30… Read More »Four Approaches to Classical Christian Education, Part 2: Towards a Definition
I’m guessing that a lot of homeschool parents, like me, encountered classical Christian education (CCE) through either Doug Wilson’s excellent book Recovering the Lost Tools… Read More »Classical Christian Education: Four Distinct Approaches, part 1
Last year we published a new daily devotional for the Christmas season by Pastor Taigen Joos that was very well-received. This devotional is perfect for both… Read More »It’s time to order your Christmas daily devotional – “Rejoicing in Christ, the Newborn King: 25 Meditations for Family Worship During the Christmas Season”
Last spring I did a review of Classical Conversations history. I mentioned that I’d provide a list of the Classical Conversations history timeline events and… Read More »List of Classical Conversations and Veritas Timeline Cards
I keep getting emails requesting our timeline song, which I promised awhile back that I would post. Here it is at long last! I explained… Read More »The Much-Requested Timeline Song
Today I’m here with my curriculum recommendations for first, second, and third grade. I realize that I haven’t done curriculum recommendations for kindergarten yet, and… Read More »1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade Curriculum Recommendations and Best Prices
Any concerned, Christian parent is committed to training his or her child to be obedient to the Lord and His Word. From the earliest of… Read More »Children and Worship
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm the necessity of passing these values to our children… Read More »Article 14: On Our Children
I was talking with a friend the other day, and she commented that she didn’t know how I was doing grad school, blogging, and doing… Read More »Homeschooling with Little to No Prep