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Educational Philosophy, Home Education
The Last Circle Time

My oldest son never expected to be on lockdown for the final third of his senior year, unable to go anywhere, do anything, or see anyone. He never expected to wonder if we’d be allowed to have a graduation celebration. He never expected to contemplate whether his college would open in the fall. He never expected to invent a Plan B, a gap year in which he worked a lot of hours (in case he isn’t allowed to do what Continue Reading…
April 10, 2020
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
Welcome to Homeschooling

This week, my church asked me to put together an emergency curriculum and sample schedule for those in our congregation who are unexpectedly homeschooling during this Coronavirus crisis. I used a lot of AmblesideOnline (including the amazing HELP — Helping Hand Emergency Learning Plan) to come up with something that I thought was simple, easy to understand, inexpensive (practically free), and a good fit for the people I love. Parents needed to know what to do on Wednesday, when the Continue Reading…
March 20, 2020
Home Education, Mother's Education
Advice for the High-Energy Homeschool Mom

Hi, my name is Abby and I love Brandy’s writing. She thinks deeply and differently than me but I appreciate her thoughtful and convicting articles. I have always enjoyed her series on The Low Energy Mom’s Guide to Homeschooling; it was full of great general health advice, but I have never considered myself low energy. In fact, I tend toward high energy. I told Brandy I could write a guide for the high energy mom and I was serious. I Continue Reading…
March 4, 2020
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
Your Strong-Willed Child … Isn’t

The will is the controller of the passions and emotions, the director of the desires, the ruler of the appetites. But observe, the passions, the desires, the appetites, are there already, and the will gathers force and vigour only as it is exercised in the repression and direction of these … Home Education, p. 319 I know, I know. My whole generation was brought up on Dr. Dobson, so it’s practically heresy to say this. But I maintain. Especially since Continue Reading…
February 18, 2020