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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
Books & Reading, Educational Philosophy, Home Education
There’s Dew on the Grass in the Morning

“That’s all very well,” cried Montag, “but what are they mad about? Who are these people? Who’s that man and who’s that woman? Are they husband and wife, are they divorced, engaged, what? Good [omitted], nothing’s connected up.” — Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 I ‘m reading a book on ADD that is, I think, helpful, but it’s also made me squirm a lot because the author so often uses computers as an analogy for human minds. What I keep coming Continue Reading…
February 5, 2020
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
The Twin Duties of a Charlotte Mason Teacher

It can be hard to self-evaluate. When we are trying to lead our homeschools in a Charlotte Mason way, we can fall short of the goal in a variety of ways. The two most common are opposite extremes. On the one hand, we can pat ourselves on the back and tell ourselves it’s meant to be “gentle,” all the while using this to justify our own laziness. On the other hand, we can execute the supposedly perfect curriculum in the Continue Reading…
January 27, 2020