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Educational Philosophy, Home Education
Swedish Drill Revisited: New Expanded Edition

Introducing the New and Improved Swedish Drill Revisited Expanded Series It is with great excitement that I announce the expanded Swedish Drill Revisited series! QR Codes! What makes the series “new and improved”? I’m glad you asked! Beyond its fresh new look (thanks to my friend, Rebecca at A Humble Place, for the new cover design, and the incredible skills of my friend, Hayley, for the update to the interior pages), each manual in the series now contains QR codes Continue Reading…
March 7, 2023
Home Education
Detective Mom

I once had a daughter who refused to apologize. Not for everything, mind you, but for a very specific category of offenses: accidents. If she stepped on your toe, scared you so that you dropped something, or bumped your arm while you were underlining something in your book (and turned your underline into an unsightly scribble on the page), you knew you could expect nothing from her. No sign of remorse. Definitely no apology. As a Christian, I believe in Continue Reading…
December 12, 2022
Home Education
Homeschooling and the Three Lies of Modern Education

Like many of you, I grew up in the public school system. I was raised in pretty conservative areas of California, and while there were many things I didn’t like about school, I didn’t realize how completely my public school education had formed me. I thought that education was mostly neutral and that I could simply toss out ideas that were contrary to my beliefs. It wasn’t until I started to homeschool my children, which coincided with my growing maturity Continue Reading…
December 7, 2022
Educational Philosophy, Mother's Education
The Proper Care and Feeding of Teenagers: (Part 2: A Principle for Teens)

Last time, I talked about what I call the First Principle: We are nourishers. This is a first principle for mothers. I said in that post that Part 2 would focus on food, but I hadn’t considered what we need to cover before that: the first principle we need to teach our teens. It’s different with teens when compared to younger children; they have (rightfully so) more freedom and make more of their own decisions. Therefore, they need a principle Continue Reading…
June 27, 2022