Weekly Wrap Up: Science Joy
In my life this week… We learned. We went out. We stayed home. And we lived. We walked in the snow and that’s a tiring thing to do. One day I actually had visions of being carried back home on Mr....
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St. Matthew Passion by Bach, Free Online
Easter is approaching, and it is good to focus on our Lord’s death and resurrection. When we lived in the Netherlands, one Easter tradition some of our friends had was attending the St. Matthew...
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Homeschool Gardening
We are a family of gardeners, and occasionally gardening trumps book learning. Like this morning. Accompanied by our friendly hens, the girls and I planted the early crops: onions, carrots, spinach,...
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The Rijksmuseum Collection in Amsterdam
When we lived in The Netherlands, my three little ones and I would often head to Amsterdam. Since our railway pass gave us free admission to museums, we liked to visit a museum in the morning and...
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What Are You Learning This Year? 6 Tips for Moms
One of the joys of being an older homeschooling mom is that I have more time to learn along with my children. Last year I learned a lot about Bible, history, and literature by going through Omnibus...
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Field Trip: Upper Canada Village
View of an Upper Canada Village farm, from the Signal House Nestled on the St. Lawrence River in Eastern Ontario, Upper Canada Village represents a busy community in the 1860’s. We visit it every few...
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Measuring the Speed of Light with Chocolate
One of the fundamental scientific quantities in the universe is the speed of light. It is a huge number—about 300,000,000 meters per second or 186,000 miles per second—and is basic to electricity,...
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A Sweet Beginning to Summer Holidays
Last Friday, when our school year ended, it was time to celebrate the beginning of summer holidays. We had a special treat waiting in the fridge, our annual springtime cherry splurge, so I got that...
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Reading Week
Reading Week’s first 30 library books. A few went immediately into the return pile–you can probably pick them out. “Tomorrow Reading Week starts,” Miss 12 sighed happily Sunday night. Reading Week,...
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Enjoy Your Homeschool Conference
Periodic Table puzzle, an educational treat Tomorrow is our annual homeschooling conference and for the first time in years I will not be able to attend. Sometimes life seriously gets in the way, and...
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Homeschool ‘Mommy Marks’ and Universities #2
Two years ago we got the surprise of our lives when my son received a top marks-based scholarship from a university that says it accepts neither ‘mommy marks’ nor SAT scores. Two weeks ago, the same...
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Homeschool Year: Finished!
We thought it would never, ever happen, but it finally has. As of today Miss 12’s and Miss 15’s school year is finished! And what next? Pool time. Hanging out. Friends. Staycation. Ice cream. Good...
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Review: AP English with Alexandra McGee
At a certain point and with certain teens, we need to bring outside expertise into our homeschools. Miss 17, for whom reading and writing are almost as important as breathing and eating, needed a...
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Field Trip: Fort Henry
We are not travelling across the country to visit relatives this year, but we do want to fill our summer with fun and good memories. So recently we packed up the troops and headed out to explore Fort...
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7 Tips for Moms Who Want to Model the Joy of Learning
Miss 12 was determined to find fossils here and we did, learning and exploring together. One of the joys of being an older homeschooling mom is that I have more time to learn along with my children....
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Nurturing a Love of Learning
People sometimes ask, “How do you instill a love of learning in your child?” I think that’s the wrong question. Children are naturally curious and eager to learn, and God has instilled this in them;...
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Recommendation: The BBC Historical Farm Series
Edwardian Farm Now that the weather is getting colder and there’s an end in sight to tomatoes and cabbages decorating our house, my thoughts turn to the hands-on history of the BBC series, Edwardian...
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Fond Memories: Our 5 Kids’ Top 30 Homeschool Resources
Sweet memories of life and learning My five children (ages 13-22) have gone through a huge range of curriculum in almost two decades of homeschooling, so when I asked the at-home crowd what their...
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Review: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
There are few books as suited to finding homeschool rabbit trails as The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss. I’m sure you know the story: A family with four boys was shipwrecked on a deserted...
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January and February at our House
According to Miss 14 our wrap up posts are missed. She offered to do my work for me if I would write one and I am very grateful . A chance to write instead of iron, mend, and fold laundry? I feel...
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