Recently I watched my three year old grandson struggle to get his shorts off so he could jump into the swimming pool. My daughter had the wisdom to refrain from immediately stepping in to rescue him and encouraged him to work on getting them off by himself. This win...
Schools are closed. So are restaurants and bars. Employers are asking their employees to work from home. Church services are online. University classrooms are all online. Our nation’s leaders are asking that we stay away from crowded areas. What’s...
We live in a crazily, busy world, where basketball practice, playdates and music lessons come before some of the more crucial life lessons: Manners. So maybe we need to remind ourselves that our children will someday become the future politicians, entrepreneurs,...
Today, you have a number of different philosophies, methods and approaches to choose from when it comes to home education. Here is a brief overview of the more common homeschooling methods. Eclectic method — An eclectic homeschooling family takes bits and pieces...
Will was 4 years old when he first began selling. He and his sister, 18 months his senior, would sell flubber at small, local arts & crafts fairs twice a year. As a homeschool mom, I was always thinking of ways to make learning fun, especially in the younger...