Homeschooling Boys
As we were leaving our hotel in Richmond one morning after the HEAV convention on our way to visit the disappearing chef (You'll hear all about it later!), we happened to run into our friends Larry & Sue Pruett of Ancient Paths Christian Bookstore who were packing their van. Sue mentioned that they were going…
"Homeschooling". To some, the word might conjure up images of un-socialized nerds. To others, it might inspire dreams of perfect students, sitting at the table eagerly learning everything they're taught and clamoring for more. To most of us, we probably see everything -- from the struggles of teaching children of all ages, to the pleasure…
One of the things I like best about homeschooling is the socialization. We went to institutional schools and remember how isolating it is - you hardly even know anyone who isn't your exact age, except a few the age of your brother or sister. I'd hardly ever even held a baby when our first was…
My mom is a retired elementary school librarian. She said she heard arguments about whether sugar really affects children that much or not, but there was no question for her--the Monday after Easter (and the day after Halloween), she said, the kids were always wild. Some days our boys are just full of beans--and while…
Earlier this week we started our third class of "Boot Camp 9-12", and we talked about our approach for training our boys. I explained it something like this: The goal of all of this for our sons is to become young, strong, independent men, who can stand on their faith, and stand for God and Christ,…
When our children were all little and Melanie was feeling overwhelmed, most people responded, “You just wait ’til they’re teenagers! You think it’s hard now?” Well, thank you, that’s very encouraging. Does it have to be that way? Does life with a teen have to be more difficult than life with an untrained toddler with…
WonderMaps software is customizable collection of over 350 different maps. With nearly endless possibilities, WonderMaps makes it easy to (more…)
Count your blessings while charting your family's homeschool journey with this gorgeous day planner from best-selling author Debra Bell. The Ultimate Homeschool Planner will help you (more…)
Expo To Go 2011 The Old Schoolhouse® is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and we want to invite you to share in our celebration at the 2011 Schoolhouse Expo. You’ll hear from wonderful speakers who are ready to encourage you (more…)
Do you have little ones who need some special things they can do for homeschool? Gentle Shepherd is offering: Counting Cards is an e-book with 15 full-color print-out pages that have pictures of various items grouped for counting. Can be used as “work pages” with no writing required—children place number tiles on the pages, to…