Tasting the Fruit of Your Labor

Getting back to homeschool routines is not always smooth sailing. When you start a new homeschool year there are a lot of new routines to pull into place. Although you may feel like you are going to sink back into a comfortable rhythm, the kids might see your plans and try to run away. How…

Spring vacation may not matter to some homeschoolers, but for us, it is the week off of evening extra-curricular activities. Since those activities keep me and my older kids out until 9 pm most nights, this will feel like a vacation whether or not we take a break from academics. Our daily life is so…

One semester of Public School: The Ugly TruthSource file: One_semester_of_Public_School.docxAuthor: Marla SzwastCreated: 2017-11-28 23:33:00Modified: 2018-01-02 15:06:00 One semester of Public School: The Ugly Truth Our family moved across the country this past summer. It was the summer between my oldest child’s 8th grade year and the beginning of high school. I had everything planned out…

When we obsess about finding the perfect way to educate our children, we get lost in the search. In the meantime, our children's education is less than it could be, not because we didn't try our best, or because we chose the wrong educational philosophy, but rather, because we were so obsessed with theories we…

“I am confident that as they gain self-knowledge they’ll also become self-teachers—and only self-teaching has any lasting value.” John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us DownSelf-knowledge. A very staple ingredient to living a fulfilling life. We know the culture around us does not place a high value on this form of knowledge. But we don’t have to…

This post is a photo journal assignment my 9th grader completed for a high school Language Arts assignment. This child was homeschooled from the beginning and did not go to public school until 9th grade. He is a energetic, extroverted, creative and fun loving kid. I say this lest the reader think he is just…