“The Christian life comes down to two simple things: trust and obedience. What does that mean, exactly? We could hold a seminar and talk about it. Visual aids are better. Look at a life.” -Elisabeth Elliot, Missionary to Ecuador For Christians, church history is a family history. As we learn about the “great cloud of […]
Writing through the Wardrobe, Writing with Hobbits
As we drive to church with our teenagers talking nonstop about literary elements, I realize we’ve hit a unique treasure in the realm of homeschool curriculum choices. While we’ve often enjoyed discussing literature as a family, this particular discussion soars far higher and dives far deeper than any discussion I have led. I marvel – […]
Theme-Based Writing Lessons
Years ago, our family participated in a classical homeschool program that introduced us to history-based writing lessons from IEW. It was not until we headed in a new direction that we discovered the vast assortment of excellent resources available from IEW – all the way through high school – even within the narrow category of […]
Learning the Grammar of Poetry
In front of us there is a wall That we must go around. But horror struck upon us all; Alas, the wall is round! It circles us, a loathsome foe; We’ve thought about where we should go, But now -Alas!- we do not know The way to leave this wall we’ve found. -“The Wall” by […]
Homeschooling High School: Clepping for College Credit
Every season of homeschooling has its special moments and we have enjoyed all of them. As we launched our oldest into college this past year after 12 years of homeschooling, we were blessed with the reward of him starting his freshman year with multiple college credits. Without dual enrollment or correspondence courses, he entered his […]
Books we read and what we thought
As I looked back over our list of books for this year, I could hardly believe it. Our family shared over 35 books together as read-alouds this year! How on earth did we do that?!? Well, I attribute it mostly to the Libby app (which is also available to you if you have a library […]
Spring Semester Read Alouds, Plans, & Schedules
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12, NIV I tend to approach this time of year with caution. While part of numbering our days aright is planning well, part of numbering our days aright is letting go of those plans when God has something else in […]
Mid-Year Curriculum Option: Mission Faith Forgers
If you’re looking for mid-year curriculum options, our open-and-go Mission Faith Forgers curriculum can be started mid-year! In January, families can begin mid-way through our Mission Faith Forgers Guide (in Unit 4), which starts with a study of world history and modern missions from the late 1800s through modern day. While reading a living history […]
Wrappin’ up the year 2021
Another year down, another year past — We’ll wrap it all up, and we’ll wrap it up fast. The first three months were a bit like a dream. On Valentine’s Day, David aged to fifteen With a pinball museum after a week full of snow. Then in March to convention our family did go. After […]