Category: Home Schooling
The Secret of a Good Education
I saw this video about why Finland went from average/ low rating of education similar to that of the USA in the Mid 1900’s to the #1 in the world. This begs a lot of questions that I won’... Read More
How We Decided to Homeschool
Everyone has a reason they decide to homeschool and they are all different. Here is our story: After Eric and I were married we met a family at church in Tucson, Arizona. This was a large family with ... Read More
Should I Homeschool?
A book that I read early in our homeschooling years influenced me tremendously. It is titled For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay (first published in 1984). I re-read this book mo... Read More
How to Choose the “Right” School Options
Before schooling option choices are made, it is important to define what the goal of educating our children (and ourselves) actually is. How will we know how to get “there” if we don’t know wh... Read More
How to Homeschool your Pre-schooler
I have a dear friend that I met many years ago through homeschooling. Her husband was the youth minister of the church where our local homeschool group met and his wife, Elizabeth, was part of that ... Read More
The Etymology of Virtue
Posted on October 19, 2013 on the old Principle Based Learning website. by Carol and Elizabeth In our current world of constantly shifting values, the word virtue has taken on a flavor of meaning tha... Read More
Is There a Wrong Way to Praise My Kids?
(This short jewel was published on the old Principle Based Learning website that got lost in an internet fire.) I am impressed that several resources on the same theme have come to me from independent... Read More
Homeschooling
Before we had kids we met a homeschool family. There was something so different–so refreshing–about the teenagers in this large family in Arizona where we lived at that time. I wanted ... Read More- 2 of 2
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