The other day in a Facebook group, a friend linked to this great, old post from Sarah McKenzie , and a few of us then talked about how impor...

When I recently spoke at a homeschooling conference , I wanted to be sure I had enough to say, so of course I over-prepared. There was a sec...

No, it's not the kind of exit interview that means I'm leaving the job. It's more accurately an "end of year survey...

What we've been doing: * For  Ramona's book club  we just finished reading Marie McSwigan's  Snow Treasure . It was slow going...

It's hosted this month by Theresa, at LaPaz Home Learning . I didn't have time to get a science post written, but there's some...

Writing with teens? The single best piece of advice I have to offer is this: Start a writing group. (A friend of mine who runs a homes...

Yesterday my eldest daughter headed off to college classes. She's attending school here in our town, so it's not the seismic shi...

Part I Part II Part III The next question: Do you have set subjects that must be tackled by the laws of the state? If not, what plan d...

Part I is here . Part II is here .  The next question: "What do you think you might do differently for Ramona as she enters high s...

Part 1 is here . Today I'm taking a look at this question: "What did you think high school would look like for your oldest and ...

I was emailing a friend the other day about books on homeschooling, unschooling, and things in between.  It is, after all, that time of y...