Although Ramona started French class as an early-enrollment student at the college a couple of weeks ago, I have always waited to "...

I wrote this five years ago, when Anne-with-an-e was in college, and Betsy was on the brink of graduating high school. Now? Anne-with-an-e a...

Way back when Anne-with-an-e was a sophomore in high school and Betsy was in 8th grade, we started a weekly writing group with two of th...

I like ice in my coffee in July, not on my road in January. But on the road is where the ice is today. School and work were canceled for...

Ramona and I just finished  The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate , Jacqueline Kelly's delightful* sequel to The Evolution of Calpurni...

Ramona, when she was three.  (I originally posted this three years ago): I have a confession: I don't read much about homesch...

Time to start thinking about what my year with Ramona will look like. Time to start shopping my own bookshelves. Hmmm...where to begin? Some...

Although I've  loved  Little Women  for as long as I can remember, I somehow (scandalous!) never got around to reading Little Men a...

The delightful, lovely, and very kind Ana Hahn, from Time Flies When You're Having Babies , is doing a blog series -- "How Do They ...

It's been a crazy week. I've been out of town a couple of times because we're working on helping my parents find a place to live...

Photo thanks to FreeImages Yes, we're back at it. Many moons ago, we decided that the two non-negotiables of the first day of scho...

Lots of good stuff going on, but one thing I want to share is the live Mark Kistler 3-D drawing class that she's taking. The classes ar...

Along with Suzie Andres and her husband, Tony , I'll be speaking in Omaha in July at "Filled With Joy," a homeschooling confe...

This morning, Ramona told me about a dream she'd been having as I woke her up. Ramona : "You and I were tasting cheeses for a part...

Part 1 is here . Part 2 is here . When I talk about teaching subjects in non-traditional ways, what I mean is that most of our curriculum...

Image Chef The original question was : "Where can one find examples of how common, daily activities with kids fit into 'subj...

In a Facebook group for homeschoolers, the question arose: "Where can one find examples of how common, daily activities with kids fit ...

That's what I'm doing this year for the first time ever. Yeah, sure, in a way I had just one "student" when we first sta...

Whither has October fled?  It's gone missing and I'm left wondering if one of my favorite months met all her obligations before she ...

(photo credit: FreeImages ) Last week, Ramona and I had a Bad Math Day. Ah, math  ups and downs. It was just one of those days. Her...