I wanted to say a quick word about blocks. I think blocks are one of the best--if not THE BEST-- childhood tools available. And I have to ...

I had another high school question today, so I wanted to gather my high school posts in one location. I will add to these as I have time. Tr...

Yesterday while I was busy making waffles for my 2 year old niece and 5 year old nephew Scrappy started barking her "There's-a-guy-...

Over on the Sonlighter Club Forums I see over and over again that folks want to be reassured that using a literature based curriculum will p...

Years and years ago when we decided to pull Cris out of school because of a variety of problems, nobody talked about the "S" word...

This is a nice homeschooling article about homeschoolers who went off to college. My daughter Kari is quoted quite a few times. The author w...

Today we pack up the truck so we can leave for Indianapolis tomorrow. The first convention of the year, IAHE . Here is my office-notice mat...

Spring poked through some leaf mulch in my flower beds yesterday. The day before looked like this [see icicle picture below] as we drove hom...

I just finished reading a really good book called Food Rules by Michael Pollan. The book's title is kind of a play on words, because it...

For the past year I have been working on an on-line homeschool and parenting library. It is a collection of my thoughts and ideas on both su...