So, to follow-up after that peaceful, grateful post about Rest, I realized it’s been a long time since I made a list of the stuff I’m engaged in. When it turned out to be seven distinct items, and I realized it was Friday, I knew I needed to jump back Read more »
Category Archives: Homeschooling
Speaking of Homeschooling
Here’s a reprint from about two-and-a-half years ago. Because the idea of ambassador is one I want to keep in front of me. For many reasons. I mentioned that life will be getting even busier soon since school will be starting, then added the clarification that we are homeschooling. “Oh,” Read more »
Teaching Writing to Children
So I’ve had two moms in the last month ask me (as a homeschooling mom and a writer), how is it I teach my children to write. I’ll get back to you on that in 15 years or so. When I actually know how it is they learned. In the Read more »
Staying Happy
I started writing a different post, about what I would change if I didn’t “owe” anyone, if I were free to be self-centered and do whatever I want to do. Then I realized, I kinda am. That is, unlike the people I genuinely pity, I really am living the life Read more »
Cultural Shorthand
One place I believe we discover identity is in the cultural shorthand we share with those similar to us; the stories we have in common. This can be movies, literature, shared experience and even the Bible– if you have that in common. For example, in this odd season I find Read more »
The mistake I won’t make this school year
Last year was my first experiment with Homeschooling my own children. I think the biggest mistake I made was to group and label my three subjects as *school,* thinking their smallness in the context of the day would make them more bearable than the long school day. It didn’t. It Read more »
Two Recommended Picture Books
First, A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom. As a mother who likes to read and write and think (the beleaguered polar bear’s interrupted activities), this book is wonderful means of conveying both my frustration at being interrupted and the value still attached to my relationship with the interrupter. I Read more »
Getting Personally Practical
Sometimes I think the reason I continually return to the idea of Storytelling is because I am looking for ways to tie my story-compulsive brain back to my real life as the dedicated mother of three brilliant, sensitive children who need me to be connected to them. So, with this Read more »