"Strength and honor are her clothing; She shall rejoice in time to come" (Proverbs 31:25). Sometimes we look at the life of the Proverbs 31 woman, and we think that her life must have been ideal. Did anything bad ever happen to her?We know that she must have had some hard times. We all do! ... Read More about Laughing at the Days to Come
How to Teach Vocabulary
Note: We strongly urge you to purchase the following book by Ruth Beechick, before attempting to use our vocabulary suggestions:You Can Teach Your Child Successfully (see particularly pp. 12-14)How We Teach VocabularyWhen we were students, we remember having lists of vocabulary words to ... Read More about How to Teach Vocabulary
How to Teach Spelling
Note: We strongly urge you to purchase one of the following books by Ruth Beechick, before attempting to use our spelling suggestions:The Three R's (for grades K-3) You Can Teach Your Child Successfully (for grades 4 and up)Spelling… It was troublesome for me when I was a child, yet my ... Read More about How to Teach Spelling
The Importance of Reading
We believe that so much of what we call “Language Arts” is much easier learned in the context of actual language.Not only will your children learn all the separate components of language, but they will also see how real words operate in real-life writing. In our family, we use “real” books to ... Read More about The Importance of Reading
Handwriting
We have agonized over handwriting in our house. We have two seemingly conflicting viewpoints: First, we don't consider handwriting "busy work." Rather, we think handwriting should be incorporated into the other subject areas your children are learning, such as Bible, history, science and ... Read More about Handwriting
Teaching Grammar
We have fallen in love with a very unique method of grammar, called the K.I.S.S. Approach and designed by Dr. Ed Vavra, a professor of English grammar at Penn College. We encourage you to visit his website and read more about the K.I.S.S. Approach at http://home.pct.edu/~evavra/KISS.htm. The ... Read More about Teaching Grammar
Creative Writing
Writing is one of the tools God has given us to communicate with others. Not only can writing be a more permanent form of communication (than, say, speech), it is also more closely evaluated than speech. For instance, if we make a grammatical error while we’re telling about our visit to the mall, ... Read More about Creative Writing
How to Calm Clutter
Clutter is certainly a beast that must be tamed for us moms to ever have enough energy to homeschool. You already know that, so I won't spend a lot of time repeating why we need to get rid of clutter. Let's get right to the how!Calm the clutter in only one room at a time. (Don't ask me how I ... Read More about How to Calm Clutter