Betsy, Author at Family Style Schooling

Phoenix Stories to Lift Your Thoughts Out of the Ashes

This summer the theme at the writing camp my kids attended was Rising from the Ashes. As I thought through my past two years, I realized that books played a big part in helping me recenter my thoughts on good, true, and beautiful things. When my sister died, it felt like my life turned upside down.…

High School Health and Nutrition Course From a Biblical Worldview

My middle daughter has her eye set on nursing as a profession. It’s a perfect fit for her because she loves caring for people, blood doesn’t make her squeamish, and she likes to stay busy. I think nursing is a great job because of its flexibility and practicality. With that in mind, I’ve been trying…

Managing Expectations – Road Map Month 9

We’re in the back-to-school mode and while I’m thankful to be back in a routine, sometimes I feel the aches and pains of unmet expectations. Do you ever feel this way? You know, things like: I thought we’d get through more math this summer, or, how did we get so far behind in reading? When we start back…

Highlights from our Family Roadtrip 2018

Last spring as my son was researching President Truman for a paper he was writing, we started dreaming of seeing a bit more of the United States. My mom has been working on visiting all of the Presidential Libraries and I started looking into which ones were in the Midwest…and that’s where the trouble fun began!…

Math Curriculum: CTCMath v. Saxon

I was chatting with some new moms the other day and we were discussing how incredible the differences are between each child. They think differently, relate differently, and develop differently. We have to treat our care taking and parenting of each child like an art form—unique and specifically tailored to each child. This is what…