Betsy, Author at Family Style Schooling

Culmination of Learning in Hermeneutics

Today is part three of my husband’s series connecting the Trivium, Mimesis, and Hermeneutics. If you’ve missed the first of the series, you can start back at the beginning here. I’ve really enjoyed seeing the connections between these three classical concepts. One thing I continue to keep before my mind is that although I love…

Book Recommendations From Great Homeschool Convention

One of my favorite things to gather are book recommendations. Last week, at the Great Homeschool Convention, I sat and listened to many great thinkers who always inspire me to read more. Here’s the list I came up with from the speakers I heard from. I can’t wait to dig into some of these great…

Family is not a noun. It’s a verb.

Last week at the Great Homeschool Convention, I had the opportunity to hear Ann Voscamp speak. One of the beautiful nuggets of wisdom that I wrote down from her talk was” Family isn’t a noun, but a verb. It’s not a thing, but an action that we do. I’ve experienced beautiful expressions of…

The Music of the Soul

I was so blessed this past weekend to spend time with my sister and friends learning and contemplating at the Great Homeschool Convention. In my shallow estimation, I thought all of my time spent there would be to bless my home school journey. You see, I still live with the mindset that life is segmented like subjects. If…

Making Time for the Youngest: Girl’s Retreat

I’m the youngest in my family. I vowed I would not pass on the legacy of the youngest to my youngest. I’m so arrogant. I have pictures organized and scrapbooked for my oldest. He has copious amounts of videos of his cuteness. My middle girl is well documented. Then came my third. This sweet girl…