Home School Resources
Gearing Up for a New School Year – Plans for 2016-2017
It’s that time of the summer. I’ve been working out our curriculum and schedule for next year, and I’m ready to share it with you! It’s so wonderful to be homeschooling with Classical Conversations. So much of what we do is governed by our connection with our community. At home, we still have freedom in…
Read MoreBroken, Yet Free. Working on Being Unashamed
Over the past five years, my husband and I have been on a journey of healing from brokenness. It’s amazing how you can accept the forgiveness of God, and yet remain ashamed of who you were. I guess that’s not really accepting forgiveness then is it? Believing that God’s grace is sufficient means clothing yourself…
Read More101 Reasons Every Mom Should Be a Reader
I remember when I was graduating from high school with an unlimited amount of opportunities in front of me. Oh the Places You Will Go resounded in my ears, and dreams were mine for the taking. Fast forward a couple of years and I was married, graduating from college, and pregnant with my first. I chose…
Read MoreCan Fairy Tales Really Foster Morality?
I recently heard Andrew Pudewa speak about Fairy Tales and the Moral Imagination. It was a curious topic for me because I wasn’t sure that fairy tales really had anything to do with morals. Can fantasy really cultivate right living in reality? Why does this idea strike me as so strange? Is it because I’ve…
Read MoreGoing on a Wonder Walk to Spark Imagination
How many times have you decided to go on a glorious walk with your kids only to have them complain the second you start about how their legs hurt, how hot it is, or how long you will be walking? I might be the only one, but occasionally, the walk of my dreams turns into…
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