Is Home Ec Just for High School?
Is Home Ec just for high school? If you have ever seen a little child up to their elbows in rice crispy square batter (or dough, or whatever you call…
Read moreHow Do You Recognize Good and Great Poetry?
How do you recognize good and great poetry? August is the time of year for asking educational questions in North America. Depending on which state/province you live in, this month…
Read moreDo You Know What They’re Reading?
Timeless Tips from Educators of the Past is a companion series to our Timeless Tips from Homemakers of the Past – highlighting useful and thought provoking advice from the generations…
Read moreHow to Keep Kids Busy in the Summer
“So then I told them they could have free time—and they went and weeded the garden!” Yes, I actually heard a mom making the above remark, one week after school…
Read moreHow to Make Hymns a Part of Your Life
Sometimes, it can be the “how” that really trips us up. I can’t tell you the number of times in my life that I look at a problem and say,…
Read moreAre You Looking for a FREE Christian Vocabulary Program?
Are you looking for a Christian vocabulary program to boost your child’s English? As homeschoolers, we naturally take a personal interest in our children’s academic success. We picture raising mathematical…
Read moreAre You Looking for a FREE Christian High School Poetry Course?
As a child, I always took my ideas from the things I read—both poetry and prose. Long before I really investigated the social, political and religious questions I met through…
Read moreWhat If My Student Hates Reading?
Sometimes, it can seem like reading is the answer to everything. If your student hates writing—get them to read. If you want to teach them history—let them read historical fiction.…
Read moreHow to Get Your Kids to Love History
As a child, it felt like I spent a lot of time studying Ancient Egypt. My mom tells me I didn’t really—but it felt like that to me. Unfortunately, I…
Read moreWhat If My Student Hates Writing?
What if my student hates writing? It can be easy to panic when we come to a question like that, and to feel that something must be seriously wrong with…
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