Just over a year-and-a-half ago Audrey Wilkerson and her husband welcomed three little girls into their home through overseas adoption. Facing three children who didn’t speak English and had never even been inside a classroom, Audrey used Morning Time to help build relationships in this burgeoning family and the academic and English skills these girls…
Here’s the sticky wicket. Everyone is telling you all the things you must do. You must do the teaching. You must do the cooking. You must do some cleaning and laundry. Pay the bills. Get people to all manner of appointments and lessons. How can I possibly have the gall to tell you…
There are many ways to add some enchantment to your homeschool day. And there are many ways to introduce your kiddos to the art and beauty of poetry. But one of our favorite family traditions has been to combine poetry and enchantment in the practice of Poetry Teatime. This might sound like a concept that…
Welcome back to a new season of the Homeschool Snapshots Podcast! We are kicking off with an interview with Cindy West from Our Journey Westward and Shining Dawn Books. While Cindy is known for homeschool nature study, she is also passionately interested in using a process called Brain Training in her homeschool with some of…
I’ll never forget the day my eldest child told me what she wanted to do with her life. She was 15 years old and had just been to a week-long violin camp. She came home KNOWING she wanted to pursue music as a career. Unfortunately, she was far behind schedule for being ready to audition…
Are you interested in homeschooling high school but perhaps a bit apprehensive about it? Never fear! While I have yet to homeschool a high schooler myself, I have years of experience teaching high school students and in designing a course of study as the high school administrator at my local co-op. Mostly, I am here…
One of the struggles we hear about often here at the Your Morning Basket podcast is how do you do Morning Time with boys — especially resistant boys. To answer that question we brought in an expert. Kathy Weitz has five boys all of whom are in their teens or older. She knows what it…
I had one of those stellar mommy moments a few weeks ago. You know the ones, right? Where you are just not at your best and your frustrations (with yourself and them) only escalates your behavior into something you would rather soon forget. Please tell me I am not the only one. We had a…
I hope I convinced you that homeschool mamas need hobbies. I convinced myself. Now I’m going to say something somewhat controversial. I think your hobby should be something for you. I want to encourage you to choose something that isn’t just supportive of your vocation as a Homeschool Mom. I would love to see us…
Experienced parents know that what children say and what children mean aren’t always quite the same. Child: “Yes, Mom, I wiped the table.” Translation: “Yes, I took a dishcloth and flicked the biggest crumbs onto the floor.” Child: “No, I didn’t hit my brother.” Translation: “Well, I was mad that he knocked over my block castle….and I may have…
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