How the McGuffey Readers Develop Language and Literacy
It was all so gradual and seemingly effortless on my part that it was like magic.
Large Family Life
The Lazy Genius Way to Homeschool: Better Results, Less Time
Did you know that the first compulsory education law, passed in 1852 in Massachusetts, only required children from the ages of eight to fourteen to be in school for 12 weeks in the year, with only six of these being sequential?
Did you also know that students of that time enjoyed a literacy rate far above that of our modern day?
Why is this? Why don’t you know that schooling doesn’t have to take that much time or be that complicated?
How I Stay Organized as a Mom of 15: Chalkboarding, Personal Care, and Zones
Are you like me? Is your mind full of a million different ideas and directions so that you find yourself mindlessly putting your box of cereal in the fridge and your carton of milk in the cupboard? If so, you will find today’s post quite helpful. Today we are continuing … Read More…
Serious Organization for a Big Family: My Real-Life Systems and Routines
This is post no. 2 in our series on being “seriously” organized as the mom of 15. We have 11 daughters, and all of them love thrifting, and they love doing it together. It’s like a safari for treasure, and they come away feeling giddy. Once, when the older ones were still young … Read More…
Seriously Organized: Finding God’s Order in My Chaotic Life as the Mom of 15
People are constantly accusing me of being “organized,” but I don’t think of myself in that way. However, the other day I started to ponder the idea, and I realized the reason I don’t connect myself with being organized is because the idea is linked with a specific definition in my mind. To me, an organized person is one who keeps … Read More…
How to Decide If You Can Afford a Big Family: Insights from a Mom of 15
There is just one question you need to answer when deciding on your family size. I want to share this question with you, but first I would like to explain a few things. Did you know that, based on numbers put forth by the United States Government, in … Read More…
Respecting Childbirth With a Mom of 15
This post is another installment in our “unit study” for mommies on Babies. In earlier portions of this unit study we have covered things such as the myth of overpopulation and other general aspects of allowing children into our lives. Today we will focus on respecting childbirth. I … Read More…
Why I Love Babies
Having babies is not an end, it is a means. It is a means to growing in faith, to learning more about God, to learning more about ourselves, to pleasing God, to blessing the world. It is not the only means to these things. For some, not being … Read More…
Does Having Babies Make Logical Sense?
This is the sixth part of our unit study for mommies about babies. In earlier “lessons,” we covered the myth of overpopulation and the grimy roots of reproductive “rights” (which I like to refer to as “reproductive manipulation). Today we are going more towards the practical application. This … Read More…
We Need More Babies and a Free Download of the Commonplace Book No. 2
One thing I am not; I am not an expert demographer sitting behnid a desk running numbers and formulating a top-down strategy to be foisted on society “for the good of humanity.” I am also not a young woman with butterflies fluttering around in her head who says, … Read More…