Are you afraid you are going to ruin your child by homeschooling? You are not alone; both newbies and veterans alike ask this very question a LOT! This is a weight that we must carry if we are going to be good parents, but it doesn’t have to be a crushing weight, … Read More…
If you feel intimidated when thinking about teaching science to your children, you are not alone. Most of us have been conditioned to see the subject as complicated and beyond the reach of average people. Today we’re going to unwrap science and remove the layers of hype. I am going to … Read More…
So much harm has been done through our modern educational system. So many people are not being taught the basics. Even students who graduate with honors have trouble comprehending texts beyond the seventh-grade level.
Why is this?
Because our education system has been gradually dumbing us all down, and it has been deliberate.
It was all so gradual and seemingly effortless on my part that it was like magic.
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?
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…
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…
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…
There are so many theories about education out there, and almost all of them are as dumb as rocks. Why? Because they take something that is already included in basic human understanding and turn a profit with it by some clever ad copy and redesigned packaging. You know, when you … Read More…
In these last months we have been delving deeply into the roots of American education and homeschooling to recover the wisdom that has been lost. My goal has been to educate and equip you so that you can homeschool in confidence. Today we need to explore just why we feel … Read More…