Monthly Archives: January 2011

Blogs have finally taught me a skill I had failed to master until now. I couldn't do it in high school. I still couldn't do it in college. I realized I had made a breakthrough when my dad recently asked … Continue reading →

Twenty years ago, my mom was homeschooling us kids and loving it. When she learned that some families were struggling with their homeschool adventure, she decided to start Sonlight Curriculum. That's right: My mom started Sonlight while homeschooling. Granted, Sonlight … Continue reading →

Let's say you're interested in trying out something new. It could be a new digital camera, cookbook, spelling program, dental cream, garden tool or smartphone app. Before you decide to invest in this amazing new thing, you wonder: How do … Continue reading →

Tim Hawkins admits he doesn't know. In one of his routines, he says, "The kid knows Greek, but he still eats bugs. What grade is that?" Henry Cate Ignore the health benefits of eating bugs for the moment. Children develop … Continue reading →

"Wait. Glass isn't a slowly moving liquid?" I blinked at the comic on my screen. Before long I was researching "amorphous solids" and trying to get my head around molecular structures and the general lack of agreement as to what, … Continue reading →

Post after post today contained pictures of homeschoolers doing their homeschooling thing. Children sitting at their desks with their math textbooks. Kids filling out worksheets. A family spread around a table, pencils in hand. Conspicuously missing from these pictures of … Continue reading →