Most Popular
The Top Summer Reading List For Middle Schoolers Jun. 4, 2024
Article Categories
Tag Archives: failure
Jul. 15, 2025
What to Do When the Homeschool Science Experiment Fails
When things don’t go quite right, there’s no need to scrap the whole thing. There are always ways to turn a failed experiment into a valuable learning experience.
Tagged experiment, failure, Homeschooling, science, Sonlight
Leave a comment
Mar. 12, 2021
How Books Help You Raise Proactive Kids Who Aren't Afraid to Fail
Nine-year-old Betsy was set up to fail. Primped and pampered her whole life, she had never done a chore or fixed her own hair. When circumstances changed and Betsy went to live with cousins on a Vermont farm, her new … Continue reading
Oct. 28, 2019
Second-guessing: Did I make the right decision to homeschool?
Big Brother Caleb loves to read to his little sister Abi. "My books are in bad shape because they are so well used, but my kids' minds couldn't be more stimulated, educated, and happy—reading another beloved Sonlight book! Thank you … Continue reading
Tagged failure, guilt, Homeschooling, life-long learning, practice, self-doubt
2 Comments
Sep. 1, 2015
Homeschooling Will Fail You If...
I don't blog about theology much here, as this is a homeschool blog.* But there is a theme rippling through "the homeschool movement" that bears repeating: Trust Jesus, not the system. Over the last couple weeks, there have been many … Continue reading
Tagged failure, Homeschooling, trust
4 Comments
Jun. 21, 2011
Q: Could Sonlight Fail You? A: Only If Your Goals Don’t Match Ours
Depending on your goals for homeschooling, Sonlight might fail your kids. Sonlight won’t fail you if your goals are to instill a love of great books and reading develop empathy lay a broad foundation of cultural literacy expose children to … Continue reading
Tagged education, failure, goals, Homeschooling, Sonlight, Testing
29 Comments
