Journals Category

“Writing Class is not School”

In: homeschool, Journals

I have turned into one of those people who school year round. I would say it’s not intentional, but who am I kidding? I usually use the summer to undo all the damage my language arts curriculum does to my younger children by signing them up for summer reading. I also try to take the [...]

I have a journal where I first started seeking God for the children. I asked Him what I should do with each child that day. This was when I stopped using curriculum and tried to do delight-based learning, along with whatever I could glean from Charlotte Mason’s homeschooling book. I didn’t write in the journal [...]

Cool Dream

In: going deep, Journals

I had a very cool dream this morning. I was driving in the snow. I was on a road past my piano teacher’s house that had a cul de sac at the end. I thought it would be easier to drive slowly (idling) around the circle drive than to back up and turn around to [...]