Blog — Family

When you homeschool, your whole approach to learning starts to change. You may begin to look at nearly everything as a learning opportunity. That newfound perspective doesn’t mean you drag an encyclopedia to the playground. But it does mean you've discovered that learning new things is exciting! You stop and wonder and talk about the world around you. And your kids soak it up. You begin to create a lifestyle of learning..... continue reading

Our family just returned from a trip to Kenya. We had several reasons for our trip, one was to visit and encourage our dear family friends who have moved there to open a business and share the gospel through their work and lives. The other was to visit Kids for Christ, an organization that our church has begun partnering with. Several of our church families sponsor these beautiful children, providing food, clothing, education and more. Although the surrounding of where these children live and go to school is absolutely beautiful,.... continue reading

Think for a minute about clips you've seen on TV or social media that encourage you. Like me, do you remember ones of dads helping children finish races when they're too tired to finish on their own? How about the ones of other athletes stopping to help runners who fall even though it means they won't win? These people inspire me! 

As I watch the Olympics beginning this Friday, I'm going to be watching to see who is and who isn't other-centered. People who put others first and live one-another lifestyles are winners in my book. How do you want your children to define winning?".....click here for Winter Games freebies 

Would you like to have your husband be more involved in the homeschooling process? There are some very good ideas in this article from Leah Courtney at Bright Ideas Press 

In many of the homeschooling families I know, the mother does the work of homeschooling, and the dads are not involved or have minimal involvement. Although many homeschooling moms say they’d like to have their husbands more involved, it doesn’t seem to happen much of the time. Why is this? Is there a reason dads sometimes relinquish responsibility when it comes to homeschooling? And is there a way that we moms can help our husbands be more involved in our homeschooling? Read more here