by Anne Elliott | Sep 3, 2010 | Blog, Homeschooling Methods, Homeschooling Philosophy
As I mentioned in an earlier post on homeschooling goals, many times we homeschoolers are guilty of being sluggish in our thinking, too quickly adopting goals as our own when we haven’t compared them against Scripture. Often we make goals by reading popular...
by Anne Elliott | Aug 20, 2010 | Blog, Homeschooling Methods, Homeschooling Philosophy
If you’ve been thinking about homeschooling for any length of time, you’ve seen books and articles that recommend that you make goals for your children’s education. I remember when my oldest son was just a few years old. My husband and I heard this same advice, and we...
by Anne Elliott | Feb 12, 2010 | Blog, Homeschooling Methods, Parenting
It’s February, and here in snowy Minnesota, our local public school planned two days of vacation into their calendar — today and Monday. I think it’s a good idea, since school starts feeling a little “old” this time of year....
by Anne Elliott | Jul 31, 2009 | Bible, Blog, Homeschooling Methods, Homeschooling Philosophy
We know that the Bible says we are to impress God’s commands on our children by talking about them when we sit, walk, lie down and get up (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). That’s all the time! We homeschoolers have an advantage here, simply because we have more time in...
by Anne Elliott | Apr 29, 2009 | Blog, Homeschooling Methods
by Laura Q. — used by permission I’m not patient, I’m far from organized, and I’m not disciplined. But guess what? We’re doing great! It would be very very hard to do worse than the public schools in educating your child. My daughter...