In his Bible study last night, Ray told about Jesus calling James and John and Peter and Andrew. Jesus asked these two sets of brothers to leave fishing—the everyday life that they knew—and to follow Him to do something new. Their response was to lay down their fishing nets and go. How scary that ... View Post
Frazzled, Worried, and Weeping?
Homeschooling is a scary prospect for many parents. Yet the world we live in today is making many, many of those parents timidly ask the question: Should we? Ray and I were in that position in 1990. We answered the question with a yes, but that didn't mean that those fears went away. This is the ... View Post
Homeschooling in the Nineties, Part 5–Success
Today wraps up my series on Homeschooling in the Nineties. This last section in that lesson in America the Beautiful includes an encouragement for homeschooled students. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Homeschooling families continued to find creative ways to learn at home and to do things with other homeschooling ... View Post
Homeschooling in the Nineties, Part 4 — The Modern Homeschooling Movement
During the 1970s and 1980s, a few parents began to think again about educating their children at home. Two people who greatly influenced them were California educator Dr. Raymond Moore and popular radio host Dr. James Dobson. Reader’s Digest published Moore’s book Better Late Than Early in 1975. ... View Post
Homeschooling in the Nineties, Part 3 — Compulsory Education
Yesterday Ray and I enjoyed going through some pictures from our precious homeschooling days. Ah, I miss it! I have enjoyed sharing the history of homeschooling in the nineties this week. Here is a link to Part 1 on Monday and Part 2 from yesterday, in case you missed them. Today's section is ... View Post
Homeschooling in the Nineties, Part 2 — Traditional Education of Alaska’s Inuit People
The next section of the lesson "Homeschooling in the Nineties" illustrates a point from the first section. That point is this: parents teaching their own children has been the normal way for most people for most of world history. For my example, I tell about the traditional way that Alaska's ... View Post
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