Curriculum Notgrass History

Daily Encouragement

for Homeschooling Mothers with Charlene Notgrass

Family is such a blessing. Don’t forget to enjoy every minute of it.

Ray and I had fun remembering the baby and toddler days of some of our now 8-to-10 year old grandchildren earlier this week while I was searching through Homeschool Dramatic Society photos for my peek into our homeschool creative writing and drama activities. Mary Evelyn's plays are usually in ... View Post

A Peek into Our Homeschool: Creative Writing and Drama

I hope that these peeks into our homeschool are an encouragement to you. Today I'd like to give examples of how we included creative writing and drama. Long before Ray and I knew that our family would create history curriculum for homeschooling families, God was sowing seeds in each member of our ... View Post

A Peek into Our Homeschool: Books

About ten years ago, I was scheduled to give two talks at a homeschool conference, one about teaching children's hearts, souls, and minds and another about homeschooling for imperfect mothers. As part of my preparations, I asked our children to share their homeschool memories with me. Each of our ... View Post

A Peek into Our Family’s Homeschooling Lifestyle

Ours is an ordinary family made of ordinary people. Maybe these simple memories from our homeschooling days will encourage you as you homeschool your children today. When our children were very young and my hair wasn’t gray, . . . . . . at naptime, I would sit in the rocking chair that had ... View Post

Nolon and Adene

I've been reading Miss Hickory to our nine- and six-year-old granddaughters. In one passage, Mrs. Pheasant laments to her friend Miss Hickory (a doll with a head made from a hickory nut) that Mr. Pheasant treats her poorly each fall. Miss Hickory encourages her friend to copy something that human ... View Post