Whew! The main body of the essay is written! Are we done now? Nope. Not yet. So far, we have followed the process of writing an essay usi...

Step 4 in the writing process is writing the main body of the essay. If you’ve followed Steps 1-3 in writing an essay (see previous Homes...

When we first started out, we used a printed Bible curriculum, but I wanted to teach my children the whole scope of the Bible and the ful...

The 3rd step in writing an essay is making an outline. Once you have done a "dump page" and organized all the items on the "dump page" on...

I have to confess that as a child, and even (maybe especially!) in my high school years, I was messy. My bedroom was rarely clean. (Thoug...

Essay writing can actually become fun and fairly easy! Last week I wrote on Step 1 of writing an essay: choosing a topic and making a "du...

As a new school year begins, let's talk about writing. Most students groan when you even mention writing. Essays?? That's the worst! I wo...

I may get in trouble for this one, but I'm going to take the plunge anyway. As "keepers or guardians of our homes" (Titus 2:5), we bear t...

A couple years ago a friend of mine in Alaska told me how she had challenged her church with a question that went something like this, "W...

"A mathematician does not study pure mathematics because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it and he delights in it beca...

We don't often realize it or think about it, but math is found throughout the Bible. From the very first chapter of Genesis to the very l...

Mathematics is full of patterns. This is why math is both beautiful and fascinating. By learning some of these patterns, we can become fa...

Of all the helpful things we can teach our children, learning the simple math facts is right up there near the top. If our children don't...

Mathematics is one of the core subjects of schooling. "Reading, writing, and 'rithmatic" have always been the top three for a reason. Unf...

When we make the choice to homeschool, our homes become the center of nearly everything in our lives and our children's lives. Our place ...

December seems a fitting month to write about making holidays special in our homeschooling routines. As homeschool moms we have a variety...

The fourth pillar of education is punctuation. For most people punctuation is a confusing mystery. Punctuation errors (as well as spellin...

The third pillar of education is grammar. Many people think grammar is relatively unimportant, one of those distasteful subjects forced u...

The second pillar of education is spelling. Unfortunately, this skill is, like handwriting, going by the wayside. Many think that with th...