The desk of a Challenge A Tutor- beans and candy, white board markers/ wipes, guide, glasses, note cards and lots of coffee. Our weeks...

*1*  While we have a big house for the number of people actually living in it and could easily have a dedicated space to homeschool in,...

Last Tuesday was the last day of the first semester of Challenge. Cub had a 5 minute presentation on Padua (the city where Taming of the...

Do you see?  The WalMart world of dirty floors and cheap plastic and people who walk around in slippers with their pants falling off? T...

We have had a super busy, intense, hard work U kind of fall. It's been great. It's been fun. And this coming week the kids have B...

This months topic in Homeschooling High School has to do with fitting it all in. Great question. There is a LOT to high school= academics,...

We are on our 4th run through High School. We are decidedly classical in our approach. We have read and loved many books, gone on hundre...

This girl made Memory Master last spring (way back in April).  It was hard work and her courage waned a bit mid-year. We told her she ...

A word that defined a thought I've had for years (search GG for "Lasagna Learning") is copiousness. I ran across this word a...

*1* This week marks the beginning of our 25th year of Homeschooling. I've blogged for 8 of them. Pretty crazy how time flies. I...

I've written a bit already on how we teach Math, Science, Biology and History in our home. Check out some previous posts: Godly Patter...

… we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not dest...

Circe Institute  2015 Annual Conference in Charleston, SC. The break-out sessions were good  but it was the plenary sessions that I love...

Mid-August. I am not sure what happened to the last 2 weeks, other than super busy at work getting all of my students re-enrolled and cu...

July went by in a technically disastrous blur resulting in this monthly smash up versus weekly wrap-up. It was a crazy and wonderful month-...