Nature study can be as simple as a short walk in the neighborhood or as elaborate as a week in a National Park. Don’t make it complicated. Just go outside. This month, we suggest you spend some time outside every day, as much as you can manage, and observe what is going on with the … Continue reading Nature Study: Flowers
Have you had too many weeks in a row when you couldn’t get everything done? I don’t mean you didn’t finish all the schoolwork; you are way behind in the stuff one would think would be easy. For example, when it’s time to pay the bills, you realize you haven’t filed away the bills for … Continue reading That’s What Break Week Is For
Nobody can deny the importance of computers in everyday life. However, many think that computer programming is a highly specialized subject that should only be taught as an elective. However, I will make the case that computer programming has a place in the core curriculum, whether or not your student plans on pursuing a technology … Continue reading What We Learn When We Learn Computer Programming
Here are the links to our suggestions for beautiful things for March, with a focus on beautiful words, sounds, and places that are distinctly American and focus on the late 1800s and early 1900s. Back to Simple Beauty Page
Nature study can be as simple as a short walk in the neighborhood or as elaborate as a week in Yellowstone National Park. Don’t make it hard. Just go outside. This month, we suggest you spend some time outside every day that the weather is reasonable, and observe what is going on with the weather. … Continue reading Nature Study Weather
Aaron Copland was born in 1900. He loved to write music and even more so, he loved to teach people how to enjoy it. He grew up in New York City, where he heard all kinds of music. During his lifetime, Americans were getting used to modern times. Artists and writers were trying out new … Continue reading Aaron Copland
Robert Frost was born in San Francisco in 1874. When he was a child, his family moved to New England, and he stayed there most of his life. He started writing poems when he was sixteen, and he never stopped. He graduated at the top of his class, a rank he shared with the woman … Continue reading Robert Frost
Jackson Pollock was an American artist who was born in 1812 in Wyoming. He grew up with several brothers. He is known for making huge paintings by splattering, throwing, and dripping paint onto canvas. His style of painting is called “Abstract Expressionism.” However, Jackson liked to call it “Action Painting” because he used a lot … Continue reading Jackson Pollock
A word fitly spokenIs like apples of gold in pictures of silver. – Prov. 25:11 Great authors are wordsmiths. Through vivid imagery and careful syntax, their words ferry our minds to mythical lands with unexpected characters or turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. This is artistry in ink; a picture painted in intelligible letters placed, … Continue reading Authors are our Teachers
LaNissir James LaNissir celebrates 25 years as the wife of Lorenzo James and homeschooling mom of 7 kids: 5 girls and 2 boys from 22 to 5 years old. LaNissir is an intentional mother who enjoys building relationships with her children, with a focus on leaving a legacy. The entire James family has the same initials, so … Continue reading Moms’ Winter Summit Speakers
