When I was in high school I was regularly assigned the classic "Current Event." It was basically just clipping an article from a newspaper and summarizing it. It felt boring and irrelevant already (and I don't want to tell you how many years it's been since I was in high school!). It's no … [Read more...]
Mirrors and Windows
Sometimes homeschoolers get a reputation for sheltering our kids and limiting their experience of the world. But as homeschoolers (and afterschoolers!), one of our great opportunities is to give our children a wider view of the world than would be possible otherwise. We can use all of our "out of … [Read more...]
Free Literature-Based Curriculum Download: Refugees
In 2015 I felt an overwhelming sense of powerlessness as the world struggled to cope with the largest refugee crisis since World War II. Like many other Americans, I agonized over photos from many different parts of the world that showed people leaving their homes in desperation, and my husband and … [Read more...]