Some years ago, I was invited by horse-loving friends to attend a natural horsemanship clinic with them. They were thrilled that this traveling clinic was going to be so close to my home—because it was a lot closer for them than their home in Australia!! During one...
Your kids don’t automatically absorb your love of a place, a food, or a subject area. As parents, it’s our privilege and responsibility to gently introduce them to these things in such a way that they, too, can begin to know and love what we hold precious. Here’s a...
You are facing extraordinary challenges, regardless of how easily your kids are learning their school work. Parenting itself is more demanding, more fraught with difficulties, than ever before. . . and homeschooling adds layers of complexity, stress and labor beyond...
You’re Doing A Great Job! What you are doing matters. Your homeschooling means that you have all of the planning, all the work, all the struggle, all the sleepless nights. . .to give your kids the opportunity: to know what it is to love learning, to be loved in...
Today, I’d like to share the top 3 traits of homeschool dads: Understanding his kids; Investing in his kids’ Being intentional at home. To bring it to life, here are three of my favorite stories—all from New Zealand! 1) Understanding his kids At a homeschool...