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Vision and Revision
Before I started homeschooling, I listened to a series of tapes about a vision for homeschooling families. The speaker, George Grant was illustrating how we only use a small portion of the brain’s capabilities. He told a story of Teddy Roosevelt and how he was able to dictate two letters in different languages to two different secretaries while reading
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Weary in well doing
Earlier this month I noticed several disheartening comments on e-mail groups of which I am a member. Most of us were just starting the homeschool year, with some having made that big decisions to start educating at home. Veterans were gearing up for yet another year, with several years or more under
Stillness and rest for your soul
The topic of rest seems to have presented itself to me in varied forms in the past month. I read about it to a teen son in his lessons as we were finishing up the regular school year. It came up in my devotions. A friend on Facebook posted an article on the idea of rest. The subject also came up at a
Motherhood: Culture vs. Calling
Every time I read an article on being a certain kind of a mom I think if only I was that kind of a mom, then my children would be really outstanding. I’ve read accounts of families who homeschool in an RV on the road visiting all those fabulous historical sites. Now that is a sure fire way to rear
Real Life in a Virtual World
Recently I was reading Little House on the Prairie to my youngest son. I was amazed by the fact that Pa knew how to make absolutely everything. I told my son that I wanted him to learn how to make things with his hands. “Oh, I make things all the time”, he said. “Really?” I responded. “Tell
Tempter & the mom
The monthly devotional I use, Tabletalk, published by R.C. Sproul’s Ligonier Ministries, had a series of articles in February’s issue that were a takeoff on C.S. Lewis’s masterful work The Screwtape Letters. As most of you know, Lewis penned this book as if he had come across a collection of correspondence
I was a teenage palm reader
By Jeannette Tulis Yes, you read that right, this homeschool mom, now a fairly conservative Christian, dabbled in the art of telling her high school classmates their future based on the lines in their hands. This was before I became a believer. It was a fun skill that made for instant popularity, albeit
Lessons in the now and the not yet
By Jeannette Tulis Last month I was very gratified to hear from so many of you that my November column was encouraging and very applicable. It was definitely on the practical side and, like most of my columns, I wrote it to myself as much as to you. This month you will have to bear with me as I swing
Myth of catching up
This is not written for all the homeschool moms out there who have their days neatly scheduled, their homes picked up, their to-do lists checked off each day, their meal plans in place, their checkbooks balanced and their children’s curriculum plans on a spreadsheet for the next five years. This column
Cultivating imagination of our children
One of the aspects of home education I appreciate is that you get to incorporate really lovely things into your lessons and see that spark of delight in your child’s eyes. I can honestly say that I look forward to each day with my boys as we are so enjoying our daily banquet of lessons. Recently,