Are you ready to homeschool? Whether you're a newbie starting from scratch or a veteran wanting to be sure you've built a firm foundation, I want to encourage you on your homeschool journey. I'm not sure what led you to this decision to educate your child at home but I am pretty sure of one ... Read More about Get Started Homeschooling: Begin
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Loving Our Preschool Life with Sonya Shafer from Simply Charlotte Mason
Are you loving the preschool years? According to Charlotte Mason, the preschool years were intended to be "a quiet growing time" but for many families, those years have turned into a time of pressure and unrealistic expectations. It's hard to drown out all the voices in today's culture telling ... Read More about Loving Our Preschool Life with Sonya Shafer from Simply Charlotte Mason
Inspiring Speech with Kate Wilde, Director of The Son-Rise Program®
Do you want to inspire language in your child with autism? So often there seems to be an unspoken time limit placed on our autistic children when it comes to language. A sort of "now or never" attitude that implies if our child doesn't talk by a certain time, that window closes forever. ... Read More about Inspiring Speech with Kate Wilde, Director of The Son-Rise Program®
A Case for the Early Years with Leah Martin from My Little Robins
Are you in the Early Years Stage? If you have a 0-6-year-old, you are living in what Charlotte Mason referred to as "the early years." In her first volume, Home Education, Miss Mason urged mothers to "secure for them a quiet growing time, a full six years of passive receptive life, the waking ... Read More about A Case for the Early Years with Leah Martin from My Little Robins
The Perks of Year-Round Homeschooling
Does the idea of homeschooling year round overwhelm you? School’s out for summer…unless you live in the Rinna home. Don’t get me wrong – we’re not plugging away at the table working all day instead of playing outside in the sprinkler. We still soak up all the benefits of summer and we even take ... Read More about The Perks of Year-Round Homeschooling
Are You Starving? The Why and How of Nurturing the Mother’s Mind with Brandy Vencel
Are you starving yourself? Brandy Vencel wrote an article a few years ago that challenged parents to consider if they were starving their children's minds which made me consider, also, if I was starving my own mind. Mothers are commonly attributed with being self-sacrificing, but in terms of the ... Read More about Are You Starving? The Why and How of Nurturing the Mother’s Mind with Brandy Vencel