Come along with me and see how I (imperfectly) accelerate my children’s education Have you heard of the Brainy Bunch? I read the book years ago and was inspired. This family had 10 kids, and six of them at the time had graduated high school by age 11 and began in-class college courses at age…
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Elements of a Successful Homeschool Day
Over the years, I’ve found that homeschool success is a relative term, a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. My success won’t look like yours. Heck, mine won’t look like mine in 6 months or a year. As soon as you decide you’ve achieved it, it can shift and change. It shifts…
More Than Happy: The Wisdom of Amish Parenting – A Book Review
Author Serena Miller was already immersed in Amish culture. She’d written novels based on it, and during her research she noticed the difference in their children compared to the wider American culture. They seemed content, calm. She’d never seen one throw a fit, never seen an Amish mother hurrying to give her child what he…
The Lost Skill of Boredom – and How to Develop it
A boy walked through the hills and woods, spending hours and hours over the years listening to nothing but the birds chirping, the wind blowing through the leaves, and the thoughts in his head. His mind wandered as much as his feet. This lifestyle was part of the fertile soil that produced the Theory of…