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“Wow, Ben!  I’m impressed that you could read that word,” I said to my 6 year old. “Well, Mom!  I just used the phonics decoding strategies.” I just loved his response!  Mostly because is there anything cuter than little kids using big words?!  But more because it...

Yup.  This is how my living room looks on a regular basis.  No, my decorating style is not “early refugee motif.”  Those of you with creative kids will recognize this in a heartbeat.  This is yet another installment in Adventures in Fort-building.  My kids love make...

Great!  Summer is a good time to earn some extra money and get experience in the working world.  Here are some things you need to know: Work Permit In order to work at a business, you need a work permit (jobs for individuals like babysitting or lawn work does not...

We’re all familiar the homeschooling stereotypes–long skirt-wearing, gun-totting, religiously zealous, backwoods-living weirdos and wackos. A friend of mine often ads an explanatory sentence any time he tells someone he was homeschooled. “But we didn’t make our own...

From Patheos.com The Internet is full of content on homeschooling. Google it, you’ll see. And it’s a subject dear to the hearts of many people here at Patheos. For goodness’ sake, we even have a blog dedicated to it, the brilliant Homeschool Chronicles, written by the...

By Celia Baker, Deseret News Olive Ward’s busy life includes trips with friends to New York City's Museum of Natural History and other nearby cultural landmarks. The 8-year-old Manhattanite plays violin in a small orchestra, and makes craft projects with a weekly art...

“New and improved!” “Doctor recommended!” “Clinically proven!” No doubt you’ve seen claims like these on products. Have you ever seen this claim on a curriculum: “Aligns with Common Core Standards!” You might have questioned, “What in the world does that mean?” Or if...

“He’s sleeping like a baby!”  I always found that phrase ironic when I had newborns.  Newborns are sweet, precious bundles who steal your heart – and your sleep!  Newborns wake up every 2 hours in the beginning.  “Sleeping like a baby” is a misnomer.  The accurate...

So you’ve decided to embark on the homeschool adventure.  Congratulations!  Of course every adventure requires preparation.  No doubt you have thought long and hard about the path you are about to take - weighing pros and cons, talking with various people, and...

To Homeschool or not to homeschool – that is the question! “Maybe we should homeschool the kids.” I don’t know how many times I’ve said this to my husband.  It seems it is an ever-present, back-burner consideration for me.  I was a teacher before we had children.  I...

Written by Kelly Phillips Erb, Contributor for Forbes Magazine. Taxpayer asks: I called the IRS they couldn’t help me and told me to call our local office since they do not know our state laws. I did. They couldn’t give me live help on the phone unless I was a...

Soon it will be March Madness and people will be choosing “their teams,” making predictions about who will win the coveted basketball title. Of course basketball isn’t the only place for teams. If you are a homeschool parent, you also have a team. Not just the...

Information, information EVERYWHERE!  That’s our online world today.  It’s great to have so much information available but it also can be daunting, overwhelming, and time-consuming to track it all down to its various cyber locations.  That’s the beauty of...

Tim Tebow.  Dr. Condoleeza Rice.  Ansel Adams.  Thomas Edison.  Alan Alda.  Whoopi Goldberg. Recognize those names?  Of course you do!  And you probably immediately associate their names with their various accomplishments.  But do you know what they all have in...

“Mom, I don’t feel good.” As a mom, it’s tough to see your kids sick.  Your heart breaks to see them feeling so miserable and sometimes it’s a tough to decide how to best help them.  I am so thankful for the great doctors we have had over the years – those who have...