Doing a new thing Posted on January 2, 2012 By pamela Based on past performance, many of us can attest that doing a new thing is hard. This is where some of us fall off the cliff — or don’t even try! It takes determination to not allow past performance to thwart us from trying or doing a new thing! Doing… Read more
the endearing faces Posted on October 25, 2011 By pamela I stared blindly at the ceiling as I lay in bed and thought of the evening I’d just spent. Sleep didn’t seem to come easily. Or soon. I couldn’t stop thinking of them… their tender, lineless faces, bright smiles, dark hair and the playfulness of youth in their eyes. And,… Read more
What’s Pulling on Your Apron Strings Posted on October 23, 2011 By pamela That might sound like a strange title to a message I want to share with you today, but perhaps by the time you finish reading this letter, you’ll have an idea and perhaps realize some things you’ve been wanting to take care of for some time. So, what’s pulling on… Read more
The HomeSchool Community Remembers Christopher Klicka Posted on October 13, 2009October 13, 2009 By pamela The following, a tribute to Christopher Klicka, April 2, 1961 – October 12, 2009. The first of three parts at the Home School Legal Defense Association site: A Tribute – Part One part 2 part 3 Read more
Another homeschooling year Posted on September 30, 2009September 30, 2009 By pamela So, yes… another homeschooling year has begun. We’ve already had the usual variety of commitments — planned and unplanned, absences and extra-curricular activities: some sick, some tardy, some cutting class (uh, that would be two of the teachers :-O ), etc., etc. Three days into the new school year: We’ve… Read more
encouragement & geography today… Posted on January 30, 2009 By pamela I’m thinking of how our children learn, what motivates them the most and what creates the greatest results in homeschooling? Yes! it’s enthusiasm and love — it’s saying to our children: I am so for you!! I love you!! Maybe at home today we need to give a little more… Read more
What’s for dinner? And more questions. Posted on September 18, 2008 By pamela Every day… every day… day after day, there’s the dilemma: what’s for dinner? Or… for many, the daily questions are more like: What’s for breakfast? When’s coffee? What’s for lunch? What’s for snack? What’s for dinner? Where’s the chocolate for me? Here are a few dinner recipes and you might… Read more
Another first day of school Posted on September 8, 2008July 23, 2015 By pamela I woke up this morning with eager anticipation for the day: our 21st “first day of homeschool.” In the early days of homeschooling, I would not have even guessed where we would be today — in terms of both where we’ve been or how many children have been taught… Read more
An eye on California… Posted on June 25, 2008 By pamela Homeschool law. From the HSLDA E-lert Service June 25, 2008 QUICK LINKS HSLDA Home Page Join HSLDA Members Home Page HSLDA Bookstore You can only do so much… No one can be everywhere at once. And you can’t be at home, teaching your children, while monitoring your state’s legislature. Through… Read more
“Should Home-Schooling Be Illegal?” Posted on June 1, 2008 By pamela That’s the title of an article in this week’s Parade magazine: Should Home-Schooling Be Illegal? I don’t often read much of the Sunday paper – well, that is, unless an article catches my eye or unless there’s a series I’m following. So this week, as I was tidying up the… Read more