Author: Katie Hughes
How to Get Started Homeschooling: Kindergarten Edition
Congratulations! You’ve decided to homeschool. You’ve silenced any nagging doubts (or at least pushed them aside for the year) and accepted responsibility for your child’s education. Now as you look into your little one’s eyes, you realize that you have no idea how, exactly, to do this homeschooling thing. Do you buy a desk and… Read more
Come and See: Modeling Spiritual Growth for Our Children
One day some time ago, I spent a couple of hours lounging on the back deck of a friend’s house. Over the course of the afternoon, we chatted about many things related to raising children. We talked about different movements in the homeschooling community and about our own experiences growing up. It was the kind… Read more
Education is Not About Filling in the Blanks
A couple of weeks ago I shared about my family’s recent field trip to Oak Ridge, TN. The biggest highlight of our day was our time at the K-25 History Center, which you can read more about here. As we entered the museum, an older woman named Carol enthusiastically welcomed us and shared that she… Read more
Field Trip Spotlight: Oak Ridge, TN
A couple of weeks ago, my family and two others took a day trip to Oak Ridge, TN. We learned about the secret city and saw the home of the Manhattan Project. We had a marvelous time! Since then, I’ve been surprised to discover how little-known that area is by our local homeschool community. We… Read more
So You’ve Decided to Homeschool. Now What?
I am a second generation homeschooler married to a second generation homeschooler, and we have four school-aged children. We’ve homeschooled all of them from the beginning. I also run a private library out of our home. To say that we have a lot of books and a wide variety of curricula would be an understatement.… Read more
Living an Interruptible Life
The first time I ever thought about the idea of an interruptible life was when a woman I barely knew, a dentist from our Sunday school class in a new state, gave up her free evening to come to my house and rock my sick babies. My triplet daughters were just five months old, sick… Read more
