A Little Sunday Blasphemy
The other day my 7 y/o son was playing with a bag of multi-colored straws from H.E.B. and he said, "If I was God I would have put the colors of the rainbow in a different order." I wish I ...

Common Homeschool Stages?
I'm sharing the common stages that a homeschool mom might go through as she observes and learns with her children over the years. I know I've gone from setting up a school in my home to declaring that my home ...

Family Learning Plan
Rough sketch of our family learning plan: This year I want to focus on Greek and Latin roots, family reading, journaling, and maybe setting up some type of a "math lab" in my home. I blogged about a "math lab" ...

The Totalitarian Temptation in Democratic Schools
As I was chopping up some carrots and zucchini for my vegetable alfredo lasagna two seemingly unrelated entities came to my mind. A book I had read several years ago and a school that no longer exists. A few years ...

Got Meteorite?
Before we went to bed last night my daughter’s friend told us, “I’ll come back by at 4:00am to watch the meteor shower.” I didn’t believe it and I even said in a very sarcastic tone, “Yeah right!” So, when ...

John Taylor Gatto (three year old post)
The Sudbury School in Houston invited John Taylor Gatto to speak. Is anyone familiar with that school? It is a parent created democratic school where the children plan what they are taught each week. They don’t turn anyone away and ...

TAKS Talk Again? Yee Haw!
This is really the only topic I have an opinion on so, when I see it being discussed I get tingly from the top of my head down to the tips of my purple toenails. I know - I am ...