Editor’s Note: Back in 2010, I interviewed Mike Richardson of El Hogar Educador, Mexico’s first and primary homeschooling ministry and organization, for the website SpiritualSalt.com. I am reprinting it here to draw attention to the homeschooling movement in Mexico, and to ask American homeschool families to prayerfully consider offering their support for the movement. We…
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Homeschool Project: Make Green Carnations for St. Patrick’s Day
Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day. Here is a fun green homeschool project that you can do today, to enjoy green-tipped flowers tomorrow. This project will visually demonstrate how the transport system of a flowering plant works. Specifically, that water moves up vessels in the stem of a flowering plant, and along with water, other liquids…
Homeschool Project: Make a Red Wiggler Worm habitat
My eight-year-old, Isaac, has been fascinated with all aspects of getting our Back to Eden garden ready for spring. From planting the seedlings, to putting down the black-plastic temporary tarp, to climbing our pile of wood chips, there’s fun for him at every turn! Now, we’ve started a new science project to satisfy his curiosity…
Handwriting Key
I bought a handwriting key from an educational supply store when my son was very small. It didn’t take long for it to look ragged, and it’s been misplaced more than once. I ended up deciding to make my own, which actually has two keys on a single page, so if you have two kids,…
