Author: Kyndra Steinmann
5 Tips for Teaching Children to Follow Verbal Instructions
This scene happens frequently in our house: Me: “Mouse, please go upstairs, make your bed, pick up the clothes on the floor, and bring down…
How to Teach Public Speaking
When I was a girl, the homeschool group in Williamsburg/James City County and Charles City Counties in Virginia decided that it would be a good…
Homeschooling? Just Keep Doing What You’re Doing.
Recently I’ve had the opportunity to talk to a number of homeschool moms who are just beginning their journey. They have the usual questions about…
Are Bad Attitudes Contagious in Your Home?
Remember back in the eighties when we used to have “chicken pox parties”? Someone’s kids would come down with the chicken pox and a message…
Resisting a Spirit of Fear
How often, I wonder, do I say “no” to something because I am afraid? “No” to the children’s desire to do something. “No” to good…
Coping with Sick Days and the Unexpected
This past week was supposed to be one of much accomplishment! Co-op is over for the semester, which gives us an extra day at home,…
Learning to Read is Like Learning to Speak
Lately the toddler tornado has been experiencing a language explosion! Every day or two she has a new couple of words, and she is constantly…
Preparing the Cozy Winter Homeschool
It’s getting chilly up here in Massachusetts—enough so, that the toddler wanted her hat and shawl this morning when she went out! (Don’t you just…
The Futility of It All
The other day I was talking to my mother about some behavioral issue I was dealing with, and I finished the conversation by saying, “…
Baby on the Move? How to Keep Your Homeschool Thriving
In many ways, this homeschooling thing is best described as “constantly re-inventing the wheel”! We know that “the wheel”—education—is what we need, but the way…
