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January 2024

January 31, 2024

Fun Stuff: The Immediate Book Meme

It is with great joy that I observe Darwin Catholic and Wine-Dark Sea have brought...

January 21, 2022

Reasoning vs. Rationalizing

There's a screenshotted homework assignment, reputedly from a Georgia virtual school, that's circulating right now,...

July 2020

July 10, 2020

Education vs. Childcare vs. Public Goods

One of the early outcries as COVID-19 raged through nursing homes was, "The way we...

June 2020

June 28, 2020

Spark Truth: The Life-Changing Magic of Reasoning Up

In prepping my first debate class for teenagers, I instituted a revolutionary rule: No participant...

March 2020

March 06, 2020

Alternatives to School Closures

As the US starts feeling the impact of our still-unmeasured coronavirus situation, public health authorities...

January 2018

January 23, 2018

Government Oversight and Preventing Child Abuse

One of the knee-jerk reactions to the Turpin family child abuse case is to call...

March 2017

March 06, 2017

Child Welfare and State Supervision of Homeschools

In discussion online recently, the topic of child welfare came up. Question of the day...

February 2016

February 24, 2016

On the Forming of Young Christians

The plan, if all my paperworking comes to fruition, is for 4/4ths of my children...

November 2015

November 13, 2015

Why God Made the University

I didn't fully understand Catholic education until this semester. Those who follow the blog know...

October 2015

October 17, 2015

Teaching Teenagers Logic is Practically Cheating

I received a very flattering compliment about my recent post on teaching logic to teens,...

October 16, 2015

How to Teach Kids about the “Straw Man” Fallacy

Point them to the internet. In class this morning, the kids got their formal introduction...

September 2015

September 14, 2015

Time Management and the Kinds of Time

I've fallen off the internet lately, and that's because I've been sleeping. More on that...

August 2015

August 21, 2015

Why Kolbe Academy for My Boy, In One Picture

The boy is headed out to spend the weekend with some family friends (adults, not...

August 18, 2015

Inside Our Homeschool – What We’re Doing This Year

What I've been doing instead of blogging lately is getting ready for school -- organizing...

December 2014

December 17, 2014

Something Useful: Cursive Worksheet Generator – You Specify the Text

What I'm thinking about today is . . . cursive. This site rescued a child...

November 2014

November 22, 2014

In Favor of Incompetent Housewives

Your must-read column for today is Calah Alexander's essay on what it's like being...

November 05, 2014

Affordable, Faithful Catholic Education: Online Catholic Schools?

One of the challenges in rearing our children is giving them an education that is...

September 2014

September 02, 2014

Remedial Organizational Skills with Jennifer: Dry Erase Boards

Up at CatholicMom.com: The true story of how I fell in love with dry...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

3 Ways Homeschoolers Socialize Differently than School Kids

I've been in the depths of back-to-school preparation on multiple fronts, and I'm continually astonished...

August 25, 2014

No School – Earthquake Day

The boy logged in to find out what time his first orientation class was this...

August 18, 2014

The Nerd Boy Silver Lining

On the one hand, a certain child of mine spends way too much time on...

August 05, 2014

Homeschooling High School The Less Scary Way

It's the time of year when mothers start to get excited about school. Before...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

Conference Update: Saturdays Specials, Catholic Success & a Full House for Distracted Parenting 101

A little update from the Midlands Homeschool Convention, where I'm making my home-away-from-home this week:...

June 2014

June 05, 2014

“Experimenting on Your Children”

One of the arguments against homeschooling is, "You're experimenting on your children." Every now and...

June 04, 2014

Online Courses w/Kolbe Academy – Summer & 2014-2015 Registration is Open + Why Jen Likes Kolbe**

(I had to wait to post this until I got my kid registered, lest y'all...

June 02, 2014

Mythical Mom Needs to Be Slain @ #CatholicMom.com

Over at CatholicMom.com, I explain why you need to kick out of your brain that...

May 2014

May 23, 2014

Catholic Education / Homeschooling Conference, Charlotte NC, Today & Tomorrow – Free

This afternoon the IHM Homeschool Conference opens in Charlotte, NC. Carolina-region folks, go to it if...

May 05, 2014

Tell Me About Your Favorite Homeschooling Conference @CatholicMom.com

Over at CatholicMom.com, I tell you why I finally went to a homeschooling conference when...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

Midlands Homeschool Convention – Last Day for Discounted Registration

Head's up, if you were planning to see me or any of the bazillion presenters...

April 24, 2014

Visual Latin, Compass Media Spring Sale

From the inbox: Compass Media, the creators of Visual Latin are running a sale now...