Relative Support

by | Jan 28, 2006 | Homeschooling

QUESTION: Our relatives are not supportive of our homeschooling and are always criticizing us. How much contact should we have with them? Mary ANSWER: Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we were surrounded by our own parents, and grandparents, aunts and uncles, brothers...

A Preschool Curriculum

by | Jan 10, 2006 | Homeschooling

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bluedorn, I am delighted to find your web site! You might remember me or my family from the late ’80’s. My maiden name is …… and my mom and dad still live in [town near us]. I am married with 3 kids, ages 4, 3 and 1! My...

Suggestions to Combat Homeschool Burnout

by | Jan 4, 2006 | Homeschooling

We hear a lot today about burnout in homeschooling. ….. I lie in bed at night and dread the thought of starting school the next day….. A life of drudgery is not what I envisioned a few short months ago… It’s such a struggle to get the kids to...

Did you take breaks from schooling…?

by | Dec 18, 2005 | Homeschooling

Dear Laurie, When your children were under 10 did you take breaks from schooling during the school year or in the summer? Julie ————- Dear Julie, Yes, we took off schooling for the summer as far as I can remember. We do a lot of gardening and...

Teaching Thinking

by | Dec 5, 2005 | Homeschooling, Logic, Raising Children

Dear Mr. Bluedorn, I have been drawn to the trivium for almost a year or more. I’ve been in an intense search for materials on how to teach people to think. I have been motivated in this search by observing that several of my children do not seem to think deeply...