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by Megan Mora Fuentes Being prepared for an emergency can mean the difference between life and death. Even in situations that are not necessarily life-threatening, emergency preparedness can save you stress, money, and valuable time. It’s easy to be caught off guard if you haven’t thought through a plan of action and prepped your family to deal with common situations like power outages, extended traffic jams, and severe weather. The resources in this Homeschool Living will not only help you prepare for an emergency, but will also teach your homeschool students how to plan and the importance of preparation. Emergency...

If you’re considering an Abeka Academy homeschool curriculum for your family in 2022, you’re on the right track! In this article, we’ll be looking at 50 forum reviews from the angle of a parent who’s researching the Abeka curriculum for the first time. We’ll distill these reviews and see if we can come to some common conclusions about the curriculum. Then we’ll pull out some of the pros and cons of an Abeka curriculum and look at them.  What we’ll cover: What is the Abeka Academy homeschool curriculum? Accreditation questions What forum reviews say about this program The pros and...

Looking for a candy free class Valentines idea? You’ll love this magnetic bookmark non-candy Valentines idea with FREE printables that say “You have made a mark on my heart Valentine”. Every year I try to bring you a candy-free Valentines idea for you to share with your family, friends, kids, or for their class valentines exchange activities. I am pretty excited about this fun idea my kids helped me come up with! We get together with a bunch of homeschool friends and families and will enjoy an exchange and Valentines activities. I know there will be plenty of treats –...

  To hear right-wingers tell it, schools are making white people feel guilt and shame over the history of racism in America — a situation which they insist must stop. No, not because those schools are misrepresenting the history, but because that history of enslavement, segregation, lynching, and genocide is too painful to recount. No, not for the people who experienced them, but for Chip and Jenny in their exurban bubble, raised to think their country is the finest place ever struck off from the forehead of white baby Jesus in the manger. For them to learn the truth might...

Caprice Corona assists her three children during a music lesson at home. As folk wisdom has it, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. And research shows that children are generally shaped more by life at home than by studies at school. College enrollment, for instance, is better predicted by family-background characteristics than the amount of money a school district spends on a child’s education. Some parents have a specific vision for their child’s schooling that leads them to keep it entirely under their own direction. Even Horace Mann, the father of the American public school, who favored compulsory...