At the risk of firing off on too many fronts all at once, I want to talk about early years childcare. This subject is important to me, because the first time that we started to stick out like a sore thumb was when we did not place our precious three-year-old boy into a nursery school. …
The link to my article on the Conservative Women: Labour’s ‘home-educated child register’ is an interference too far
Home education is generally for the long-haul and contentment is a grace that oils the way. Some of us genuinely have our dream job. All we wanted to do when we were growing up was to marry, have babies and then look after them. Others of us did not enter into home educating quite so …
Home Educating with Contentment: A Grace that Oils the Way Read More »
Do you know what I am going to say? OK, here it is. Time and time again I meet a home educating family and somewhere in the course of the conversation I ask which church they belong to. Awkward silence. ‘We don’t belong to a church at the moment’. In fact, according to my own private …
A Concerning Aspect of the Christian Home Ed Movement Read More »
My twelve-year-old daughter has invested some earnings into an earring boutique . If you would like something pretty for yourself or for a friend then have a look at these. They are all made with hypoallergenic hooks.Earrings are £2 for the first pair and £1.50 for every pair bought at the same time. Prices don’t …
I don’t know why God answered my prayer for twins – twice! I guess he deals with each of us differently. Sometimes he withholds his hand, and sometimes he surprises us with a direct response. I was desperately hoping baby number two would turn out to be to be twins. When we had the first …
I have never known an adult or a child who has always wanted to work. Have you? There is something in us that initially rebels against labour. This must go back to Eden. Whereas pre-fall Adam undoubtedly found his task of naming the animals delightful, post-fall Adam wrestled with thorns and thistles and ate bread …
Leaning on the Lord: When a Child Does Not Wish to Work Read More »
We are officially thirteen (and a bit) years down the track and you could not pay me enough money to roll back the clock and set a different course. Today the line-up is as follows: boy (13), boy-girl twins (12), girl (10), girl (8.) girl twins (6). Home education is a way of life for …
An Update: Home Educating (Slightly) Older Children: Read More »
Parenting calls for prayer and I battle the daily temptation to find something else to do. The reason for this is probably because I am a “doer”. I like to put my time to good use and see a visible result. I could spend ten minutes praying, but I could also spend ten minutes marking some …
Praying for Our Children While We Are Still Able Read More »
