What I Did During Summer Vacation
By Davis CarmanOur Summer Vacation Summer vacation – how many times did you get this writing assignment as a school-age kid? I personally enjoyed putting pen to paper each September since our family did a fairly good job of making sure a good vacation happened sometime during the summer break. Some years we went on a camping...Read More
Artist and Author Eric Carle’s Comments on Home and School
By Davis CarmanEric Carle’s Comments on Home and School On May 23, 2021, Eric Carle passed away after a lifetime of achievements spanning 91 years. He is best known for his illustrated children’s books including Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. He illustrated more than 70 books, writing most of...Read More
Are Government Preschools a Good or Bad Idea?
By Davis CarmanAre Government Preschools a Good or Bad Idea? You may have heard that the current presidential administration is proposing that the government get into the business of providing “free” preschool. Of course, it won’t be free. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s take a quick look at the pros and cons of the idea....Read More
What Will It Take?
By Davis CarmanYou Learned That You Really Can Homeschool In February 2020, you may have believed there was no way you could ever educate your kids at home. Maybe you thought it would be too hard, that you were too impatient or disorganized or simply not smart enough. Or perhaps you had the confidence and the chutzpah...Read More
Think Like Christ, Be Like Christ, Do Like Christ
By Davis CarmanDo not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. (Romans 12:2) In Romans 12:1–21, the apostle Paul pens a wonderful admonition that I would humbly summarize in three points: Think like Christ. Be like Christ. Do like Christ. Renewing Your Mind to Think and Be Like...Read More
1776 v. 1619
By Davis CarmanFor years, homeschooling parents had to face the common question, “What about socialization?” But for many families, socialization was actually the main reason they decided to pull their kids out of public or private institutions—because of all the negative socialization! Reports from the National Center for Education Statistics confirmed that concern about negative social environments...Read More
With Everyone Super – No One Will Be
By Davis CarmanThere has been a slow and steady trend of grade inflation, and this is not helping our students. Is there homeschool grading inflation in your homeschool? Let’s take a look at what happens when everyone is super! The Slow and Steady Trend of Grade Inflation I remember being a Teacher’s Assistant when I was in...Read More
A Homeschooling Prayer… or Two… or Three…
By Davis CarmanDuring the summer of 2020, the Apologia team committed to praying every day from June 19 through September 7. Our motivation was the fact that tens of millions of parents were seriously considering the idea of homeschooling in the coming school year. As you know, the COVID-19 pandemic and the spring shelter-at-home orders resulted in...Read More