How Do I Correct My Child’s Paper?

  Correcting a child’s paper can raise some questions for both the veteran and novice home educator….. How do I grade my child’s writing? How do I know they are progressing in their writing skills? What is considered “normal” for their grade? When a child hands in a writing assignment to correct, two types of […]

Talk Before You Write

Moans, groans, and nasty tones, no it’s not Halloween. You just announced to your kids, “It’s time for writing.” You may have all the steps of the writing process neatly organized, but often home educators skip or skim through an important teaching strategy when teaching writing. They avoid the talk. No, not “the talk.” I […]

On the Road with HTHL: Colorado-to-Kansas

Welcome! Glad you are joining us On the Road with HTHL for the 2017 Homeschool Convention Season! Date: March 6, 2017- March 12, 2017  Colorado Springs, Colorado to Wichita, Kansas Monday It seemed like every Colorado Rocky Mountain dust particle landed on the HTHL van. Freezing temperatures hovering between 32 and 36 degrees and gusts of wind […]

On the Road with HTHL: Happy Mama in the Rocky Mountains

Welcome! Glad you are joining us On the Road with HTHL for the 2017 Homeschool Convention Season! Date: February 27, 2017- March 5, 2017 Rapid City, South Dakota to Leadville, Colorado Leadville, Colorado to Colorado Springs, Colorado Monday Mama’s heart is happy. We were headed to Colorado to visit two of my sons! We had one week […]

On the Road with HTHL: Open Highways- New Adventures!

Welcome to my first On the Road with HTHL post of the 2017 Homeschool Convention Season! Date: February 19, 2017- February 26, 2017 Cathlamet, Washington- to- Bismark, North Dakota Bismark, North Dakota to Rapid City, South Dakota Hello 2017, you are not what I expected! After the 2016 Homeschool Convention Season had ended, we rode the wonderful […]

Here to Help Learning Growing Leaps and Bounds!

Have you ever thought about starting your own business? Would you like to get a peek into our journey? It’s a story of God’s faithfulness, my husband’s tenacious vision, and myself, a homeschool mom taking the next step. I am proof; You can teach an old dog new tricks! And I’m happy to say Here to […]

On the Road with HTHL: The Grand Finale

July 11, 2016-July 24, 2016  Pasadena, California to Phoenix, Arizona to Placerville, CA Range of miles: 21,835-23,915 Week #21-22/23weeks Monday In the afternoon, we paid a visit to Marty and Carolyn Forte of Excellence in Education in Monrovia, California. What was supposed to be a few hours of visiting turned into a wonderful six-hour fellowship and ended at a […]

On the Road with HTHL: Home and Back on the Road Again

June 20, 2016-July 10, 2016 Ontario, California to Placerville CA to Pasadena, CA Range of miles: 21,002-21,835 Week #18-20/23weeks We left our home February 21, 2016, and on June 20 at 9:30 pm, the first and largest part of our 2016 homeschool convention tour came to a close. We pulled up our steep windy driveway, and […]

On the Road with HTHL: Sea to Shining Sea

June 12, 2016-June 19, 2016 Memphis, Tennessee-Ontario, California Range of miles: 18,714-21,002 Week #17/23weeks Monday: We continued to pursue the setting sun as we made our way west from Richmond, Virginia to Ontario, California.  Between Saturday night and all day Sunday, we managed to leave behind 841 miles of asphalt, We had bedded down for the […]

On the Road with HTHL: Growing Up

June 5, 2016-June 12, 2016 Winston-Salem, North Carolina-Richmond, Virginia Range of miles: 17,360-18,714 Week #16/23weeks Monday: Sing with me! “This is the way we wash our clothes, We wash our clothes, we wash our clothes. This is the way we wash our clothes, So early Monday morning.” stanza from Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush […]