by Britt Kelly | Jul 3, 2014 | Britt Kelly: Learning at Home
I have been working on an article for Independence Day for a while now. I was reading about Thomas Jefferson’s life and reminding myself of his personal losses in the months preceding the writing of the Declaration of Independence. I read about the Greek word related...
by Britt Kelly | Jul 2, 2014 | Britt Kelly: Learning at Home, Home and Family
Our Young Mormon Family blogger, Krystal Wilkerson, is on maternity leave. Filling in for her today is our homeschooling blogger, Britt Kelly, who is sharing some words of wisdom for young moms. 2 Corinthians 6:14 reads “ Be ye not unequally yoked together with...
by Britt Kelly | Jun 26, 2014 | Britt Kelly: Learning at Home
I want to raise independent thinkers. We encourage questions and open discussion in our home. This has led to many fascinating conversations as well as more than a few less comfortable discussions. I apologize to Sunday School teachers everywhere if this makes life...
by Britt Kelly | Jun 19, 2014 | Britt Kelly: Learning at Home
It has always astounded me how history text books can be so very boring when people themselves are so fascinating. It’s like they looked at this incredible banquet and were so overwhelmed they just wrote “there was a lot of food”. Hardly a rousing endorsement of the...
by Britt Kelly | Jun 12, 2014 | Britt Kelly: Learning at Home, Hobbies
A few weeks ago I took my son to the optometrist and she made a passing comment, “For healthy vision you have to regularly spend time outside”. She suggested a few minutes every hour. I started thinking about how once we step outside our eyes work to focus on faraway...
