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...
by Britt Kelly | Jun 5, 2014 | Britt Kelly: Learning at Home
I met two women in the library today. One had children in a private school part time and homeschooling part time. The other has three children that she wants to homeschool but her ex-husband isn’t interested. As she says “He doesn’t like thinking outside the box; not...
by Britt Kelly | May 29, 2014 | Britt Kelly: Learning at Home
Summer. What fond memories that brings. Long lazy days. The beach. Relaxation. Friends. That’s the children version of summer. As a parent it becomes a different sort of feeling…fear of what to do with the darlings for 24 hours a day. Oh the pressure! I’m not up...
by Britt Kelly | May 22, 2014 | Britt Kelly: Learning at Home
When people ask me how I homeschool 10 children, I think they are really asking is, “How in the world do you manage to basically do homework all day long with all of your children. I don’t. I don’t even believe in homework. I mean we do learn things and we do have a...
