Rose Godfrey is a speech pathologist and homeschooling mom in Yuba County. Read her homeschool blog at www.appealdemocrat.com.
Learning at Home
- Baseball provides season of growth
- The sun is setting over the field as a cool breeze blows across the bleachers. We sit with friends alternately talking and cheering. I want to burn this moment into my brain. The clink of the bat and the noise of the crowd fill my ears. A tear slips ... Full story
- Mother's Day lessons
- If you take a look at the advertisements, motherhood is all smiles and flowers and contentment. Now I am definitely a life-is-what-you-make-it kind of gal, and I find a great satisfaction in being a mother. However, I will be the first to tell you th... Full story
- A new trend in college learning
- "Why do you say we don't have money for pizza when you have money in your purse?" she asked, and the lesson was on. I pulled out a stack of envelopes and found some play money from one of our games. First, we talked about budget categories. We agree... Full story
- No need to fear the Common Core
- Someone asked me last week if the new Common Core standards for public education will affect homeschoolers. My response was a resounding: "Huh?" So I looked around and asked around and came to the conclusion that homeschooling and Common Core have a ... Full story
- To school at home: Privilege or fundamental right?
- "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." We Americans have an uneasy relationship with those words. Many of us take pride in the particular path that led our ancestors here to pursue the fabled American dream. A... Full story
- Daily life leads to new lessons
- We have been learning about chromosomes in our homeschool recently. As often happens, our lessons are initiated by circumstance, and the curriculum is guided by life. After several family discussions, the boys brought their own questions to me one ev... Full story
- Learning at Home: Giving kids a head start
- Years ago, a friend gave us some parenting advice. "Once you are outnumbered," he said, "it's really all the same." Brian and I, as parents, have been in the minority for quite a while. The beauty of having such a large family is that the kids alway... Full story
- The last one arrives ... again
- Thirteen years and eight children ago, as we were preparing to adopt for the second time, Brian stood in out in the yard and told a Sacramento news reporter that our goal was to have 12 children. It was the first I'd heard of it. Last week, I delive... Full story
- Game day can also be educational
- What sort of mother buys educational games for her children and passes them off as Christmas gifts? This one did, and it worked out even better than expected. I have never used this space to review anything, and I have no connections to any products... Full story
- We don't do that
- "You're quieter than I thought you'd be," she said as she set her plate down across from mine. The introductions had been made, and she knew we'd been homeschooling — and I'd been sharing our stories about it — for years. "I'm battling a... Full story
