For Random Learning Comes: Essays Fiction and Poetry by Andrea LeDew
For Random Learning Comes
For Random Learning Comes: Essays Fiction and Poetry by Andrea LeDew
When I first started homeschooling eight or nine years ago, I was terrified of science and higher-level math. How could I, a mere English major, tackle such a difficult area of learning and pass it on to my children? This notion, that children should spend time doing STEAM activities, was just then starting to be …
I originally wrote this post in 2018. I was privileged to enjoy participating in a co-op with all kinds of moms. What follows are my impressions of just some of the many ways there are, to be a homeschool mom. Updated for formatting in April 2021. Thanks for coming by to read! In my …
When you’ve had your smartphone for a while, you accumulate a lot of clutter. You know the kind I mean: old texts, emails from people you hardly remember, screenshots, reminders and notes to yourself, bookmarks, saved articles and e-books. Our phones have taken the place of photo albums, journals, messages scrawled on the back of …
When your main occupation is schooling your children at home, sometimes it’s hard to decide what comes first. What should you concentrate your energies on? What is highest on the list, among so many things of great importance? When we first began homeschooling in 2010, it all seemed pretty clear to me. Just getting my …
I homeschool two young men, 17 amd 19, who are as different as night and day. One loves movies so much, he can rattle off production companies and voice actors and previews of his own making nonstop, in a very convincing TV announcer voice. The other programs for fun and plays any instrument he …
S This article was written in 2015 when my youngest had an interest in robots and my oldest was dating the head of Renaissance Jax. The nonprofit is still going strong. My son Ricky competed for his last three years of high school with our local high school team, although he was still homeschooling. I …
