As a busy homeschool parent with so much to study and so little time, learning a dead language like Latin might seem like a waste of time. Why not study something more practical like Spanish? It turns out there are many compelling reasons to prioritize Latin as part of your […]

Music comes from God. It is one of the things that make us human, and He has put it there, deep inside us, for a reason. Music develops the heart of the child. I love how Kevin Clark and Ravi Scott Jain explain it in their book The Liberal Arts Tradition, […]

Choosing a language to study at home can be stressful. No matter what you pick there will be a heavy time and money investment due. The study of Classical languages is alive and well among homeschool families, so no doubt you have considered Latin. Is it just a passing trend? […]

I enjoy sports—all sports! God gave me three sons who enjoy sports—all sports! Not everyone feels this way, though, so this can cause you to question: do homeschoolers really need sports and physical education (P.E.)? I would recommend knowing what the requirements are of the state/province you live in. Some require at […]

Let’s face it. Art is one of those subjects that most people consider nonessential. After all, there is only so much time in the school day and only so much money for curriculum. On top of that, art can be extremely difficult to teach if you don’t have any artistic […]

If you and your child have college on the horizon, most programs require a minimum of two or more years of the same foreign language at the high school level. While it isn’t unusual to wonder how German, for example, might be used for a career in engineering or graphic […]