by Spencer Mason | Feb 15, 2017 | Fall 2016, GREENHOUSE
15 Feb 2017 If you visit with me you’re sure to hear the words, “I heard on a podcast recently,” come out of my mouth within the first few minutes of our conversation. While in the past many folks followed their favorite blogs, there is now a sweeping move towards...
by Spencer Mason | Feb 8, 2017 | Fall 2016, GREENHOUSE
8 Feb 2017 Sometimes our lives feel like we have been thrown into a rushing river. We are just trying to survive, barely keeping our heads above the water and avoiding the jagged rocks. We have little control over our direction and speed. This is how we feel when we...
by Spencer Mason | Feb 1, 2017 | Fall 2016, GREENHOUSE
1 Feb 2017 In all my years of teaching experience—as a middle school English teacher in public and private schools, as a high school English teacher in the same, even as a homeschooling mother—the most common questions I receive from parents have been these: 1) How...
by Spencer Mason | Jan 25, 2017 | Fall 2016, GREENHOUSE
25 Jan 2017 Joanne: If I had a magic wand, I would use it to solve the financial struggles of the sadly growing number of single homeschool moms. Too many women are finding themselves forced to reluctantly consider separation and/or divorce. This choice leads...
by Spencer Mason | Jan 11, 2017 | Fall 2016, GREENHOUSE
11 Jan 2017 I remember many years ago hearing one of my relatives talk about his associate pastor in another city who was leaving to take a church somewhere else. “He’s the smartest man I have ever heard when it comes to the Bible,” my relative said. “He speaks...
by Spencer Mason | Dec 14, 2016 | Fall 2016, GREENHOUSE
14 Dec 2016 Flexibility is one of the greatest advantages of homeschooling. You can move as quickly or as slowly as necessary for each child to learn the subject. You do not need to stick to someone else’s scope and sequence; you can create our own based on your...