For years, we had a family tradition of watching a movie trilogy (ex: Lord of the Rings) on New Year's Eve. This usually involved our teens inviting their friends, and included breakfast, lunch, dinner, and games during intermissions. Tune in to hear more of what this event was like for our family.

In this episode, we encourage families to "Do Family" by taking the first 6-8 weeks of bringing a newborn home and really focusing on them, even if this means stepping away from "school" for a period of time.

In this show, Davis interviews Abbie Halberstadt. She is a homeschooling mama of 10 and author of two books: M is for Mama and Hard is Not the Same as Bad.

A recent Washington Post article reports that homeschooling has been the fastest growing form of education in the last three years growing 50% compared to only 7% for private schools and a 4% decline in the number of public school students.

We're talking about Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. How can you lower the stress level and increase the joy? We offer some practical ideas.

In the year 2000, the British Medical Journal set out to list the top medical advances since 1840. Using Kevin Swanson's book EPOCH as a reference (pp 434-441), I summarize the top 8. You will note that all the scientists, researches, and physicians were Christians. Maybe one of your homeschool children is a budding creation-based scientist who will come up with a medical advancement to help mankind over the course of the next century.

In this episode, we talk about our trip to San Antonio, TX to witness the annular solar eclipse of Oct. 14, 2023. We also discuss the difference between a TOTAL solar eclipse and an ANNULAR solar eclipse.

As we continue this series, in this show we talk about ideas for making the most of projects and responsibilities with your kids. Some keys include doing it with them, not worrying about how long it will take to complete, and not being obsessive about the quality of the work. IOW, focus on the relationship building!

In this show, we talk with Rachael Yunis, co-author of Apologia's advanced biology course - The Human Body.

How long does a typical homeschool last? One year? Two years? Three? For those that make it for the long-haul, when do they come to that decision? Davis shares ran data from NC to help answer these questions. And he makes some real life application.