When I started homeschooling, things suddenly became a big deal that had never even occurred to me before.

Take the timeline, for instance.  I’d read books with timelines in them; I’ve written books and articles with timelines in them.  Timelines are really helpful.  But to teach my kids to make their own timeline?  That opened up a world of options.  Really, I wasn’t prepared for all the ideas.  There are whole companies that just specialize in timelines!

‘No big deal’, I thought.  Our primary curriculum, Tapestry of Grace, doesn’t even recommend using timelines until the dialectic stage.  That’s around Middle School age.  So, I had plenty of time to think.  (I really like the idea of the scrapbook-style timeline for the middle school age – it’s easily stored, and can be saved forever).

My kids had other plans.   Continue reading