Meet the Authors
If you are vacationing on the Oregon Coast and happen upon a gal with a camera around her neck, a pink Letterboxing/Nature Journal backpack on her shoulder, and two handsome boys running along the trail - chances are you've found Petra School on a nature walk. Feel free to join on their adventure as they might be looking for a rare bird, a mushroom, or a good paved path to longboard. Angie is learning to incorporate Charlotte Mason learning into their Notebooking throughout the Middle and High School Learning Years.
Annie Kate and her husband are the parents of five busy blessings, ages 8-18. Though inspired by classical and Charlotte Mason education, they have discovered that the best learning involves real life: music, cooking, dairy farming, nature walks, bee keeping, reading, judo, blogging, website development, gardening, photography and more. Annie Kate's goal is to inspire and equip her children to love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul, and mind, and to love their neighbors as themselves.
Ashley is a 20-something Christian wife and mother, married to the love of her life with two little girls (ages 2 and 4) and a baby boy on the way. When she doesn't have paint and Mod Podge on her fingers, she teaches Pre-K/Kindergarten and High School lessons (her kids + neighborhood kids). Also, she enjoys nature, cupcakes, traveling, crafting, and more...which you can read about on her personal blog where she chronicles her family's journey of learning.
Barb McCoy- Harmony Art Mom writes about homeschooling their teens on her blog Harmony Art Mom. and taking family outdoor adventures on her other blog, Handbook of Nature Study. She is the author and host for the Outdoor Hour Challenge and a series of ebooks helping families get started with simple nature study. Barb also founded Harmony Fine Arts which helps homeschoolers with their art and music appreciation.
Betsy lives near Puget Sound with her husband, dear daughter, and their pets… two cats, and a hermit crab. She is currently homeschooling high school for her 15 yo, who has always been homeschooled. Betsy is an eclectic homeschooler, she likes to incoorporate art into academics, and uses a variety of creative curriculum for her teen... In her free time, Betsy enjoys nature photography, writing, hiking, and being out in nature as a famly. Betsy helps new homeschoolers get started for a local school district. She is also offering Homeschool Consulting to new or experienced families who would like to discuss their homeschool. For more information, please visit her Facebook.
The biggest reason Cindy chose to homeschool was because she loves experiencing life with her children and watching them grow inside and out. She's sure that’s why the Charlotte Mason method first caught her attention. It allows her to be creative in scheduling, rigorous in learning, yet opens the door for plenty of close-knit time, opportunities for her children to explore their interests and offers enough free time for them to be children. She implements many of Charlotte Mason's methods with an eclectic twist of things that work for her family! Besides writing on her blog, Our Journey Westward, you can find her NaturExplorers studies and other creative curricula at Shining Dawn Books.
Dawn is a woman of God who is married to the love of her life. She works part-time, homeschools their two boys (since 2008) and loves animals. She enjoys learning what the Lord will provide for each day. You can find her over at Guiding Light Homeschool.
Diana is a Christ lead, Eclectic, Slightly-Charlotte, hands-on, lap-booking mom. She is blessed to be the wife of a wonderful man for 17 years and a stay-at-home mommy of two boys; ages 4 and 7. When she is not homeschooling, she enjoys reading, blogging, hiking, camping, volunteering, attempting to sew, tending to their chickens and loving life now in rural Tennessee.
A home schooling mother, Ellen lives in the Deep South with a transplanted Yankee husband, two middle grade daughters, and two adorable corgis, Jasper and Georgette. She espouses a literary-based education with a Charlotte Mason emphasis. She squeezes in time to write between teaching, managing the household, ferrying the girls to their activities, and volunteering with said activities. Hot tea and prayer keep her going.
I, Jen, am wife to Bryan of almost 18 years and mom to 6 precious children ages 14, 13, 11, 9, 7, and 5. Our family has been homeschooling for 10 years now. We tend to be very eclectic in a relaxed approach to learning with Unit Studies, some CM, and a whole lot of reading thrown into the works. We prefer to read what Charlotte Mason referred to as living books. We collect children's picture books and our current home library contains a little over 5000 of them. In addition to The Curriculum Choice, I write reviews of homeschool products for the TOS Homeschool Crew and Timberdoodle, as well as book reviews for various publishing companies. When not teaching my children, I enjoy cooking/baking, writing poetry, blogging, and reading. You can find our family blog at Adventures in Unsell Land.
Kendra lives in Tasmania Australia with her husband, the Man From Down Under, her two curious boys, a dog, & a bird that constantly talks back. She's a second generation homeschooler using a mostly eclectic, with a Charlotte Mason flair, home educator. She loves using methods from Unit Studies to Nature Studies and everything in between to help feed the curious minds of her two ever growing boys. Creator, and avid user, of the Homeschooling Book of Days & The Nature Game. She can be found retelling tales from The Land Down Under over at the Aussie Pumpkin Patch.
Kerri has been living a life of adventure with her husband for almost 19 years. The last seven of those have included homeschooling their seven children. The youngest was born last winter, the oldest just graduated this past spring. The WholeHearted education model appeals to her love of reading and allows her to be eclectic and spontaneous. The thing that appeals to her most, though, is the integration of discipleship with learning and life. She is an author at Habits for a Happy Home and also occasionally finds time to write on her own blog.
Laurie Duquette is mom to 7 children and a grandma of 3. Her family is beginning their 19th year of homeschooling. You can read more about their homeschooling adventures at Keeping it Simple.
Richele is an eclectic, history loving, homeschooling mom to four beautiful children. She believes education should foster creativity, critical thinking, and curiosity. She is the co-founder of Christian Graces, LLCa company dedicated to teaching character and etiquette to young people. Her educational background is in philosophy and educational psychology. Find her blogging at Under the Golden Apple Tree.
Sam is a Christian homeschooling mom of six, married to Rick, her high school sweetheart. Rick was called to be a preacher, Sam was called to homeschool, and loves blogging about their journey. Her family leans on the Charlotte Mason, literature-based side of eclectic home education. Sam is interested in Bible study, photography, exercise, organizing, and sweet tea. You can find her blogging over at Sam’s Noggin.
Steve keeps busy with five children and a job in information security. He also has a second job as principal of the Hodgepodge homeschool.
Susan currently home educates a third grader, a first grader, and a nearly Kindergartner. Her background is public school-traditional, but she and her husband are drawn to the classical emphasis on order and the logical accumulation of knowledge. They have added in Charlotte Mason’s emphasis on living books, nature study, and artist and composer study, since it offers such a beautiful complement to the sometimes heavy feel of classical. They even do a little lapbooking and notebooking at their house. Finally, they have covered all of this knowledge-acquiring with prayer, asking the Great Teacher to lead and instruct their family in His Way.
Tricia homeschools five children from preschool to middle school. She shares a mixture of the practical at Hodgepodge. Helpful homeschool habits for balancing the needs of the age range. Adding in the joy of art. Saving bucks and sanity with frugal family recipes and allergy-friendly strategies. Being purposeful in parenting. Learning about grace and finding freedom along the way. Hodgepodgemom shares the how tos of leaving the drive thru lane for the road home.
