10/26/2025
I’ve homeschooled for nearly two decades, and I’ve launched two of my five kids. If I were given a homeschool do-over, here are the five things I would NOT change about these past 18 years of learning at home—things I would still do each and every day.
1. Meditate on and memorize Scripture with them.
In our decaying culture, we should feel a holy sobriety and urgency to establish them firmly upon the bedrock of Truth—on Christ the Cornerstone. The Scriptural foundation we lay in our homes will uphold our children no matter what they face in the future.
2. Read aloud to them, no matter their age.
Stories are windows into the world because they allow kids to experience people, places, and ideas that they would otherwise never encounter. The “lessons” rarely need to be taught because they are almost always “caught” through the lives of those on the page.
3. Introduce age-appropriate current events.
All too soon, they will be stepping into the arena. They will be the deciders and the policy makers. They have to learn how to see the culture through a biblical worldview.
4. Ask good questions.
Resist the urge to tell your children what to think. Teach them how to think by asking good questions. Questions are like bread crumbs. When strategically placed, they will almost always lead to the “right answers.” But the answer will be so much more valuable to your child because he’ll have discovered it for himself instead of being force-fed.
5. End the day with a fun “extra.”
No matter how off-the-rails a day goes, ending it with 10-15 minutes of delight has a way to recalibrate the entire thing. When their heads hit the pillow at night, your kids won’t remember the difficult math lesson that morning or the horrible meltdown after lunch; they’ll remember whatever you did in the last few moments.
