by Patti Wright | 30 Things I've Learned
Most Thursday evenings you could find us all in the family room, seated comfortably, and focused on the old white, tall hamper turned upside-down. That was the makeshift podium our kids used for their weekly oral presentations. Fondly known as “Oral Presentation...
by Patti Wright | Encouragement
Are you homeschooling today by choice? If so, be thankful! During this pandemic, many have been forced into a new homeschool role. For thirty years, my full-time career and role was homeschool mom to eight children. (Some days it felt against my will, lol.) I am...
by Patti Wright | Reading
I have so much to say about reading! If I am an enthusiast about anything, it is the concept of teaching children to read well. I will be writing more about the subject in upcoming blog posts, but for now, I would like to make the following recommendations. Whatever...
by Patti Wright | 30 Things I've Learned
Our seventh child was just four weeks old. We had moved a thousand miles from our home in the country where our kids had played happy and free. Now, we were living in a gated community in a big city. My husband had been home with us the past year, but now his new job...
by Patti Wright | 30 Things I've Learned, Reading
Teaching your children to read well is one of the best gifts you can give them in life. It is the core of all other subjects and a foundation for future success. Do you know the best place to begin? By reading aloud to your children daily and from a very young age.*...
