By Jennifer Drummond – That Got Me Thinking At the end of last school year when I finished first grade with my daughter (which was mostly done in New Hampshire when we lived in a family cabin in the woods), I realized something: my daughter needed friends her own age. Not that she didn’t like hanging…
“Who do people say I am?” “Who do you say I am?” (Luke 9:18,20) – the unspoken questions in every child’s mind and heart. “You are my beloved child in whom I am well pleased.” (Luke 3:22) – the hoped for response in the mind and heart of every child. But a battle rages within…
By Jennifer Drummond – That Got Me Thinking This is part two of my five-part series on my daughter’s school. (Read Part One). After homeschooling last year, it was clear that my daughter was ready for a peer group that did not include me! We discovered that Plumfield Academy was partnering with homeschoolers (there is currently…
By Jennifer Drummond “AS SUMMER DRAWS TO A CLOSE, we prepare for some obvious changes: shorter days, cooler temperatures, a significant drop in ice cream consumption. But another change takes place as well, something whose consequences most of us don’t ordinarily think about. Grown-ups return to work, where they’ll toil alongside other working-age people. Children…