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“How can it be a large career to tell other people’s children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one’s own children about the universe? How can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone, and narrow to be everything to someone? No; a woman’s function is laborious, but because it is gigantic, not because it is minute. I will pity Mrs. Jones for the hugeness of her task; I will never pity her for its smallness.”
― Pam Barnhill, The Confident Homeschooler: How to Thrive in the Day-to-Day

“Why does this matter? After all, aren’t we just teaching history and science? No, we are teaching persons. We are striving to help our children become life-long seekers of knowledge by building habits and virtues. Small daily rituals are how we do this.”
― Pam Barnhill, Better Together: Strengthen Your Family, Simplify Your Homeschool, and Savor the Subjects that Matter Most

“How can it be a large career to tell other people’s children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one’s own children about the universe?”
― Pam Barnhill, The Confident Homeschooler: How to Thrive in the Day-to-Day

“Homeschool planning is one of my very favorite things to do. I think this is because everything is just so perfect in a good plan. Once the execution starts, then a good planner has to dodge, feint, and adapt to meet reality; but for a brief, shining moment when I close my planning book, all is right with the world.”
― Pam Barnhill, Better Together: Strengthen Your Family, Simplify Your Homeschool, and Savor the Subjects that Matter Most

“I cut our school time to the most important and let the kids have the rest of the time to play — which it turns out is pretty important for their learning anyway.”
― Pam Barnhill, The Confident Homeschooler: How to Thrive in the Day-to-Day

“The secret to successful homeschooling is faithfulness - consistency if you rather.”
― Pam Barnhill