Braving the frigid temperatures and icy roads.

What makes a good party?

Food

Games

Friends

And dancing.
The callers…

Mary Evelyn Notgrass

Lucas Hedding

The music

Guest traveling the furthest — Allison from Springfield, Missouri

Smallest guest

Rachel, Jill, Johannah, Amber

Adam and Johannah

Time to go home.

Part three of an interview with Eloise Wilkin’s daughter, Deborah Wilkin Springett.

Hansel and Gretel, illustrated by Eloise Wilkin

Eloise Wilkin Stories

Part two of an interview with Eloise Wilkin’s daughter, Deborah Wilkin Springett.

Eloise Wilkin dolls
Photo used with permission by Deborah Wilkin Springett

The Boy with a Drum, illustrated by Eloise Wilkin

When I was ten years old someone gave me Baby Dear – a children’s picturebook illustrated by Eloise Wilkin. That copy doesn’t exist any more because I wore out the pages. Recently I purchased a new one, and all the thoughts I used to think when reading that book 45 years ago came back. The [...]

Excerpt from the sermon Casting Pearls Before Swine by Rolfe Barnard
…..Years ago I went down Wednesday night through Sunday night at the request of a friend who had a good deal of money. He said if you’ll fly down to Mississippi to a little church down there — there’s a young preacher down there, he’s [...]

Illuminated text by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe
Taken from
Lessons in the Art of Illuminating
A Series of Examples selected from
Works in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, and
the South Kensington Museum,
With Practical Instructions,
And a Sketch of the History of the Art
By W. J. Loftie
ADDITION: Sorry, this was not taken from the above mentioned book. I found [...]

Dear Bluedorn Family,
I happened to find your book and website a few years ago as I was researching a private classical Christian school for my daughter. You gave our family an excellent introduction to homeschooling, so we decided to try it. It has been a wonderful experience for us and we look forward [...]

The Wall Street Journal reported Friday on a study done by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) which showed that about one in 150 U.S. children have autism. This rate is higher than their previous estimates (based on surveys and other less comprehensive studies) of one in 166.

Public Schools, Home Schools, and Private Schools by Virginia Birt Baker. Mrs. Baker was one of the very first pioneers of homeschooling and has been writing about freedom in homeschooling for many years.

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bluedorn,
Thank you for being a sponser for The Old Schoolhouse writing contest and for the books you sent me! I’ve been interested in collecting a library of books for my kids to read someday, so these will definitely be added to my collection and will get some long term use! The [...]