by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 11, 2010 | for Mind
Last February I read a newspaper article about the Utah public school system by Lois Collins that continues to trouble me. A couple of her statements just leapt off the page and smacked me upside the head. Too often, we're willing to hand over the teaching of our...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 13, 2009 | for Love, for Mind
One of my odd recurring nightmares is that someone walks up to me on campus and casually mentions a test in one of my courses—a test I knew nothing about. The panic I felt is familiar to many college students. With my two oldest children attending a university (one...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 12, 2009 | for Fun, for Mind, Homeschool
Sure, we've got the usual box scratch paper, bins of broken crayons, mismatched sets of colored paper, watercolor sets with black mixed into the yellow, clogged glue bottles, and dried up glue sticks. The usual. But when we really want to do artwork, we get out the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 13, 2009 | for Mind, Homeschool
We have just begun our 16 year of homeschooling. In Utah and other high LDS population areas, seminary is taught in a building adjacent to the public schools on a released time basis, mostly by full-time church employees. When my children begin taking seminary in 9th...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 21, 2009 | for Mind
What do Mormon Mommas read? According to Amazon, the readers of this blog have purchased the following more than any other books. Are you surprised by any of the winners? And They Were Not Ashamed: Strengthening Marriage through Sexual Fulfillment The Bottom Line On...
