Lisa Rose

Meet Tanya Every month here at Patterns for Life we highlight an individual homeschool mom through a written interview in order to encourage and inspire our readers. We know it can be helpful to meet — whether virtually or in real life — other mothers who are in the trenches with us here and now, … Read more

Interview with Timothy Patitsas, part 3 Welcome to season 3 of our podcast! This episode is part of the conversation that we had with Here we continued our thoughts about education and covered topics ranging from trades to biographies to beginning with problems rather than answers. Enjoy the conversation, and join it in the comments! … Read more

Patterns for Life audiobook Thank you for following along with the gradual release of our audiobook. It will always be available for paid subscribers here on our substack — just click the audiobook tab at the top of the page. If it is ever released as one piece on Amazon or anywhere else, we’ll be … Read more

Meet Jen Every month here at Patterns for Life we highlight an individual homeschool mom through a written interview in order to encourage and inspire our readers. We know it can be helpful to meet — whether virtually or in real life — other mothers who are in the trenches with us here and now, … Read more

Interview with Timothy Patitsas, part 2 Welcome to season 3 of our podcast! This episode is part of the conversation that we had with This episode is focused mostly on education and what it looks like to have a Beauty-first approach to it. We didn’t even bring up Charlotte Mason by name(!), but you’ll see … Read more

Wherein I remind myself to put first things first. Education is not salvation. Education does not have starting points nor ending points apart from birth and death. It does not take us from ignorance to knowledge or from foolishness to wisdom. It is neither situation specific nor location specific. Education is the science of relations. … Read more

Patterns for Life audiobook, chapter 15 If we want stories that will spark a longing for Christ’s kingdom, one of the best places to start is with fairy tales. That may seem a strange beginning, given the fact that we are used to thinking of education as dealing with facts more than fiction. But we … Read more

Meet Autumn Every month here at Patterns for Life we highlight an individual homeschool mom through a written interview in order to encourage and inspire our readers. We know it can be helpful to meet — whether virtually or in real life — other mothers who are in the trenches with us here and now, … Read more

Part 1 of our interview with Timothy Patitsas Welcome to season 3 of our podcast! This episode and the three that follow it are all part of the conversation that we had with . We started out by talking about his book, The Ethics of Beauty, which is what you will hear in this episode, … Read more

A Giving and Receiving Post I have a sister who bakes and decorates amazing cakes. My children often teasingly ask me why they never get birthday cakes like the ones their cousins get. Occasionally I’ve attempted to make excuses about time or the right tools, but the real reason is simply that I’ve never cared … Read more