Amanda Day

Amanda Day approaches homeschooling the way many parents tend a backyard garden: patiently, one seed at a time. Most mornings she gathers her three kids—Calliope, Isaac, and baby James—around the kitchen table, opens with a short reading, and checks the modest plan she scribbled the night before. Faith frames the day, but the tools are wonderfully everyday: dog-eared storybooks, a tub of paints, and a weekly schedule patched together on scrap paper.

A newer educator with a clear passion for technology, Amanda shapes each digital lesson to match her children’s ages and stages. The youngest learners begin with mouse-control games and gentle reminders not to share personal details online. Upper-elementary sessions shift to brisk home-row typing races, followed by quick chats about strong passwords and kind comments in class forums. Middle-school days transform the dining room into a makerspace: Minecraft red-stone labs, search-engine scavenger hunts, and privacy drills that ask, “What does the internet remember?” By high-school age, Amanda rolls out Python puzzles and beginner algorithms, pushing her teens to solve real-world problems while weighing the ethics of open-source tools and AI.

Above all, Amanda tries to link knowledge with kindness. After a simple robotics build she might ask, “How could we use this to help someone?”—her quiet nod to Proverbs 22:6 and the conviction that education and character travel the same road. No fanfare, no flashy slogans—just a mom, her well-worn planner, and the hope that small daily lessons will grow into something that lasts.