Here are 14 Reasons Why I Homeschool and why you might want to as well. I’ve been a homeschooling mom for 20+ years. I’ve homeschooled three children all the way through high school, and my youngest child is 5-years-old, so I still have a long way to go. Why do I homeschool? Not… [Continue Reading]
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Deals of the Day | 9.4.15
Discounted Prints Summer may be over, but your memories don’t have to be! Snapfish has a great sale going on until September 14th—take 60% off prints using the code TAKE60. I know have a ton of snapshots from our summer adventures I want off my camera and in my hands! Click here to print now…. [Continue Reading]
Back-to-School Reading Recommendations
I LOVE getting to share my childhood favorites with my kids! This summer, we enjoyed reading through Bob books (time and time again with the little ones), Laura Ingalls Wilder and Beverly Cleary. Now that it’s back-to-school time (how did the summer fly by so quickly?!), we are looking for more books to add to our… [Continue Reading]
4 Things to Cut from Your Schedule {Before School Starts}
Does your schedule seem too full? Are you wondering how you’re going to survive the upcoming school year? That’s me. With seven school-aged kids I’m trying to figure out what we can add. I’m also re-evaluating what needs to be cut. God has given each of us 24 hours, and if things are too crazy-busy,… [Continue Reading]
There is No Shortcut to Parenting
If there was a shortcut to parenting, I thought I would have found it by now. I haven’t . . . not even close. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t tried. And it doesn’t mean I haven’t failed. Still we all keep looking and hoping, don’t we? Baby music classes do not give our kids… [Continue Reading]
7 Brilliant Ideas for Your Homeschool
7 Brilliant Ideas for Your Homeschool I’ve been a homeschooling mom for more than 20 years and I’ve graduated three students. I’ve adopted three children (and am in the process of adopting 4 more), so I’m starting completely over. The most best thing I’m doing this time around is not stressing out. We’ve used Sonlight for preschool and My Father’s World for… [Continue Reading]
Care Package Ideas for a Homeschooling Mom
Homeschooling moms, sometimes we just need a little pick-me-up. I’ve been homeschooling for more than 20 years and will be homeschooling for the next 18 years! I love being there for my kids and facilitating their learning process, but sometimes I can get a bit frazzled. If you know a homeschooling mom, here’s one thing… [Continue Reading]
Take Time to Create. Take Time to Explore.
When I first began pursuing my dream career as a writer, I felt guilty following my dreams. My days looked like this: homeschooling in the morning, and then writing in the afternoon with a few hours I set aside while my children played. Those early years, I wrote articles and ideas for novels as Barney… [Continue Reading]
Worldview Training: The Most Important Part of Your Curriculum
Worldview. It’s the curriculum we’re teaching every day as homeschool parents. It’s taught without books, charts, maps, or diagrams. It’s taught when we don’t realize we’re teaching it. How we see the world will forever impact how our children see the world. It’s taken me twenty years of homeschooling to figure out that worldview training is… [Continue Reading]
Homeschooling Mom, Do You Need Outside Help?
As a wife, a mom, a sinner-saved-by-grace, and a servant of God, I have peace knowing God has a plan for my life. That He’s always had a plan. And that He’s here to guide me to His path for me. This is one of my favorite verses: All the stages of my life were… [Continue Reading]
How to Homeschool Adopted Kids
When John and I planned on adopting children, I knew that I wanted to homeschool them. I homeschooled our oldest three from preschool through high school and it was a wonderful experience. Yet homeschooling my adopted kids didn’t happen as easy (or as quickly) as I thought. Homeschooling Alyssa from preschool age was no problem…. [Continue Reading]