Can homeschooling be a lifestyle and not a burden? During our first two years, we carried our homeschooling responsibilities around like a big sack of rocks–and oh, that sack felt heavy! Eventually, we learned to make homeschooling who we were instead...
Can't Never Could... My mother was a master at helping me believe that I could accomplish things. As I grew up, she taught me: "Can't never could do anything." Believing you can is a vital step toward accomplishment. This...
Decisions, Decisions It's a busy life being a homeschool mom; we understand. Every day you make a minimum of 52 decisions...or maybe it's 167 or maybe it's even 2,222! Sometimes it's really hard to decide. Should I get th...
Dollars and Cents: Teaching Kids About Money Do you ever wonder what is going on in our economy? Do you ever wonder if your children will know how to handle money when they become adults? Economic questions and personal financial matters can be ...
Don't Forget Who You Are Long ago the descendants of Abraham were slaves in Egypt. The pagan Egyptian culture surrounded them. God sent Moses to lead them out of Egypt to a new home in the Promised Land. Moses followed God’s ...
Each Day is a New Beginning God created the universe in six days and then rested on the seventh day. I'm thankful that God made days. I love the fresh, new beginning of a morning, especially a foggy one like this one. On some da...
End With The Beginning in Mind Parents make the decision to homeschool for a variety of reasons, but among the most common reasons are the desire to protect the hearts, souls, and minds of their children and to mold those hearts, s...
Field Trips: "Playing Hooky" is a Learning Experience As you homeschool this year, remember field trips! Homeschool children and mamas, too, need days off from their normal routine. A field trip is the perfect change, and you can still count it as a day ...
Five Reasons to Learn History History is important to God. We study history to wrestle with difficult ideas. We study history to learn who we are as Americans and who we are as human beings. We need to know history so we won't rep...
Focusing on Forever Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you and your children had the time and freedom to focus on the eternal instead of cramming for Monday’s test? As a home educator, you can choose your child’s academic resou...
Four Key Principles for a Happy Homeschool Fairness Favoritism has no place in a family. When Isaac and Rebekah each chose a favorite son, their family life became full of strife and jealousy. Now Isaac loved Esau, because he had a taste for g...
From Struggling Learner to World Leader In 1940 Hitler and his Nazi forces were infiltrating North Africa. In Europe, country after country had either fallen to Germany's military forces or buckled under Nazi pressure. On May 10, the Nazis ...