Homeschooling Success for Imperfect Moms A Homeschooling Mission Statement We believe that we should spend our lives praying for and pursuing our goal – that we, our children and their spouses, our grandchildren and their spouses, and every ...
Homeschooling Teaches Your Family How to Live When Ray and I made the decision to homeschool our children, we thought we were just . . . homeschooling, but God had other plans for us. When a woman wants to make a quilt, she uses a sewing machine ...
Let History Nourish Your Child's Heart God believed that the Israelites needed to know the past. Human beings still need to know the past. Christian writer C.S. Lewis wrote during the mid 20th century. In his book, The Weight of Glory, he ...
Making Every Minute Count One of the most precious resources parents have is time. Living life together is a great blessing and a great opportunity. Our children have one childhood made of precious days, hours, and minutes. On...
Mothers of Grace: The Comparison Game When I was in second grade, my parents entered me in a beauty contest. Mother gathered layers of baby blue tulle onto a satin bodice to create my first evening gown. She curled my hair with skinny rub...
Not All Knowledge is Created Equal When we share knowledge with children, we have the wonderful opportunity to make sure it is knowledge worth sharing. We learn in Philippians 4:8 : Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is hono...
Ten Lessons Kids Learn When Playing Charades and Other Games Charades helps children – and adults – learn how to: stand in front of a group, think on their feet, make quick decisions, use their imaginations, communicate nonverbally, be comfortable in their own ...
Ten Tips for Family-Focused Homeschooling The purpose of education is to prepare children for life, but that doesn’t mean that life has to be put on hold while you do. Give yourself permission to do these ten things to keep your homeschooling...
The Joys of Nourishing Your Child As homeschooling mamas, you have daily opportunities to nourish you children's growing bodies and to nourish their minds, hearts, and souls. Homeschooling mamas nourish their children's bodies with he...
The True Origin of Character I have often passed school marquees that show what character trait teachers and students are working on at a given time. It is good for children to be honest, to be responsible, to have integrity, but...
What is History? What is history? Merriam Webster defines history as: a chronological record of significant events, often including an explanation of their causes. It occurred to me recently that history has a birthda...
When a Homeschooling Mama Meets a Mama Who Doesn't Have you ever felt like you made someone feel self-conscious by simply existing? This was a phenomenon I noticed soon after we made the decision to homeschool. It seemed that with many people all I ha...