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Strategies for Managing Your Home While Homeschooling
When I first started homeschooling, I didn’t really think about how much it would affect the rest of my responsibilities. Maybe you can relate to this? I was so excited to start teaching our children, so I was very focused on how and what to teach. I didn’t...
Join Trisha Pull for Part 1 of 10 Things I Wish I Knew as a Beginning Homeschooler Hosted by Five Minute Parenting, Sandra Chambers
12 Incredible Benefits of Homeschooling
Are you approaching the years when your child will enter elementary school and trying to decide how you want to educate them? Or are you frustrated with your child’s current educational situation and considering making a change? Or are you already homeschooling your...
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6 Tips for Homeschooling with Confidence
As I talk with homeschoolers, one of the most frequent questions or concerns that I hear is “I don’t know if I’m doing enough?” or “What if I’m doing something wrong or not teaching them enough?” Even though most parents are going above and beyond what they need to...
10 Tips for a Great Start to Your School Year:
This is such an exciting time of year! All those new school books have arrived in the mail, and you’re thinking through how to use them. (Okay, so it's also a little overwhelming, I know...) But even the kids are starting to look forward to starting homeschooling...
4 Homeschool Pitfalls to Avoid
As we began homeschooling, I remember thinking that I needed to do things right! I wanted our kids to have the best education possible. I bought little metal desks for the two oldest kids (ages 6 & 4) to do their school work in. I bought all the workbooks and the...
The Key to Successful Homeschooling
When we started homeschooling back in 1995, it was NOT something many people did, it was, in fact, a bit socially unacceptable. People looked at you weird when you said you homeschooling. People didn’t understand why you would even WANT to homeschool! There weren’t a...
Organizing your Homeschool Life
As homeschoolers, we have a lot more “stuff” to organize and store. Books, resources, art and science projects, supplies for various activities and regular school supplies as well. Plus we need to organize our homeschool days and plan for what we’ll be doing...
Tips for Managing a Busy Home
School has started and life is in full swing. As a homeschool parent, it’s possible that things are getting a little overwhelming as you add the role of teacher to your already busy life again. I’m not saying that we ever stop teaching, but I’m referring to...
Homeschool Teaching Tips Part 2!
Happy Easter! I pray God will remind you afresh about the amazing miracle of His love and His salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ this weekend. We are so blessed to serve a God who loves us so much that He provided a way for our relationship...
Homeschool Teaching Tips
There are so many tips for homeschooling, really too many to share in one post! I'll share some of the more important ones here, plus tips for teaching children in the younger years. Stay tuned for another post on teaching tips for older students soon! TEACHING...
Ignite the Joy of Learning in Your Children
I started out homeschooling with the idea that we were going to be doing school like they did it in the public school, but we’d be doing it at home. I bought the little desks for the kids to sit in; they were made of metal and wood (bought used from the school), and...
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6 Tips for Motivating your Child to Learn
Photo by Юлія Дубина on Unsplash Some children just naturally love to learn, they’re easy to teach because they soak up information like a sponge. They beg you to teach them math and reading and more. Other children don’t gravitate to learning on their own. They’re...
8 Proven Tips for a Successful Homeschool Transition
Photo by Juliane Liebermann on Unsplash With COVID fears and our current world situation, there have been numerous families making the choice to homeschool for the first time over the last year. The National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI.org) gives the...
Finishing Off Your School Year Right!
Finishing Off Your School Year Right! I love spring and the beauty of the green grass and trees. I also love that spring brings the end of another school year and the respite and time to refresh that comes along with that. I’m guessing you are excited for that too!...
Let’s Make Learning Fun!
Photo by Jeremy Alford on Unsplash Make Learning Fun with We Love to Learn Stations Homeschooling is so much more than just doing school at home. It's a lifestyle of learning where we're taking every opportunity to help our children learn through real life as well as...
Homeschooling Through High School: You CAN do it!
Many homeschoolers begin to panic as they approach the high school years. They fear they can’t continue homeschooling because it’ll be too difficult to teach high school level courses. I’ve heard other people say they don’t think homeschooling will provide a quality...
Another Idea for Homeschool Planning: Loop Scheduling!
Some homeschool days flow just like clockwork and other days unexpected things happen: someone gets hurt, the baby is fussy, a friend calls needing prayer and encouragement. And we end up feeling frustrated and discouraged at the end of the day because we didn't get...
6 Popular Achievement Tests for Homeschoolers
6 Popular Achievement Tests for Homeschoolers Do you have questions or feel anxious about annual achievement testing? Many states require that you give your child an annual achievement test if you're homeschooling them. I'm from Minnesota and achievement testing is...
Keep Your Summer Filled with FUN and LEARNING!
Summer is such a great time to relax and have fun together as a family. It's also a wonderful time to build deeper relationships with our children. I love this time of year! I recently heard it said that we only have 18 summers with our children, so we need to make...
Finding Joy in Your Homeschool Journey
The holidays are done, and the new year stretches before us. It’s time to begin a new semester of school…and I’m guessing that some of you may not be feeling very excited about getting back into a school schedule again. Maybe you feel a bit overwhelmed with the idea...
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Finding Joy in Your Homeschool Journey
The holidays are done, and the new year stretches before us. It’s time to begin a new semester of school…and I’m guessing that some of you may not be feeling very excited about getting back into a school schedule again. Maybe you feel a bit overwhelmed with the idea...
6 Tips for Homeschooling with Confidence
As I talk with homeschoolers, one of the most frequent questions or concerns that I hear is “I don’t know if I’m doing enough?” or “What if I’m doing something wrong or not teaching them enough?” Even though most parents are going above and beyond what they need to...
Help! I’m Homeschooling a Tween!
I remember a time back when one of our sons was around age 11-12, when he would spend his usual hour working on math, but would only finish 2-3 problems because he was daydreaming so much. He just couldn’t seem to stay focused! Then when our daughter was around that...
7 Ways to Be a Godly Influence on Your Children
We smile as we see a father and son walking down the road and the son is the spitting image of his dad, from his looks to his mannerisms, to what he’s wearing. It’s fun to see children want to be like their parents! As parents, we have such an amazing opportunity to...
10 Tips for a Great Start to Your School Year:
This is such an exciting time of year! All those new school books have arrived in the mail, and you’re thinking through how to use them. (Okay, so it's also a little overwhelming, I know...) But even the kids are starting to look forward to starting homeschooling...
4 Homeschool Pitfalls to Avoid
As we began homeschooling, I remember thinking that I needed to do things right! I wanted our kids to have the best education possible. I bought little metal desks for the two oldest kids (ages 6 & 4) to do their school work in. I bought all the workbooks and the...
The Key to Successful Homeschooling
When we started homeschooling back in 1995, it was NOT something many people did, it was, in fact, a bit socially unacceptable. People looked at you weird when you said you homeschooling. People didn’t understand why you would even WANT to homeschool! There weren’t a...
10 Ways to Avoid the “Supermom” Syndrome
Do you feel ever feel overwhelmed with all the responsibilities you have in a given day?Are there just not enough hours in the day to get everything done? Do you fall into bed exhausted and wake up feeling like you just need another hour of sleep? I think most moms...
Homeschool Teaching Tips Part 2!
Happy Easter! I pray God will remind you afresh about the amazing miracle of His love and His salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ this weekend. We are so blessed to serve a God who loves us so much that He provided a way for our relationship...
Faith Development
The Fruit of the Spirit Series ~ PEACE
I love summer because there's more free time to build relationships with our children through fun activities! How about also using some of that free time to help develop godly character in your children by talking about the Fruit of the Spirit? I’m super excited to...
The Fruit of the Spirit Series ~ JOY
Summer is a great time to focus on helping our children build godly character since we have more free time. Why not use that free time to focus on something that will benefit you year round? You’ll see your children making effort to be a blessing to each other as you...
The Fruit of the Spirit Series: LOVE
Summer is a great time to focus in on helping our children build godly character since we have more free time. Why not use that free time to focus on something that will benefit you year round? You'll see your children making effort to be a blessing to each other as...
Praying for Our Children~ Our Disciples
My dear friend, Kris Hage, shared these thoughts with me and is graciously allowing me to share them with you! NOTE: there is a free PDF download with verses to pray for your children, don't miss it! Praying for our Children ~ our Disciples As John Newton told of...
6 Tips for Helping Siblings Become Good Friends
Many of us begin homeschooling hoping our children will become good friends with one another in the process. Unfortunately, most families experience some conflict and that can put a damper on family relationships. But with God’s help, we can help our children become...
7 Ways to Be a Godly Influence on Your Children
We smile as we see a father and son walking down the road and the son is the spitting image of his dad, from his looks to his mannerisms, to what he’s wearing. It’s fun to see children want to be like their parents! As parents, we have such an amazing opportunity to...
5 Ways to Develop Respect in Your Children
“Respect means honoring other people and treating them with care and courtesy. While respect includes good manners, the core of the behavior goes deeper than politeness. It stems from the belief that other people have as much worth and dignity as you, and that harming...
5 Ways to Develop Honesty in Your Children
With summer already in full-swing, it’s time to go back to our series on Character-building! Summer is a great time to focus on helping our children build godly character because many homeschoolers are not as busy also trying to fit in the many academic studies we...
Resources and Ideas for Building Your Child’s’ Faith
As I said in my last post, “Motherhood: A Blessed Calling,” we as moms have an amazing opportunity to disciple and train up our children to know the Lord. As a Christian parent, you hopefully have a great desire to teach your children about Jesus, but maybe you...
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