by Kris Cox | Sep 14, 2023 | Character Building Ideas, Discipleship, family, Goal setting, Great Homeschool Ideas, Parenting, Raising Godly Children, Raising Responsible Children, Scheduling, School Planning, Teaching Tips
Written by Trisha Pull As the carefree days of summer fade into the demands of another school year, I’m tempted to view the needed return to routine as an imposition. I readily focus on the sacrifice required to maintain routine without remembering the many...
by Kris Cox | Aug 21, 2023 | Abiding in Christ, Bible study, family, Finding joy, Great Homeschool Ideas, Homeschooling, Homeschooling with Confidence, Joy of learning, Parenting, Raising Godly Children, School Planning, Teaching Tips
Written by Trisha Pull Have you ever considered the idea that some of our favorite places and pastimes can give us insight into life and priorities? My in-laws house sits on 25 acres next to a river in rural North Dakota. The property is full of places to play...
by Kris Cox | Jun 7, 2023 | Abiding in Christ, Bible study, Character Building Ideas, Discipleship, Elementary age students, family, Family Bible time, Fruit of the Spirit, Great Homeschool Ideas, Homeschooling, Kindness, Parenting, Preschoolers, Purity, Raising Godly Children, Raising Responsible Children, Respectfulness, Scripture memory, Sibling rivalry, Summer ideas, Teaching Tips, Thankfulness
Raising children who love God and follow Him with all their heart is more difficult than ever today. But we serve a powerful God who has overcome the world (John 16:33)! He is more than able to help us, and our children to live godly lives for Him. Memorizing...
by Kris Cox | May 3, 2023 | Abiding in Christ, Bible study, Character Building Ideas, Curriculum, Discipleship, Elementary age students, family, Family Bible time, Fruit of the Spirit, goodness, Great Homeschool Ideas, Parenting, Preschoolers, Raising Godly Children, Teaching Tips, Toddlers
“Mothers, don’t forget that you are the shapers of destiny, co-operators with God, sculptresses of young lives, and quiet servants of necessity.” Elizabeth Elliot At times, our society seems to underestimate the importance and value of being a mom. I was a...
by Kris Cox | Mar 28, 2023 | Delight-directed learning, discovery learning, Elementary age students, family, Finding joy, Great Homeschool Ideas, homemade games, Homeschooling, Joy of learning, Language arts, Learning stations, Preschoolers, strategy games for learning, Summer ideas, Teaching Tips, Teaching with Games
Our family loves to play board games, so we often used educational games for learning in our homeschool years. Check out this blogpost to see the many benefits of using games for learning. They can be used to teach information or to review information already learned...
by Kris Cox | Feb 7, 2023 | Character Building Ideas, Elementary age students, family, Great Homeschool Ideas, Homeschool burnout, Homeschooling, Homeschooling with Confidence, Preschoolers, Reluctant learner, School Planning, strategy games for learning, Teaching Tips, Teaching with Games
Over the years, our family played a lot of educational games to help our children learn. Phonics games, math games, geography games, strategy games, you name it, we may have played it! And our children greatly enjoyed learning through games. Now that our children are... 
