The Homeschool Life Blog
Adding Routine into Your Homeschool Day
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...
Perspectives from the Porch on Life and Homeschooling
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...
9 Simple Steps for Homeschool Planning
Are you feeling stressed about preparing for school this fall? I get it, it feels like a lot to do! Let me simplify it for you and hopefully take away some of the overwhelm. 9 Simple Steps for Planning Your School Year Seek guidance from the Lord first! You...
10 Reasons to Memorize Scripture with Our Children
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...
Motherhood: A Blessed Calling
“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...
More Educational Games You can Make Yourself
Games are excellent tools to use for teaching your children. They strengthen focus, memory skills, executive functioning skills, analytic and problem-solving skills, and even socialization skills. The hands-on, active learning opportunity it provides is also...
How to Make Your Own Educational 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...
12 Amazing Benefits of Game-based Learning
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...
Beating the Homeschool Winter Blues
For several years, I really struggled with the winter blues around this time of year. Maybe you do too. Many feel a letdown after the holidays. The colder, shorter days make it hard to get the kids outside to play. The lack of sunshine affects our moods as well. Plus,...
Stop the Comparison Game
A young dad came to me with concerns about his son. His friend’s 3-year-old already knew all the sounds of the letters. Plus, he was talking in full sentences and was way ahead of this young dad’s 3-year-old son. His worry was genuine. “Are we doing something wrong?”...
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