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Anxious about Homeschooling? Don’t Do These Three Things
You are getting ready to start school again (or just started) and already the anxiety is building. You have homeschooled awhile, but you still don’t think you are doing it right. Your oldest is...
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What Subjects do we Cover?
And how do we cover them? We get this question all the time, so here is our extended answer. =D BIBLE Although we do not cover the Bible as a subject, we do use the Bible for teaching history. Our...
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A Homeschool Mom’s Devotion: Keeping a Calm and Quiet Heart
One of the many blessings I received from writing our newest high school course, World History I, was reading through the entire Bible again, as the Bible is one of our primary references for the...
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Paper Crafts for Thanksgiving!
I LOVE making holiday crafts with our kids. So much so that we collect different colored paper, ribbon, stamps, and other craft supplies throughout the year. We’ve often checked out craft books from...
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The Minimalist Guide to the Holidays
As soon as the crisp morning breeze hits your cheek, it seems like it’s just a few weeks before you’re facing the holidays and all the juggling of activities that brings. Trying to homeschool while...
View Article6 Ways to Protect Your Health While Homeschooling
I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know. Homeschooling can wreak havoc on your health if you aren’t careful. You know it and I know it. Keep reading for 6 simple ways to protect your...
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10 Tips for Teaching a Reluctant High School Writer
Don’t Panic! Are you teaching a reluctant high school writer this year? Battling over writing launches a whole new type of anxiety into the mix, especially if you’re teaching high school writing for...
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10 Tips for Teaching a Reluctant High School Writer – part 2
This is 10 Tips for Teaching a Reluctant High School Writer part 2. If you missed the first post with tips 1-5, read it here -No matter how old your reluctant writer is, several of tips 1-5 apply!...
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Why Literature is essential to Learning
Do you remember falling in love with Old Yeller ? Remember how he saved little Arliss from the bear and his mother from the wolf? Did you cry at Travis’ bravery and sacrifice when he had to shoot his...
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Vocabulary Studies and Charlotte Mason
An extensive knowledge of the exact meanings of English words accompanies outstanding success in this country more often than any other single characteristic we have been able to isolate and measure....
View ArticleUnto us a Child is Born~ Keeping Christ in Christmas
When I was growing up, I never heard that we gave gifts to our loved ones at Christmas in remembrance of God’s ultimate gift to us of Jesus. We baked cookies, listened to Christmas music and talked...
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How do Homeschoolers Compare?
Maybe you’re thinking about homeschooling… or maybe you’re a newbie who is doubting her ability to educate her own kids. Would it help to see how homeschoolers have ACTUALLY performed on national...
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Six Strategies to Make Your Summer Break Work for You
Just before the sun made its appearance, she woke up, made oatmeal for her family and organized her day. She worked at staying ahead on the laundry and clothes repairs. Exercising helped her stay...
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Will Your Kids be Rich or Poor?
There’s this guy. As a child, his dad had a thriving business and he considered their family to be rich. Then suddenly his dad’s business burned to the ground, and his family scrambled and scratched...
View ArticleProtected: Design Your Own Literature-based High School Courses
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Funny Figurative Language Lesson
He slouched at the table, pencil in hand. But instead of looking at his empty paper, he was hypnotically watching the blades of the ceiling fan go around, and around, and around… Are your...
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6 Secrets for staying calm when your children are misbehaving
There is nothing more irritating than listening to one of your kids taunting, or teasing, or picking on a sibling. Or doing something that you expressly told him not to do…. Or when you give an...
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Brain-based Teaching Tips for Your Homeschool
Have you seen the term “brain-based learning” thrown around a lot lately? The idea is simply to discover and use teaching methods that align with how the brain learns. If you’re successful in doing...
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Mother’s Day Give-away!
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How to Teach and Grade Using Rubrics
How many times have you assigned a report or project to your homeschooled student and then were surprised when they turned in SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than you expected? Me, too! Until I...
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