Christmas can be a struggle for single-income families like mine. Three things help me save all year and now, I have $500 in my Christmas fund. Each little deposit was made without me thinking about it. Could you use some passive savings that add up to significant Christmas dollars? Christmas spending has always been an…
Household chores teach accountability and are a vital tool in every household, but are even more important structurally in a homeschooler’s home. It is highly likely that one parent is choosing to leave full-time employment to homeschool, but now more than ever, many parents are working and homeschooling.
In this five part series, I will share the habits and tasks to develop accountability for students from toddlers to teens
When choosing a curriculum, the truth is: It is All About You Have you ever wondered what I use at home for a school with 10 different grades? Yes, 10 kids in 10 different grades. Have you wondered how I haven’t just completely lost my mind? That is ok. We get that a lot. In our…
I am beginning to understand why there is such a connection with Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Over the last few weeks there have been 7 deaths in our small community. Lives altered forever. Among those were three teens that went missing over the weekend. Searchers found them yesterday, after three days of waiting, in the…
Over the last few weeks we talked about two ways to show our children love in our Homeschool time. We are going to wrap up our posts taking about comparison. I hope you had a chance to sign up and download the free study guide to get the most out of this series while it is up here…
I had a lesson in child training from a prisoner and a horse. There was a gem in my FaceBook news feed. I rarely watch videos in the quiet of the morning but a few days back I watched this video about horse training. It was a short piece about a prison in Arizona that pairs inmates…
There is no shortage of great advice out there, but the best advice is to find what is working well for you and maximize it
Let me share three unique ways we show love by honoring our child’s unique gifts and interests in our school life. I keep the focus on each individual child and their interests, and avoid a school day where I am the only one winning I have a son that loves to win. My son is deeply committed to…
I can identify the exact moment when a board game stops being fun, can’t you? You hear the giggles lessen and the arguments increase. If you intervene you know where the focus will turn; the score. As soon as winning and losing becomes the primary focus, the kids forget about the fun they were having. [Tweet “To have your focus…
What if the middle of your homeschooling years could be as exciting as that first one? In Due Season is a series for the long middle stretch before you. Beginnings are great, and planning for the end is satisfying, but the middle can be a long, winding, uncharted road. This series is full of weekly encouragement…
I am in this strange place where my older kids are independent and I still have little ones underfoot. I realized the other day none of my “littles” have never been to the Apple Orchard. An event I looked forward to 13 years ago with my first batch of enthusiastic toddlers. Alas, I am old,…
It was not for the thrill of seeing how long it would take for my skin to crack open and peel. It was not even because we love badly performed minor league baseball. No. We sat in the blazing shadeless inferno that we call the Iowa Cubs stadium because as parents, that is what we…