We are so busy as moms! It isn’t possible to do all that our children ask us to do. I heard this heart-stirring poem when I had 3 little rambunctious boys —Daniel (5), Mark (1) and Nathan (3)—that kept me busy morning ’til night. It made me want to slow down and listen to their little requests to “look at me, Mom!” It made me want to read the stories and play with them more. Now that my sons are grown, I have discovered how true this poem is! Take a moment right now, if you can, and “do the little things he asks you to”. You won’t regret it! [Read more…]
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- A Way to Grade
- Study Schedule
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- Jump In
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- Are You Really Covering Everything?
- Fifteen Years of Research in the Homeschool “Lab”
- Homeschooling Ideas that Work!
- A Day in our Homeschool Kindergarten
- Keeping First Grader Happy
- Interruptions
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- Just Wants to Play
- Let’s Go Exploring: The Best Education
- My Cantaloupe Man
- Minimum Daily Requirement
- School in Summer?
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- An Elective Summer
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- Junior High Years . . . and on into High School
- Mom’s Sanity
- Don’t Serve From an Empty Platter
- Overwhelmed
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- Having a Bad (Homeschool) Day?
- What to Do with a Restless Little Boy?
- Easy Exercise
- Worn Out from Teaching
- Wonderful, Wonderful Chores!
- Demanding Toddler
- Need a Homeschool Break?
- All My Kids Do is Complain
- Rotate Your Toys
- Plan B: Difficult Pregnancy
- Too Tired!
- Homeschool with a Baby
- Take A Walk!
- Concerns
- Not Organized, Not Perfect
- Keeping on Grade Level
- A Child’s Self-Confidence: Handle with Care
- A Plea to Homeschoolers: Do it!
- Shouldn’t You Be in School?
- My Child is Behind in School
- To Test or Not To Test? That is the Question
- Do I Need to Test My Child?
- Gifted Child
- Siblings Progressing at Different Rates
- A Small Price
- Son’s Career Planning
- Burnout
- Illness
- What to Do with Baby?
- Managing with a Baby
- Family Acceptance
- Husband Won’t Let Me Homeschool
- Daddy’s Thoughts about Homeschooling
- Eleven Year Itch
- The Homeschooled Teen: Surviving or Thriving?
- Homeschool through High School?
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- Goals
- Method
- What Do I Use to Homeschool?
- Why Homeschool?
- Nurturing
- Public School or Homeschool?
- First, a Relationship
- What Will You Trade Your Time For?
- Picking Away at Happiness
- Happy Girl
- Double Vision
- The Singing House
- A Work that Matters
- Doing the Little Things
- It’s Mom…Not Fisher-Price
- Mommy Playing
- Come Play With Me
- My “Anti-Busting” Campaign
- Big Bear Hugs
- Self-Sufficient Little Ones
- Knowing Who You Came From
- Doldrum Buster!
- Toy Night
- Talent Show!
- Molding the Heart
- Why Did You Decide to Homeschool?
- Mary Poppins’ Method
- Be That Person
- An Attitude
- You Go First
- The King of Me
- Mama’s Boy
- Gratitude Journal
- Gray Hair
- Desert Thoughts
- Humility
- The World is Mine
- Kind at Home
- The Best Character Building Stories for Children!
- Priscilla Stories
- Heroes
- The Family Bible
- Making Sunday Special
- Company’s Coming!
- Company Manners
- Chivalry, It’s Up to Us!
- Communal Comparison
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- Training A Child in the Way He Should Go
- Never Reward Negative Behavior
- Don’t “Un-train” Your Kids!
- It’s Up to Us, Mom!
- Don’t Ask Twice
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- Want Cooperation?
- Why Listen?
- Clones Clones Clones Clones Clones
- We’ll Be Looking in the Mirror
- Oh, Susanna!
- The Silent Work of Women
- The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
- Who God Trusts
- Excuse this House
- The Girl I Used to Be
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- Wisdom from Jefferson
- Pass It On
- No Children!
- I’m at Wit’s End with My Child!
- How to Stop Bickering, Pestering, Fighting, Teasing…
- Spanking, Anyone?
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- Eating All the Time
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Chivalry, It’s Up to Us!
My daughter Emily (17) came home from high school thoroughly disgusted. Emily is a very upbeat, happy spirit and she loves everybody and everything, so it shocked me to see her upset. She only attends 2 classes at our local charter school, and is very studious and diligent in her homeschool assignments. She tells me […]
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- Gratitude Journal
- Gray Hair
- Chivalry, It’s Up to Us!
- Communal Comparison
- Desert Thoughts
- Company’s Coming!
- Be That Person
- Company Manners
- Humility
- Heroes
- Mama’s Boy
- Asking Why
- Kind at Home
- You Go First
- The Family Bible
- The World is Mine
- Mary Poppins’ Method
- The Best Character Building Stories for Children!
- Making Sunday Special
- An Attitude
- Why Did You Decide to Homeschool?
- Priscilla Stories
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