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I have been homeschooled from first grade to present, my sophomore year of high school. (Wow, that makes me feel old!) I have to say, homeschooling has way more perks than non-homeschoolers give it credit for. We get way more free time, hardly any homework, snacks whenever, great relationships with our tutors/teachers, and did I…
Need a FANTASTIC Resource for Teaching Your Dyslexic Child to Read? When I discovered that my son has dyslexia, I didn’t know how to help him. Since I love to read, I desperately wanted to pass that love of reading along to him. But honestly, I worried that the process of teaching him to read might…
Have you ever had someone you love get lost? To what length would you go to melt that person’s cold heart? And to what extent would you travel to take the splinter of glass from your loved one’s eye? Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen The movie Frozen is whimsical, sweet, and good-natured with amazing…
When I think back on our family’s homeschooling experience, I see a beautiful quilt. A crazy quilt describes it even better. Each “square” in every family’s experience is a piece of a quilt. The Master of the Universe puts them together to make something wonderful. We get to decide what goes into many of those…
In today’s world, we focus on our exterior and our body a lot. Makeup. Diets. Supplements. Essential Oils… it is easy for it to become an obsession. Yes, it is a good thing to care about what it is that you take into your body, but it is even more imperative to consider what it is that…
My husband and I have been married for nearly 20 years. We will celebrate our 20th anniversary next fall with a trip to Italy. We have already lined up my parents to stay here with the kids in our home. We will also secure backup sitters just in case something goes wrong and they need…
Whether it’s winter and you’re looking for something fun to do indoors with your children, or whether it’s summer and you need outdoor ideas, soap carving might be just what you’re looking for! Soap carving is fun, inexpensive, and great for children of all ages. You don’t need fancy tools (though you can use them…
Many children love to read, but it can be difficult to find books featuring homeschooled children. I decided to find some books featuring homeschoolers for my homeschooled children, so I thought I’d share them with you! Even though homeschooling is growing, there isn’t yet an abundance of books featuring homeschoolers, but I’m listing here the…
I am a second generation homeschooler. I really wasn’t sure if I would homeschool. Not because I hated my childhood, and it’s not because I was worried about socialization (insert eye roll). I wasn’t sure if I had the strength to do it. I knew the amount of time, effort, and heart my mother put…
I’ve seen my share of natural disasters and severe weather. I’m also a planner/prepper by nature. I’ve lived in the desert where we’ve had flash flooding, tornado alley where semis were tossed around in the air like they were Lincoln Logs, hail storms with hail the size of grapefruit, and the South where hurricanes present…
No doubt about it: being a homeschooling mom is hard work! What can make the job even harder is the fact that much of society is trivializing the role of a mother, especially a homeschool mom. And few people today value the position. Mothers are told that they are wasting their talents, suffocating their personalities, and…
This year will be my 10th year of homeschooling. During that time, I have changed many things many times. Being a former public school teacher, I took the schedule from there and tried to implement it at home. This was the first thing that I quickly realized would have to change. Having three children, all…
