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Experience a Vibrant New Life Science Program for K-5 Homeschoolers – Great for the School Year or Summer Enrichment! Brenda Shares Her Experiences with Rainforest Journey I was recently given the opportunity to use and review Rainforest Journey by EdTechLens. It is an online secular science program for grades K-5. All of the opinions in…
As any homeschool mom can tell you, there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get it all done. You are busy! And while you do have good intentions and want to read aloud to your children, there is always something getting in the way. Science experiments, busy toddlers, meal prep. You know how important it…
I have a favourite chair. It doesn’t belong to me. It sits in the corner of my parents’ house. Many years ago, it sat in the corner of my grandparents’ living room, right next to a shelf full of meticulously labeled photo albums dating back to the Second World War. Some of my earliest memories…
As homeschooling moms, we spend a lot of time with our children. A lot! Is neglecting them in any way even possible for us? We sacrifice so much to invest in the lives of our children. We surrender our time and our money. We give up personal liberties other moms enjoy, and we set our…
Home remodels are stressful. If you’ve ever experienced one then you know nothing is where it should be – life is in complete disarray. Homeschooling makes things even tougher. I know because we just went through our own little adventure the last few months with our home projects. School was completely disrupted, and we are still catching…
I feel incredibly blessed to have been homeschooled all the way through high school. I consider it an immense gift from my parents. I was able to learn and grow at a rate that perfectly fit my capabilities. I was able to feel successful along the way and view school as something to be enjoyed…
As a homeschooling mom, one of my biggest challenges is keeping good reading material in front of my eleven-year-old daughter! This girl is an avid reader, and wholesome books are always in high demand at our house; she reads books nearly as fast as I can find them! This year, I compiled a summer reading…
This is part 4 of a 4-part series about my journey through depression. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 My children began their school years in our local elementary school. Every day we’d wake up, eat breakfast, and walk up the hill to the bus stop. I’d wave good-bye as they drove away,…
We’re moms: Saving money is usually part of our job description. And there’s no shortage of information out there to help us when it comes to frugal living! We are inundated with advice for how and when and where to save money on cars, clothes, breakfast cereal, and shampoo. The internet, news media, libraries, and…
During a recent field trip, I had an opportunity to use a game as a worldview teaching tool. I periodically scanned the park to monitor my children between conversing with the other moms. The girls were with a group of kids their age. Liz was happy among the teens. Alex had found a friend his size…
When I first began homeschooling it was for one basic reason: I felt called by God to bring our daughter home. She had a newly diagnosed vision problem which was affecting her ability to read. Though I was happy with her private school at the time and I knew the teachers would try their best,…
I wish there was such a thing as the homeschool curriculum – you know, the one that is the perfect fit for your family–a curriculum that checks off every. single. box of your must-haves and must-bes when it comes to curriculum. Even though I know the perfect curriculum doesn’t exist, I still stress myself out…
