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Eight Ways to Help Your Library

Tuesday, 16 April 2019 by TOSBlog

Many librarians love homeschoolers. After all, we are often their best patrons. We know what we want and how to find it. Our children are (generally) well-behaved. But in addition to being good patrons of the library, there are other ways that we as homeschoolers can help our libraries. We can: Volunteer on a

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The Empty Playroom Floor is Their Canvas

Monday, 15 April 2019 by TOSBlog

My kids can turn a clean space into a disastrous danger zone in about 15 minutes flat. Thankfully, they have also learned, by frequent practice, how to turn that same space back into neatness, in about the same amount of time. I noticed a pattern, from when they were very small, that is still

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Hey Mama Monday: Raising Up the Next Generation

Monday, 15 April 2019 by TOSBlog

Hey Mama, May your children rise up and call you blessed. That’s in Proverbs 31, as you know. Sometimes you look at that and think, “Yeah, right.” It’s hard to see all the monkeys who constantly make bad decisions and whom you are always having to pull down off the walls. Popcorn. These kids

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Grace

Sunday, 14 April 2019 by TOSBlog

You often hear of grace: grace from God, giving grace, receiving grace, saying grace, but what does that really mean? Is it something you can rely upon? Those days when you feel less than whole and at your worst, do you really deserve grace? Maybe you’ve yelled at your children again? Maybe you feel