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6 Practical Principles For Parents

Thursday, 08 March 2018 by TOSBlog

Homeschool planning and documenting is a joy for me as a teacher. I tend to focus a lot of my time on creating checklists and developing new rules. It’s gratifying when they obey a rule or I check off a task. Yet, for spiritual development, rules and checklists must be short-term to developing habits

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Consistency Is Key

Wednesday, 07 March 2018 by TOSBlog

Do you ever feel like a broken record? I know I do. Some days I repeat myself a lot. There are times I feel like I just need to record messages and play them through a loud speaker for my kids to hear. So why do I do it? Why do I bother? It is

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It’s Time to Start Seeds!

Tuesday, 06 March 2018 by TOSBlog

As spring approaches, I am looking forward to what has become a homeschool ritual for us at this time of year—starting seeds. When my son was in kindergarten, I decided that would be a good science lesson for him. However, it became a learning process for me as well. After growing seedlings indoors, we ended

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Hey Mama Monday: No Boundaries. No Questions. No Impossibilities. The God Factor

Monday, 05 March 2018 by TOSBlog

Hey Mama, The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He will. – Proverbs 21:1 He is sovereign. Things can appear one way, and by all worldly logic and human understanding, ARE a certain way. But we cannot forget the “God factor.” It changes