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Children Need the Outdoors to Thrive

Monday, 11 April 2016 by Dawn Winters

Having lived in the country, and now a small tiny country town surrounded by the country on all four sides, I know that the value of fresh air, for me, but also my children, is so incredibly important. Our children live out of doors as much as they possibly can, especially between the months of

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The Perfectionist Child

Saturday, 09 April 2016 by Dawn Winters

Do you have a child that melts down over your slightest correction in their schoolwork? One of my son’s tends to be this way. Learning comes very easily to him. He learned to read simply by watching his older brother’s lessons and now he can rocket through books far above the level typical for his

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The Comparison Trap

Friday, 08 April 2016 by Dawn Winters

I am a mom of only three girls. My oldest successfully graduated from the public high school several years ago…..we are not country dwellers, and I don’t grind my own flour….yet I am a homeschooling mom. HOW CAN THAT BE?? LOL! Have any of you fallen victim to the comparison trap. I knew that I

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Hold On

Thursday, 07 April 2016 by Dawn Winters

I was talking with one of the younger mommas not long ago in our church; she is raising her first little boy who is just darling. And although he is only one she is already contemplating home education for her little guy. I love being a part of conversations like this; an opportunity to share