Make Learning Active with These Indoor Scavenger Hunts
Wednesday, 01 February 2023
If you are looking for boredom busters to keep your kids entertained, why not make it educational? Here are eight indoor scavenger hunts to help make learning active with your little ones when heading outdoors is too cold, too rainy, or too impossible. Free Bedroom Scavenger Hunt Download The best place to start is your
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Creative Ways to Teach Math, Mama
Monday, 30 January 2023
It’s easy to be creative with math in the elementary years. I am not creative when it comes to middle, junior, and high school math. My kids just have to do it. Yes, there will be hard math days and sometimes even tears. These are opportunities to teach children to do hard things and to be overcomers.
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30 Winter Read-Aloud Books
Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Winter is the perfect time to snuggle up on the couch and dive deep into a good book with the kids. Here is a comprehensive list of winter read-aloud books to entertain, educate, and inform your children today. From picture books to chapter books, this list of winter read-aloud books will make you feel like
Is Art and Music Important, Mama?
Monday, 23 January 2023
Two things I know: God is an artist, and God loves music. The Scriptures reveal these two aspects of God. If we want our children to be like Him, we should not dismiss these two avenues in our instruction. And, we should never underestimate the power of music and art in a child’s life. It
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The Art of the Pivot
Friday, 20 January 2023
The new year brings time for reflection on the year that has passed and time for regrouping for the year ahead. We take down our Christmas trees and bring out our homeschool materials. Trees are replaced with trigonometry, cookies are replaced with counting, and the work resumes. After reflecting on the previous semester, sometimes we
Destination Order and Peace
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
We all want to get there – that place of ordered peace that provides such joy to a mother’s heart. You know the ingredients: cheerful obedience, productive days, and kindness to one another with a marked absence of bickering and complaining. How do we get there? It seems that the more we try, the more
Can You Teach (and Learn) Spanish, Mama?
Monday, 16 January 2023
Hey Mama, When they’re still small, it’s hard to believe our littles will ever get big—but my, how time flies! Before we know it, they’re in high school looking at electives and prepping for college—and we think, “What am I doing? I don’t know anything about teaching (or for that matter learning) a foreign language!”
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New Year, Fresh Start
Friday, 13 January 2023
How is your homeschool year going? Are you on a roll, or have you fallen into a slump? Maybe you need a fresh start. A revival. Reviving your homeschool might be just what the doctor ordered. This does not mean your homeschool has completely died with you hovering over a six-foot grave, propped up by
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