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Friday, 06 November 2020 / Published in * Holidays, Articles, Blog

6 Inspirational Ways to Teach Your Children the True Meaning of Christmas

  November is the perfect time to plan for a Christ-centered Christmas. You can set aside time to teach your children the true meaning of Christmas.   December Devotions I love to reread the Christmas story every year and want to pass that joy on to my children. Not just the baby born in Bethlehem
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thanksgiving traditions
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Thursday, 05 November 2020 / Published in * Holidays, Articles, Blog

Something Old, Something New. Traditions

  This morning I read a suggestion that Thanksgiving might need to be cancelled this year due to concerns over COVID-19. What? Cancel Thanksgiving? Memorial Day parades and picnics. Fourth of July celebrations. Halloween trick-or-treating. All cancelled. Now, Thanksgiving? We are entering what is often called the “holiday season:” Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.
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learning through the holidays
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Wednesday, 04 November 2020 / Published in * Holidays, Articles, Blog

Embracing Learning Through the Holidays

Are you experiencing a bit of homeschool overwhelm with the rapidly approaching holiday season? This is the season when the holiday checklist merges with the homeschooling checklist, and you suddenly realize you can’t do it all. Here’s a bit of encouragement, Mama. You don’t have to do it all! If the mere thought of doing
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Wednesday, 21 October 2020 / Published in * Holidays, Articles, Blog

Celebrate Thanksgiving the Pilgrim Way

  The Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock barely made it through the first winter. Many died from sickness, and those that were left were weak and frightened. Still they soldiered on, determined to make it in the new land with the help of their Heavenly Father. Spring brought a Christian Native American named Squanto
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Tuesday, 20 October 2020 / Published in * Holidays, Articles, Blog

10 Fun Ways to Celebrate Advent in Your Homeschool

  Do you celebrate advent in your homeschool? I remember, as a kid, awaiting Christmas morning for days on end. We would celebrate Christmas by baking cookies, setting up a Christmas tree and lights, and attending parties in the days of December leading up to the big day. After about fifteen minutes of opening presents,
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homeschool holidays
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Tuesday, 13 October 2020 / Published in * Holidays, * Planning and Organization, Articles, Blog

How to Successfully Homeschool During the Holidays

By the time you’re reading this, it will be October already!  This year has been nutty, and I can’t believe it’s almost over.  If you’re anything like me, you’ve been thinking about the holidays, and quite honestly, they can be a bit stressful.  Why?  Quite simply, I think it’s because we try to do TOO
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fourth of july
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Wednesday, 10 June 2020 / Published in * Holidays, - Resources, Articles, Blog

Fourth of July Homeschool Resources

  Ignite the fire of patriotism in your child’s heart with Fourth of July homeschooling. Look back at the foundation that America was built upon and encourage your children that we can move forward with renewed hope, faith, and understanding, regardless of how things look in our nation today. 4th of July Homeschool Resources SchoolhouseTeachers.com
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Wednesday, 03 June 2020 / Published in * Holidays, Articles, Blog

Celebrate 4th of July Freedom

  My husband shares his birthday with Independence Day so when he was a little boy he thought all the Fourth of July fireworks were for him! Fourth of July really is for him! And you and me! We celebrate freedom on Fourth of July with great fanfare: picnics, parades, fireworks, laughter, and yummy food!
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Tuesday, 19 May 2020 / Published in * Holidays, Articles, Blog

10 Fun & Inexpensive Father’s Day Gift Ideas

  Father’s Day will be here before we know it so let’s gather our supplies together, make a plan, and create something spectacular for the man of the hour! Spoil Dad this Father’s Day with these fun and inexpensive Father’s Day gift ideas. Dad is sure to love these gifts! We’re Nuts About You, Dad:
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Tuesday, 28 April 2020 / Published in * Holidays, * Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

Jelly Beans at Easter

  As Easter rolls around, one of my favorite candy treats hits the shelves… jelly beans! Traditional, sour, theme-flavored – I like almost all of them (well, maybe except those weird flavored ones and black licorice). But jelly beans are so much more than candy when it comes to Easter and a great way to
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Tuesday, 31 March 2020 / Published in * Holidays, Articles, Blog

Easter Unit Study

  The week between Palm Sunday and Easter, or any time near Easter, is a perfect time for a unit study. You can create your own unit study using the last week of Jesus’ life as a template, or you can use the one I have created for you. Each day, you will read Scripture
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Thursday, 09 January 2020 / Published in * Holidays, Articles, Blog

Twenty Homeschool Resolutions for 2020

The New Year is here. A New Year provides us with a clean slate, per se. We use the New Year as an opportunity to change and to grow. We make resolutions about everything from our health to our finances. This year, I am making resolutions about our family’s homeschool. Actually, I am making twenty
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