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Monday, 18 February 2019 / Published in - Finding Joy, Articles, Blog

The Grass Is Greenest in My Own Back Yard

I planned to homeschool my kids before I even got married. I told my fiancé, he agreed. Why did I know it was what I wanted to do? I am not entirely sure, but I love freedom and in a way I think freedom was a calling to me. I also wanted an excellent academic
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Friday, 15 February 2019 / Published in - Finding Joy, Articles, Blog

When You Don’t Love Homeschooling

There was a time when I loved homeschooling. I loved researching ideas for lessons. I loved finding interesting books and creating unit studies. I loved spending time with my kids as they enjoyed learning new things. It was a lot of work, but it was fun and I loved it. These days homeschooling has become
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Thursday, 14 February 2019 / Published in - Family, - Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

How the 5 Love Languages Can Improve Your Homeschooling Efforts

  When my oldest son and I walked into the American Science & Surplus store, he immediately found the kits section. He held up the trebuchet kit and frowned. “You said two years ago that you would buy this for me and you never did.” I stood there, flabbergasted. He had only mentioned it one
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Wednesday, 13 February 2019 / Published in - Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

Looking for Those Teachable Moments

  “MOM!” How many times do you hear that word in a day? Over the past 25 years, I have heard that word at least 50 times a day. I remember the first time our oldest son said it.  I cried.  I thought it was the sweetest word I could ever hear.  Now, I will admit
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Tuesday, 12 February 2019 / Published in - Holidays, Articles, Blog

Making Valentine’s Day Special as a Family

  When it comes to Valentine’s Day, our culture provides romance for couples and school parties for kids, but there’s much less of a push for family time. Around our house, we love Valentine’s Day!  The romantic side of me has always been a sucker for flowers, candy and candlelight, but having children certainly changed
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Monday, 11 February 2019 / Published in - Health, Articles, Blog

Teeth for Keeps

  February is Dental Health Month! Use this opportunity to instruct and encourage your homeschool students on the importance of taking care of their teeth. Here are a few suggested dental health activities to promote teeth for keeps.   Types of Teeth There are four different types of teeth that help perform different jobs. They
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Friday, 08 February 2019 / Published in Articles, Blog

How to Start a Homeschool Co-Op

  A homeschool co-op happens when two or more homeschooling families get together to study a particular topic. Co-ops are a great way to provide your children with social time as well as to have the chance to do group activities that are often hard to do as homeschoolers. Here are five tips for making
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Thursday, 07 February 2019 / Published in Articles, Blog

Black History Month Field Trip Ideas

  From the time I was a little girl I was aware that while children of all colors lived and went to school together in Canada where I lived, this was not always the case in the country we often visited, the U.S.A. I can remember asking my mom why the elderly lady had to
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