Hey Mama
  Hey Mama, “Shelter.” That’s a bad word in some circles, isn’t it? Something is creeping into the church (and even the homeschooling community), and it isn’t biblical. It is an “anti-sheltering campaign” of sorts, and it’s full of holes. It’s even mocked: helicopter mom. Like that’s a bad thing. But think about it. What
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Year End Steps

  End Your Homeschool Year Better with 3 Vital Steps May is here. For most of us it means a well-earned break from our daily schooling efforts. For me it means that it is time for the big homeschool clean out.   Cleaning and Prepping in May? I know you might be tempted to wait
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Hoop Racing

  Now that warm weather has returned, it’s time to send the children outside. But how long will they ride their bikes or scooters or play ball before they decide, “There’s nothing to do!” It’s also time for spring cleaning. What does one have to do with the other? Maybe nothing—or—maybe you found some hula
Lessons from The Wind in the Willows
  “The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home.” With these word, we enter a very special world called the Riverbank, created by Kenneth Grahame. We are introduced to Mole, a tender-hearted optimist, whose big heart often gets the better of him; Ratty, a good-hearted and sensible water-rat, who
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