Wednesday, 05 July 2023 / Published in - Resources, Blog

When Mom Has a Minute (or Maybe More)

Picture this: It’s your busiest homeschool day of the week—the one that grabs your best hours and takes you on the road to your co-op or music or swimming lessons or errands. You remember those full days from the last homeschool year and know you’ll have more crazy busy days again next school year. Days
Friday, 21 January 2022 / Published in * Encouragement, * New to Homeschooling, Articles, Blog

Teaching Multiple Ages Together

  I have four kids, ages 11, 8, 5, and 2.  Let me be honest and say sometimes it can be difficult to homeschool with those age ranges. But it’s definitely possible!  And it’s not only possible; it can actually be a blessing. So practically how do you do it? First off, my middle two
Wednesday, 29 December 2021 / Published in * Encouragement, Articles, Blog

Year-end Homeschool Reflections

  I can’t believe how fast this year has flown!  My kids all have their birthdays in a wad (November, 2 in December, and January) so it seems like all of a sudden they’re getting older.  As the end of the year approaches rapidly, I’m taking stock of how our year has gone, what I’m
Friday, 15 October 2021 / Published in * Faith and Family, - Resources, Articles, Blog

Homeschool Mom’s Guide to Easy Meals

  I don’t know about anyone else but mealtime takes up a lot of time at our place. I’m usually cooking for 5-6 people at each meal, and I laughingly say it takes them 5 minutes to devour a meal that took me 1 hour to make. I’m sorta teasing.  Anyway, I don’t have the
Wednesday, 29 September 2021 / Published in * Encouragement, * Faith and Family, Articles, Blog

Do You Focus on What Matters?

  I don’t know about you, but it’s so tempting just to check off those boxes in our homeschool. Math, check; Language Arts, check; character training, oops too busy. But when you get right down to the brass tacks, which is more important? So, ask yourself, “Do you focus on what matters?” Now, I’m not
Blossom With True Learning
Thursday, 10 June 2021 / Published in * Encouragement, * Faith and Family, * Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

Blossom With True Learning

  One of my very favorite things as a mom is to watch the love of learning in my children.  Sometimes it’s through something I introduce to them, and sometimes it’s just something they discover on their own, but either way it’s up to me whether or not I encourage that growth and exploration. My
eat healthy
Wednesday, 12 May 2021 / Published in * Faith and Family, Articles, Blog

How to Eat Healthy One Change at a Time

  If you asked most people if they need to eat better, I’m sure most would answer yes. The biggest problems with eating healthy seem to be time, money, and knowledge. So, is healthy eating really that time consuming, expensive, and hard?  The answer is no, and you can make changes today to become a
embrace change
Tuesday, 23 March 2021 / Published in * Planning and Organization, Articles, Blog

Embrace the Change

  Does anyone else have the problem of fussy kids after they’ve been indoors way too long with nasty weather?  It seems to me they lose all motivation for “regular” schoolwork and get just plain fidgety! What’s a momma to do?  Perhaps it’s time to rethink your end of the year learning strategy. No one
homeschool garden
Wednesday, 24 February 2021 / Published in * Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

Creating A Gorgeous Homeschool Spring Garden

  I’m going to be open and upfront here…I don’t like winter!  I’m sitting here right now watching it snow and thinking, man, I’m ready for spring and planting my garden. How about you?  It’s been so cold and nasty out that my kids are playing inside, and quite frankly, they’re going stir crazy.  What’s
wrong way
Wednesday, 27 January 2021 / Published in * Planning and Organization, Articles, Blog

How to Turn Around if You’re Going the Wrong Way

  Wow!  It’s already a New Year. Can you believe that?  Personally, I hope this year is better than last year overall, how about you?  So many things happened that I certainly didn’t foresee at the beginning of 2020, but I guess every year is like that in some ways.  Anyway, when you’re homeschooling you
peace
Wednesday, 23 December 2020 / Published in * Encouragement, Blog

Peace in the Chaos This Christmas

  I don’t know about any of you, but quite honestly, my life is pretty chaotic right now. I have 4 kids ages 9, 7, almost 4, and almost 2. They are…BUSY! I mean like can I get a break to go to the bathroom busy, and sometimes it just gets plain overwhelming! Anybody else