How to Intentionally Foster Your Child’s Christian Character

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  Like many home-schooling families, you probably chose this path to foster your child’s faith and godliness. Nurturing Christian character is undoubtedly a high priority but can sometimes get lost among curricula, academics, and everyday life. Here’s some ways to intentionally develop your student’s personal character. But first, let’s briefly recap what the Bible says
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Summer Homeschool Curriculum Ideas to Fit Your Family

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  When parents begin pulling out their hair because summer has arrived and their kids are going bonkers, it is most likely because no structure has been put into place. Some families are more structured than others. While some may have walls and walls of charts and checkoff lists to keep everyone in line, other
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Hey Mama Monday: Is It Crazy at Your House, Mama?

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  Hey Mama, I have a bunch of kids. We are the “Zoo on Wheels,” I like to say. We went to the circus a while ago –“Zoo meets Circus.” It was fun … and chaotic. After being a mama for thirty years, there have been lots of things my kids have said that have
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Schoolhouse Teachers Spanish Curriculum Makes Learning Spanish Fun

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  I have always wanted to learn Spanish. I took two years of high school Spanish, and then after college, I married the son of Colombian immigrants. My in-laws frequently conversed in Spanish with my husband, leaving me to rely on what I could recall from almost ten years earlier. Living in a culturally diverse
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Tools for Navigating Anxious Times

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  Who knows what news ticker updates will scroll across my TV screen when this post goes live in April? At this moment the corona virus strain, COVID19, is wreaking havoc across our nation and our world. The most recent recommendation by President Trump is to prohibit gatherings of ten or more people, for everyone
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Easter Unit Study

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  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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Hey Mama Monday: Mama, He Has This Under Control!

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Hey Mama, Today will take care of itself. And we have a lot of say about the memories our kids are going to have of this particular day with us. TODAY. Will it be sad memories? Stressed-out memories? Furrowed-brow memories? A Mama who loved them but was always down? Or . . . even in
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Igniting Wonder with Unit Studies

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  Nothing adds wonder to homeschooling quite like a unit study. Well, and some yummy goodies, of course. Unit studies can serve as a terrific remedy for an exciting curriculum that’s suddenly turned tired. Here’s a few ways they can ignite wonder in your homeschool.   Enjoy Freedom with Unit Studies If you’re not familiar
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