Easy Ways to Homeschool Through the Holidays The easiest way to coast through homeschooling is to roll with the tide, seasons and calendar. It’s the same idea as vacationing in the town you live: finding the hidden gems, enjoying the family owned hole in the wall restaurant, resting at a secret garden, parking your car in that one spot that always gets you to the beach faster. …Read More »
9 Tips to help Kids write Fabulous Essays 9 Essay Tips to help you write a fabulous final draft Writing an essay is like tuning a piano. In order to write an excellent essay, you need to understand your audience. In our home, we refer to this as a tuning fork. In the old days, piano tuners would ping a tuning fork and listen to the pitch of the note as they fine tuned a string on the piano. When the tone from the string matched the tuning fork, they’d know they had made the key sound the right way. …Read More »
Advent Traditions for All Ages Your kids see the calendar flip to November and suddenly they are ready for the holidays, right? It’s the same in my house. I am honored to be a part of the Homeschooling Through the Holidays Series at Life of a Homeschool Mom! Come see what we cooked up to help you celebrate the Advent Season with your family! …Read More »
College Proof Your Faith with Jay Seegert In this wonderful conversation with our guest speaker, my son Sam and I are glued to our seats as we glean wisdom about how to college proof our faith. (Or, life proof for those of us past college) This is a rough cut transcript of the AMAZING conversation we had with Jay Seegert with The Starting Point Project at A Better Way to Homeschool on Facebook. …Read More »
Homeschool: First Things First First things First In the beginning, middle and end, God is in control of your homeschool journey! Homeschooling is filled with wonder and many surprises. You’ll need some goals, materials, books & pencils for sure. Related: What you really need to homeschool But you’ll also need: …Read More »
Secret to Successful Homeschooling: Simplicity Inside: 9 Secrets of Successful Homeschooling from me to you. I was a new homeschooler once. I had a 5th grader, a kindergartener with major medical issues, a toddler and I was pregnant. Ah, those were the days. Trying to manage two of different grades of school Trying to keep the baby safe Hoping to get dinner on the table at the right time. Trying to walk without pain from a very difficult pregnancy Voila! I was a mess. A pregnant hot mess. I was so concerned about the academic part of homeschooling that I almost buried my poor 5th-grader in schoolwork. I stressed I worried I panicked What if I messed his education up? … Read More »
Godly Women and Homeschool Godly women are amazing. Just look at that Proverbs 31 woman? She’s up before dawn, goes to bed after dark. She’s cooking, sewing and even buying vineyards. I bet her To Do List was impressive. Do you ever look at your list for today and wonder how on earth will you squeeze time in for the Lord on top of all the things you need to get done? Is it really practical to put God first in your life? …Read More »
Praying for Our Kids: A Plan for Prayer Inside: Free Printable Plan to help you in your journey of praying for your children. Miss Clara calls it a strategic battle plan in the movie, The War Room.Beth Moore teaches about Praying God’s Word over others.Stormie O’Martin writes about the power of a praying wife and mom. God says, “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” James 5:16 The first time I talked to the Lord was at a friend’s wedding. I’d never heard anyone simply talk to the Lord before and my heart beat faster and faster and faster as the Spirit fell. I wanted more of whatever that was in my life. …Read More »
Kidazzler: The Way things SHOULD be! 3 Quick Facts What is Kidazzler?Grab your free invitation to get the app.How to find your first listings! Kidazzler Julia was sitting in front of the computer jumping from facebook groups to Google, and back to Facebook groups getting more and more frazzled. As a new mom, she was doing what all new moms do today… searching for tips, tricks, and solutions to her problem. She was desperate to be a great mom, and she felt like she was in over her head. So she put on her “happy face” and searched the internet for answers. kidazzler? …Read More »
ABW 10: Teens and Business with Abby THE CHALLENGE: Help our Teenagers Launch their own businesses while earning High school Credit! Hold on to your hat! This one’s gonna be fantastic! Abby Banks with Making Room 4 One More will be here to give you quick tips and resources to help your kids step into the business world successfully! Bring your teens along for this one!
ABW 10: Teens and Business with Abby Teens and Business: Heck Yes! THE CHALLENGE: Help our Teenagers Launch their own businesses while earning High school Credit! Hold on to your hat! This one’s gonna be fantastic! Abby Banks with Making Room 4 One More will be here to give you quick tips and resources to help your kids step into the business world successfully! …Read More »
All About Bees Freebie This is a Free Sample! Insects cannot be explored without studying the queens of insects: honeybees! …Read More »
ABW 9: Hands-on Learning Made EASY with Amy What if there was a way to simplify learning, magnify time away from worksheets, and increase connections with your kids? Would you sleep better at night? I have GREAT news for you sweet friend… There’s an EASY button! …Read More »
Homeschooling is the Most Wonderful, Fulfilling, and Challenging Things You’ll Ever Do. Pregnant, sitting in my kitchen with a 5th grader, kindergartener and toddler and surrounded by boxes of homeschool curriculum, I was shaking. “Where do I begin?” My husband tricked me into homeschooling and elected me to be the teacher. I was NOT happy. …Read More »
ABW 8: Homeschooling with Chronic Illness with Heather Perfection Is An Illusion! Learning to Rest and THRIVE while Homeschooling with Chronic Illness… Listen in as Heather shares Strategies for Mom Meals Homeschooling …Read More »
Letter D Activities for Kids Letter “d” Activity Unit is sure to delight your kids! Includes interactive activities to help your kids master letter a: It’s all about lower case “d” …Read More »
ABW 7: Growth Mindset Hacks with Meryl Growth Mindset Hacks with Meryl van Der Merwe from FundaFunda will be here to give us tips, tricks, and resources for our own growth. …Read More »
Simple Homeschool Strategies from Moms Who’ve Been there Perfection Is An Illusion! This is a collection of home education resources, tips, and HACKS to help you find victory, joy and laughter in your homeschool journey whether you’re looking for faith homeschool, simple homeschool or ways to make learning fun! LIVE interviews with veteran homeschool moms and Bekki as we dive deep into ONE specific area of homeschooling, parenting, and life! …Read More »
Music Lessons for Children I’m sitting here listening to one of my sons finger pick his guitar. It’s better than having the radio playing any day of the week. I still remember the day he asked me if he could look up a tutorial on YouTube. Fast forward to today… YouTube is where that child learned to play. Do you have kids who want to to learn to play instruments? Maybe you want to find easy ways to integrate music into your homeschooling. …Read More »
Road Trip: Car Ride Games and Activities for Kids Anyone else looking for car ride games for your kids to play? I always hated going on long car rides. Maybe it’s because I never went far with my family growing up, maybe because I have always preferred being at home. It’s doesn’t matter anymore. I married a man born to be on the road. …Read More »