The Real Secret to Teaching Homeschool Algebra and Higher Math Inside: The real secret to Teaching Algebra in Homeschool. I’m a liar. What is worse? Getting caught by my 9th grader. Now, I never meant to lie, most surely I did not. … Read More »
5 Free Recipes to Empower Your Kids In the Kitchen Inside: Teaching kids to cook the easy way, {5 free recipes- Printable}, and Cooking Camp for Kids Mama, Picture this. Onions being diced by an 11-year-old. Broccoli being steamed by a 13-year-old. A mouth-watering, oh my goodness I cannot believe he just made that, sauce being whipped up by an 18-year-old. All to the soundtrack to your favorite movie playing in the background. Recently, I had minor surgery on my foot that has required me to be off my feet for about three months. Three painfully slow months of no standing, no driving, no walking. And you guessed it, no cooking. Did you know you need to stand to cook? My husband wisely decided that each of our five boys would take over one meal each week to help feed our wonderful family. Yes, he’s a brilliant man! … Read More »
Minds In Bloom: Unexpected Hobbies for Kinesthetic Learners I am extremely humbled and excited to be featured on “Minds in Bloom” today! Please take a few minutes and come join me on Rachel’s fantastic website!! I love Rachel’s heart of teaming together with fellow educators to collaborate and share fantastic and inspiring tips, tactics, lessons, and encouragement! I am confident you will enjoy her website. Be sure to bookmark it so you can find her again. It is LOADED with valuable information and resources!
The Beauty of the Perfect Picture Book at the Right Moment Inside: A familiar tool to help you when your kids fail in school, at home, or in life. I hate the word pissed. I mean really hate it. It is too harsh, too negative, and downright gross. Yet, in this case, it’s the only word I can use to describe how my sister felt. I had royally pissed her off. What made it so bad, was that I was clueless. One day, we were laughing and talking, the next day she cut me off completely. I spent months trying to figure out why she never answered her phone and was never home. I thought she was simply busy. Boy, was I wrong! … Read More »
Letting Teens Go Too Soon= Disaster By the time our kids reach high school, we can bend to the pressure to “let them go” and “cut the cords”. photo by Erik Scheel Teenagers need the help, guidance, and strength of their parents even more than toddlers do. The transition from middle- schooler to adulthood is like running a medieval gauntlet. … Read More »
7 Things You Need to Get in Order to Have a Peaceful Home Inside: 7 Things You Need to Get in Order to Have a Peaceful Home Be Honest: Is your home more peaceful now than when the school year began? Photo by Jen Chillingsworth What words describe your home today? Peaceful, chaotic, loving, frantic, happy, miserable, orderly, disorderly, bumpy, smooth… … Read More »
God is in Control in the Beginning, Middle and End of the Story “Oh, my God!” My husband tossed his phone and looked at me with tear filled eyes. Thanksgiving evening, he received a text from a trusted friend that a family mentor was in jail after committing a heinous crime.The more we read, the more we sat there shaking our heads. How is this possible?He was so strong in the Lord when our daily lives crossed paths. How did he go from sold out servant for Christ to being faced with the death penalty? … Read More »
We Deprive Our Sons On Purpose Yes, We deprive Our Sons on Purpose: That’s right. We deprive them. The Result of Deprivation? Boredom. Do not be afraid of a bored child. And DO Not rescue them. On the other side of boredom lives creativity, design, and ingenuity… A Bit of chaos. But out of this chaos, they create kingdoms! … Read More »
Simple Advent Activities that Add Holiday Spirit to Teaching Inside: Christmas and Winter Wrapped into Learning Activities Snow begs to be played in, candy canes plead to be enjoyed, and kids refuse to focus… Crazy Snowman Photo by Matteo Paganelli Sounds like the holidays to me. If you thought is was hard to get your kid’s attention during Thanksgiving, wait until you try during Christmas! I always switch to holiday themed activities during the holidays. Beginning today, let’s snuggle with our kids and slow down. In the flurry of decorations, shopping, and potential holiday madness we need to take the time to share “what really matters” with our kids. … Read More »
Why you should teach your kids to gossip Inside: Good Gossip Rules to read with coffee, teach your kids, and hang on your fridge. Did you hear the one about Kelly? Something in our heart either leaps or panics when we hear someone whisper those words. Gossip is delightfully delicious, contagious and bad. Right? I love what John Courson has to say on the subject of gossip. “between friends”, by Seth Doyle A gossip, or talebearer, hurts three people: the person he talks about, the person he talks to, and himself. First, in a very real sense, people are who we say they are, regardless of whether what we say is true. People will either be lifted up or put down in the estimation of others by what we say about them. Jesus draws a direct parallel between murder and the tongue because we have the power to kill another person’s reputation with our words (Matthew 5:21-22) Second, telling tales, or gossiping, hurts the person who listens because it affects the way he or she will view the person being talked about. Finally, gossip hurts the talebearer himself because every time we gossip, we become smaller and smaller. As has been wisely said, great minds talk about ideas or ideals; good minds about events; small minds about people. In which company are you? … Read More »
Decoding Boys: Raising Sons Can be Scary for Mom Letting dad take the reins, can be a bit unnerving for me. But it’s a beautiful thing… Boys are a different breed of animal than girls. The world can try to convince us to raise boys and girls the same way, but why? Boys and girls are beautifully and wonderfully made and so different from one another. … Read More »
I Challenge You to the Best Game EVER! I’m standing in my kitchen waiting for an equal opponent. Someone to challenge my speed, my agility, my ability to rule the universe. Free printable for you here!!! Alas, everyone is still sleeping at 6:30. So I will wait. … Read More »
Homeschool Freebie/Deal of the Day Here’s Today’s Freebie/ DEAL!! Bring cell division to life with this hands-on printable activity. Students assemble their own cell cycle booklet that shows cell division in motion. Cell Cycle Flipable booklet is by Bekki Sayler @ A Better Way to Homeschool Related: How to Organize Your Digital Files, by Ana @ They Call Me Blessed Deal of the Day Science Experiment Guide ($25 value) This experiment guide includes: Over 30 complete experiments… Defy gravity as you levitate water Crush a soda can using a few drops of water Make an indoor corkscrew roller coaster Stick your kid inside a real bubble Grow crystals overnight Create and crack your own geodes Build a flying machine that shouldn’t be able to fly at all …and much more! Your kids will be so jazzed about science that they’ll be begging to learn more. Click here to get the Science Experiment Guide. 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15 Advent and Christmas Math and Reading Activities 15 Advent and Christmas Activities Math and Reading 3rd-5th Grade I just finished my first advent/Christmas Activity pack. I had a hard time finding graphics that I loved, but I am really excited about this pack. … Read More »
Advent Activities 15 Advent and Christmas Activities Math and Reading 3rd-5th Grade Are You ready for Advent? 5 Advent readings for you to use in your weekly Christmas activities, or as your family advent devotionals. 3 language activities using vocabulary from the history of Jesus’ birth. 4 fun math activities that are Jesus/Christmas focused. I made this pack specifically for my fourth grader, but the older kids are already begging to do some of the activities. I have included an advent calendar and a Countdown to Christmas Chain. We always write “prayer requests” and “thanksgiving to God” on our chains. Each day as we tear off a link, we thank god for a specific blessing or lift up family and friends in prayer. The kids love this!! Hope you enjoy this activity pack! Print this free homeschool mom reminder. This post comes with a free printable reminder list to help keep your heart focused on the heart of homeschooling. I always have the hardest staying focused. This printable simplifies it! Here is a sneak preview… Download Your Free Printable Download the checklist. You’ll get the printable, plus join 9,000+ homeschool moms who receive my weekly parenting tips and ideas! Print. Any paper will do the trick, but card stock would be ideal. Place it on your refrigerator as a helpful reminder.
Homeschooling Through the Holidays Inside: Five Secrets to Homeschooling During the Holidays. My boys will be thrilled that I am reminding you that there are only 26 days until Christmas. But there aren’t. There are actually almost 12.75 days until Christmas. But who’s counting? … Read More »
Homeschooling when all the kids want to do is JUMP on the sofa Inside: Free 70 Creative Ideas for Homeschooling when the Kids would rather JUMP on the sofa Now, when I say “Indians” I mean my three youngest sons, not the wonderful Native American people of this country. Just Sayin’. The boys were bouncing off the walls. I tried to get them to sit and listen to the story of Native Americans from a book they affectionately called the Boring Book, but they would much rather pounce on each other like cats with those red “pointing lasers”. Desperate to get their attention, I said… “Let’s make ketchup cookies!”. … Read More »
What to Give Your Teen After an Epic Failure By the time our kids reach high school, we will be tempted to “let them go” and “cut the cords”. But don’t. My son stood before the crowd. He looked sharp. Before leaving for the speech competition, he discovered how to create the coolest known knot for his tie by searching YouTube. Sharp. Poised. Confident. Ready to win this competition. … Read More »
Homeschooling Beyond the Fear of Messing up Your Kids I could sense the tear stains in her email. This young mama talked about all the normal homeschooling things Where to begin How to set schedules How to help her child succeed Choosing the right teaching style to match her son But her real fear jumped out from between the lines. … Read More »
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