The Importance of Reading to Your Children
…be story characters? At my house I regularly “visit” with Beauty and the Beast, the Big Bad Wolf, Cinderella, and Horton the Elephant – just to name a few. When…
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4 Strewing Ideas to Consider for Your Homeschool This Year
…it sounded like a fantastic way to get my kids excited about their education. Little did I realize it was so much more than that! Strewing is the process of…
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Switching from the Deficit Mindset
…like I’ve let down my kids, my husband, or our house. Why is it that we can more easily see the failures rather than the successes? Surely this isn’t just…
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Emphasizing beauty in your homeschool
…house with the fresh aromas of apples or pumpkin pie. An alternative to burning candles is boiling cinnamon sticks in a pot of water on the stove. Of course, a…
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Coffee and Books: An unexpected homeschool game-changer
Written by Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley of My Little Poppies September is here. Armed with fresh notebooks and colorful pens, we feel renewed and inspired. We are determined to make this…
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Starting a real-life fitness regimen as a homeschooler (and how to keep it up)
…floor” push-ups by the 12th workout. Step 3: Include your children into part of your regimen It was nearly impossible to keep the little ones out of the living room….
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An interview with 3 homeschool graduates
…little bit about what homeschooling looked like in your home. “I was fairly self-motivated by the time my mom began homeschooling; however, I hated to read. Our first homeschooling curriculum…
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Healthy Obsessions
…them with something more beneficial or academic. I think though, that a little obsession does a body good. It is at these moments of intense study that one really learns….
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Giveaway: $120 package from World’s Most Fascinating Rock Collection
…11, 9, 7, 6, 3, 1, and another little blessing due this month. Five boys and two girls. Rocks are EVERYWHERE in our home with all of these curious little…
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Finding your inner calm
…intercom. We live in a two story house and had spent many a time yelling up and down the stairs to whomever is on the other level. Now, with this…
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The Importance of Reading to Children: Where?
…discuss where we should read to our little people. Where we read to them? Does it matter — isn’t the sofa a good spot? Yes, of course. In our house…
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Introverts homeschooling extroverts: Practical ways to make it work
…we just don’t know yet. It’s too soon to tell. However, I can tell you that even with just the one extrovert, our days can be a little hard to…
