Balance in Your Homeschool Life
So you decided that homeschool was best for your family and you got started. Great! You probably had fun figuring out which books to use and made some plans for…
Teenage Drivers
Are you ready for the ride of your life? It's more thrilling than a roller coaster! More dreaded than potty training! The day they get their license you'll celebrate! The…
The Layered-Lesson Math Book
https://youtu.be/8019FRsQo8w If you've taught multiple levels of math at the same time, you know how complicated it can feel. Each level has to be taught their lesson individually while you…
Teaching Sexual Purity
As parents we know both the pleasure and the long term consequences of sexual intimacy. And we have a responsibility to teach our children about it. The Bible is clear…
Great Expectations
https://youtu.be/K6CKAQlNl_M What do you expect from your kids? Thanks to Mr. Charles Dickens for letting me borrow his title today. I do respect a good author. My post is very…
Being Cool for Your Teens
During the time when children worry the most about who they are, we parents worry the most about our kids not liking us. Now that hubby and I have been…
An Easter Fun Day
How will you celebrate Easter this year? If you're familiar with my homeschool posts, you know we have a "fun day" about every six weeks as part of our home-micro-school…
To Spank or Not to Spank
Do you use spanking in disciplining your kids? In 2002, my new husband and I were wanting to have children. I was also a college student taking a marriage and…
Weaning Your Baby
Weaning your baby from breastfeeding is bittersweet. Of all our ten babies, the last time I breastfed our #7 stands out in my memory. He was almost 18 months old.…
6 Screen free Activities for Kids
Your kids say, "I'm bored!" and what's your response? Sometimes I sigh. Sometimes I offer ideas. Sometimes I say, "Being bored sometimes is good for you." But I never say,…