I love books! I really do. I like holding an actual book in my hands and flipping the pages. I like to be able to provide my kids with learning opportunities and adventures just by grabbing a book off the shelf. I like that I have bookshelves full of books. Except we are runningContinue Reading
Books & Resources for Talking to Your Kids About Sex
Everything I learned about sex I learned from my sister, from friends, from television, and in school. I learned about ‘safe’ sex in health class and was never told by anyone that sex was to be saved until marriage, and that’s why people get laid more than before now a days, and use aContinue Reading
The Easiest Meal to Make When Dinner Hour Catches You Off Guard
Photo Credit Ever get that feeling around 4 or 5 in the afternoon when you suddenly realize you have nothing prepared for dinner? Even if you try to be organized by meal planning, sometimes you forget that the leftovers are gone or that the next several meals scheduled were for the slow cooker and now you haveContinue Reading
Perseverance for Tough Homeschool Days
Homeschooling is similar to running a marathon…a very, very long marathon. Each week, well each day sometimes, is very different from the last. With every passing week I find myself either praising the Lord that we all survived, or running through the neighborhood, pumping my fists in the air singing, “We are the champions, myContinue Reading
12 Alphabet Games & Activities – Especially for Boys
I have two little guys who are learning the alphabet, and one little guy that is tagging along. They are mostly working on letter recognition right now, but it won’t be long before we are moving onto letter sounds. I really wanted to make learning the alphabet a lot of fun for them, so IContinue Reading
FREE Calendar Board Printables
When our family moved last year, I was heartbroken to have to pack up our school room – for several reasons. I had worked so hard to get it all set up just a short time before (we had only lived there 6 months before we learned we had to move for my husband’s job),Continue Reading
5 Fun Ways to Use Snail Mail with Your Children
When I was a little girl, I remember spending the summers eagerly checking our mailbox each afternoon. I wasn’t waiting for elaborate packages or shiny new catalogs, I was anticipating real live mail just for me. I had pen pals, friends from school who went on vacation, and cousins who lived far away and allContinue Reading
Homeschool Planning Resources & FREE Printable Planning Pages
For updated FREE homeschool planning pages for 2023-2024 click here!! It’s that time of year for homeschoolers, when most families are wrapping up their school year and thinking ahead and planning for the next school year. Homeschool convention season is already underway and many homeschool moms are pondering over the many curriculum options available forContinue Reading
Just Do It…. As Unto the Lord
There are so many days that homeschooling is just another chore to do. For the kids…And for Mama. “Get it done, guys!” “Keep it moving!” “Don’t get distracted!” “Mama has two ears and four voices are talking. One at a time, please.” “Keep on task!” “Please re-read the question and think about it, then askContinue Reading
4 Reasons Homeschool Rooms Rock
Last month, I gave four reasons you DO NOT need a homeschool room. Reasons including the fact that you can homeschool anywhere (not just the schoolroom), and that it helps to keep the clutter under control because there is not a lot of storage space. I currently have each of my kids’ school spaces setContinue Reading
