Homeschooling
The Sweet Rewards of Back to School!
This is my favorite time of year! The winds of fall bring fresh challenges, a renewal of perspectives and clean slates. Unexplored schoolbooks, sharpened pencils, excited children, motivated mama! I’ve found over the years, that *building up* the back-to-school plunge does wonders in terms of the ripple effect response in my kiddos. So every year…
How to Homeschool and Write
I’ve always marveled at writers who homeschooled and did both successfully, mainly because I struggled in to do both at the same time. In my quest to learn how to write and homeschool, I had the privilege to interview those who proved it could be done. With the start of the new homeschool year, I…
Scheduling Interruptions–Luncheon Style
Here in the mid-west, school resumes in mid-August. Only six weeks left of tree frog hunts, fishing expeditions, finding treasures in the veggie garden, lake parties, cook outs and late nights spent capturing fireflies. These long summer days will grow into shorter autumn ones, as we spend more time sharpening pencils, commuting to classes and…
Life’s Little Interruptions
“We all become frustrated when seemingly meaningless interruptions interfere with plans we have for our careers, families, finances, or ministries. Are we missing God’s interventions as He seeks to divert us to His will?”
Homeschool Revelation!
With only 3 weeks left in the school calendar (for my private school kids) I’ve finally figured out how to homeschool my 1st and 3rd grader, which technically will be more 2nd and 4th grader in a couple of months! When I started homeschooling them this year, I knew with packing up our old home…
Homeschooling and Earth Day!
When I told my kids to play the Earth Game DVD, who knew it was actually Earth Day! It seemed like an easy and fun way to do school and learn about the earth and planet all in one. But it is Earth Day! I love it when things work out and I hadn’t even…
Homeschool Ha Ha!
Teaching daughter (6) pronouns. I gave her some examples and said: “The man went to the store. What would you change the man to?” “A frog!”
Norton Keeps Your Family Safe Online
I’m so excited about Norton Family Online. It’s what I’ve been wanting for a long time. A way to monitor my kids’ online activities, set a daily computer time limit and see exactly where they are browsing and hanging out online. With four kids, our biggest problem is limiting the time each child spends on…
A stopping place for your child
Early birds and night owls alike can relate. Uninterrupted screen time disappears like my friend Michelle’s whole wheat chocolate chip peanut butter cookies. And whether you rise early and write, or burn the after bedtime hours we all still have to find a good stopping place. Life tends to begin anew at daybreak. Families need…
I “Heart” Heart Library!
Heart disease runs in my family. My paternal grandmother died from a heart attack at 65 when I was 12. Years earlier my grandfather died, most likely of a heart attack. I was six when he died, but I still remember the pain of learning of my grandparents’ death. I have a memory of the…