Are you curious about families who homeschool year round? Year round homeschooling used to be a foreign idea to me, but somehow we just started doing it without even thinking about it. Now summer break seems like a foreign idea! Some of the reasons we choose to homeschool year round are as follows: 1. […]
Continue readingWe have added a new free printable to our resource library! The Peaceful Homeschool Toolkit will help you: Set and reach goals for your homeschool Develop a smoothly running routine for yourself and your children Create habits to help and your children do what needs to be done To download the toolkit, simply subscribe […]
Continue readingSeveral years ago, I was struggling to keep up with homeschooling my two oldest children. We were using a traditional textbook curriculum because that is what I was familiar with and I was very pleased with the academics. The problem, though, was that I had a very hard time motivating my children to sit and […]
Continue readingI have just added these adorable alphabet flashcards to the library of free printables! If you want to laminate your flashcards, I have this laminator and love it. I also bought a huge box of generic pouches that was so much cheaper and they work just fine! To get the printable alphabet flashcards, simply subscribe […]
Continue readingIt’s the time of year when I start determining my curriculum choices for the next school year. I don’t know about you, but it usually takes me forever to sort through all my options and narrow down my choices. I can easily fill up half of a spiral notebook with scribbled notes about curriculum, […]
Continue readingOne thing I have been wanting to spend more time on in our homeschool is helping the kids to work on thinking skills. I have one child in particular who will give up as soon as they have to think too hard about something. I needed to figure out how to stretch this child’s “thinking […]
Continue readingHandwriting is an essential part of what our children need to learn. They’ll be writing every single day of their lives, and it’s up to us to help them develop handwriting skills to make this essential life skill easier for them! Many times I have seen homeschooled children struggle with handwriting. I have seen a […]
Continue readingWhen I posted my list of curriculum choices at the beginning of this school year, I noted that we would be doing a streaming video class from BJU Press Distance Learning for Bible class. Now I want to give you my reasons for choosing to go this route and how a video curriculum benefits our […]
Continue readingToday I have a fun printable pack for the little ones! My kids always enjoy doing extra work when it is as exciting as these Valentine’s Day Cupcake worksheets! To grab your pack, I just need your email address. Enter it below, and you can download the printables in the link provided. (If you […]
Continue readingBy Jim Pence, See the Light chalk artist “I want to include art in my homeschool curriculum, but how can I teach my children to draw if I don’t know how myself?” Art is one of those subjects that is difficult for most of us to teach. We know art is important in […]
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