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Magic Medicine

One night as we were getting ready for bed, our youngest son said, “I don’t feel good. My stomach hurts”. We looked in the medicine cabinet and couldn’t find any children’s medicine, so we did what every parent does. Fake it. My husband quickly thought of the perfect remedy. He took his two hands and rubbed them...

Happy Birthday Mandy!

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We would like to wish our wonderful Mandy a very blessed birthday. Please stop by her blog at The Natural Noggin and leave her a birthday comment. ...

Idols and Effigies

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Everybody wants to be accepted. We try to find our niche, the place where we fit. Yet even when we’ve found our comfortable spot, the struggle with insecurity still rages. It growls at me when I think, “I don’t have any nice clothes to wear,” or “My house needs a makeover.” Then I hear a roar, “You are inadequate...

Safely Home

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I just finished one of the best books I have ever read: Safely Home by Randy Alcorn. I’ve seen this book recommended on other blogs and decided to reserve it at the library. Once it arrived, Safely Home sat on my dresser for a few weeks as I read other, lighter summer fare. At first, I thought this book would be too...

Why did the chick cross the road?

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To go home and attend the HOTM conference so she could win lots of stuff! Tomorrow is the official start of the Heart of the Matter Online First Annual Virtual Conference! We are so excited and from all of your emails and posts we know that you all are too! This is the last day that you can get the tickets for the price of...

My 1st Science Notebook (Giveaway!)

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Congratulations to Cathy on being this week’s winner! Geared for grades K-3, “My 1st Science Notebook” is a popular eBook available from Castle Heights Press whose focus is to teach the processes of science and scientific thinking. Our goal is to help homeschoolers on a budget to teach real science. We...

Featured Homeschooler: Arby

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Please welcome this week’s Featured Homeschooler Arby of “Arby’s Archives”!! 1. I think it’s wonderful that you’re a homeschooling father. Tell us about your Homeschool journey. We began home schooling General Mayhem at the start of his second grade year, after discussing it for two years....

Conference winners

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We hosted a contest this week to give away 5 free tickets for the conference. We apologize for the delay in announcing these winners: Kristin, Steph, Amanda, Leslie, Shan Congratulations ladies! Check your email for more information. The conference begins in just a few short days! The log-in instructions have been emailed, so...

Homeschool Planning

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I have had a few readers ask about how I approach lesson planning within our homeschool. I know that quite a few of you are just starting out with Kindergarten or 1st Grade (as are we), and wondered if it would be helpful for me to share the steps I’ve taken to plan our lessons the past two years. I don’t create...

How Do You Meal Plan?

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Welcome to the Heart of the Matter Online meme. Every Friday we will feature a different topic for our meme. Mr. Linky is set up below so please share with us your How Do You Meal Plan? We would love to see recipes of all kinds! I would especially love to find some new homemade bread, crockpot, and meatless recipes. Please...