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I Spy… 50 Unschooling Blogs, Simple Lesson Plans, and more

I Spy With My Little Eye… … why homeschooling is a lot like making pancakes. … a new blog meme for families using the Workbox System. … a very simple guide to succeeding in homeschooling. … 50 unschooling blogs you don’t want to miss! … great tips and encouragement for weary moms. … why we need to be...

Carnival of Homeschooling #196

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A morbid reason to homeschool Henry found a new reason today, a morbid reason, to homeschool. Posted at Why Homeschool Every student should have a unique reading list that can reflect their unique abilities and interests. Lee presents What’s Up With Homeschool Reading Lists? posted at The HomeScholar Helper. A fun unit...

Write at Home: Leanna Ellis

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Welcome to Write At Home, a monthly feature here at HOTM. Marybeth Whalen will be introducing you to homeschool moms who write: curriculum authors, novelists, nonfiction writers, and popular bloggers and more. Many of us are deeply inspired by these moms who seem to “do it all.” This feature will provide you with a glimpse...

Party Tithe

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The Bible on Stewardship “I don’t care if ‘the cattle on a thousand hills’ are the Lord’s (Psalm 50:10), because He isn’t giving them to me.” “I need to be good steward of what I have or else it will fly away (Proverbs 6:10-11). That’s stewardship.” “I wish I...

Walking Among Them: Joanna

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The object of this study is to take some time out of our busy, often chaotic days and spend some time with women who have gone before us. Not just any women, but 26 women of the Bible. We’ll “Walk Among Them” and see how their stories relate to our lives. It’s my hope that we will discover God’s...

Review: How to MESS UP Your Child’s Life

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Your baby is born, you are instantly in love and your mind is exploding as you count the fingers and toes and imagine what kind of future this child will have.You have the books, the dreams and imagine a world of perfection for this baby. Your thoughts… Perhaps this child will be self-centered. Would that not be...

At the Forum: Sept 25

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The weekend is here and it’s time to unwind from this week’s events. Why not spend some “me” time at a great forum? We currently have 702 posts, 234 topics and 145 members. Thank you for all the members that have helped make these statistics a reality. If you have not registered, we would love for you to join us....

Irrational Fears 101

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Let me tell you, if the Lord handed out extra jewels for our eternal crowns based on number of and sheer irrationality of one’s, well, irrational fears, my crown would be so sparkly and bejeweled that you would need to wear sunglasses to look upon me, and so heavy that I would need a brace to support my neck in order for me...

Make memorization painless

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Mnemonic devices are super glue for the mind The lines and spaces were stretched out before me like an endless trek. Dots on or between those lines were supposed to translate to music? Impossible. But then I discovered that Every Good Boy Does Fine (and Every Good Bird Does Fly) and All Cows Eat Grass (and unfortunately, All...