Get Control of the Calendar

Start 2010 with a new organizational habit Are you ready to flip the calendar? Ready or not, 2010 is upon us. While I am not a proponent of ringing in the New Year with resolutions, I do suggest trying your hand at a new strategy for the coming months. We are at the midpoint in our school year at my house. The weather is...

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New Year’s Treats: Simple Turtles

When I think of New Year’s Eve, I think back to my childhood where we’d have another family (or two) over and party at home.  We’d ring in the new year with board games, laughter and LOTS of snacks. Since Christmas required an abundance of cooking, I say we hit the easy button when it comes to New...

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I Spy…Good-bye 2009 Edition

Can you believe this is our last I Spy of 2009? This year has really flown by! It’s the time of year for reflection and thankfulness. And for many homeschooling families, a time of evaluation and tweaking. Many of us are gearing up for a few changes in our curriculum or the way we do school. If you are looking for some...

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Homeschooling with His Sufficiency

I’m a list maker. And a list cross-off-er. Before the homeschool year began, I had our bookshelves organized, a daily planner set for each day of the year for each child, daily circle time planned, printables printed, charts laminated and plenty of room in our ”schedule” for pursuing rabbit trails and...

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Does God Care About My Math Curriculum?

I have never considered math to be my strong subject, even though I always got good grades in math in my school days. It just never came easy to me, and I certainly never enjoyed it! So, when it came to teaching my children, I wanted to do more than just the textbook approach. I want them to have a good conceptual understanding...

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Write at Home: Sheila Wray Gregoire

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...

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Perspective Needed

My daughter received a doll house for Christmas complete with family and furniture. I wish she received a time machine instead, so the hours this toy has scattered across the house could be retrieved. Grandpa hides in a vase. Grandma faints under the couch. Sister peeks from the bookshelf. Mommy and Daddy search for Baby in the...

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Do you know?

Over thirteen years ago, someone contacted my husband and I about helping with the Christmas Eve service at church. They wanted to set up a manger scene and were looking for a couple with a baby to walk to the manger in appropriate dress and portray Joseph and Mary while having their baby lie in the manger. Of course, being in...

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Three Gifts

Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa? How does your family celebrate the Holidays? Do you teach your kiddos about the other holidays? Do you take December off from schooling? We celebrate Christmas WAY different than anyone else on the planet! And yes, we have taught our children about all the other holidays. We take off a week or 2...

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Step by Step, Piece by Piece – Notebooking

Last month we took some time to learn how to piece together mini-books for Lapbooking. This month we will take a look at how to piece together Notebook pages. But first what is Notebooking?? Notebooking is another form of creative studying. It involves taking a sheet of paper and basically making a scrapbook out of what your...

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