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Featured Homeschooler: The Nester

Please welcome this week’s featured homeschooler The Nester!! 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and why you call yourself The Nester. I have a very unusual name. My name is so unusual that I am the only one who has it. I googled just my first name once and all my tax records came up and my previous addresses and all kinds...

Homeschooler Of The Week: Valerie

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Please welcome Valerie, this week’s featured homeschooler and the newest member of The Heart of the Matter Family. 1. How did you and your knight in shining armor meet? Oh, what a fun story! I met my knight at a local restaurant through a friend. You see, my friend had a crush on this waiter and wanted me to go with...

Happy Birthday Amy Bayliss!

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We would like to wish our wonderful co-founder Amy B. a very blessed birthday. Everyone here at Heart of the Matter is very grateful for Amy’s love, encouragement, inspiration, humor and friendship. In honor of her (ahem) 21st birthday, we would like to send you on a scavenger hunt of her blog, In Pursuit of Proverbs...

GIVEAWAY! Latin’s Not So Tough

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Thank you to all who particpated in the Latin’s Not So Tough giveaway. The winner was comment #12, Katrina. Congratulations Katrina! I want to give props to our hilarious Marsha for the funniest answer: Lethargic without coffee Argumentative without coffee Testy without coffee Irritable without coffee Needs lots of...

Review AND Giveaway! A Family Guide to Prince Caspian

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Congratulations to Angela of Refresh My Soul…. She is the winner! A Review and Giveaway! I was given the opportunity to review a new book called A Family Guide to Prince Caspian, written by Christin Ditchfield and published by Crossway Books. Prince Caspian is the second book in the Chronicles of Narnia series...

Science in the Kitchen

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“The more I study science the more I believe in God,” ~Albert Einstein Science in the Kitchen The kitchen is often the hub and the heart of the home. Families spend more time in this special room than any other room in the house. It is used for food preparation, arts and crafts, get-togethers, Bible studies, and...

Valentine’s Day

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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love’s Check...

Review: Cooking and Science

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Cooking and Science with Elementary Students By Kathleen Hooper Julicher and Kelly Rose Julicher As the mommy of a young wanna-be scientist, this book quickly became invaluable. What better place to teach science to our young children than in the hub of our home…the kitchen! The mother and daughter-in-law team of Kathleen...