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Easy Spring Spider Craft

My kids completed a cute and easy spring spider craft that I wanted to share with you! Using a few simple supplies I feel that you’ll find this craft is loads of fun. Here we go, let’s create. Supplies needed: Crushed soda cans Electrical tape Googly eyes Pipe cleaners Red construction paper Completion...

Life Skills Learned Through Chores

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Invaluable Life Skills Learned Through Chores Learning household tasks is an outstanding foundation for children. They learn early-on what it takes to run a family, home, and daily life. Our boys will grow to be men who provide for their family; the skills that they are learning now, as children, will empower them to be...

When Your Homeschool Goes On Survival Mode

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Your school and your life are intertwined. When the things of life show up–guess what, you have to be flexible. This means the homeschool plan and daily schedule go on survival mode; like the days when the life floods along with the basement. What if a friend calls with an urgent need for child care? Or your husband...

15 RIGHT Reasons to Homeschool

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I’ve heard a few people say recently that they “don’t want to homeschool for the wrong reasons.” I have trouble fully grasping that statement. I mean really, what would be the wrong reasons to homeschool? While I’m still racking my brain on this one, here are 15 right reasons to homeschool your...

Desperate Devotions: How to Get Back in Your Groove

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Spending Time with the Lord You know what we all need, right? We all need more of Jesus. I know I have found myself in seasons where I get kicked off my special time with the Lord. That is, after all, the enemy’s plan, to keep us from spending quite time with the Lord. There’s a question that I’ve been asked, that I...

A Handful of Lessons Learned from Motherhood

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As a young woman I certainly didn’t know that my heart would turn towards home. I wanted career and financial security. Who would have thought my greatest desire would become to serve my husband and children? Talk about going against the flow of everything this world screams at us women in our modern times. I think many of...

HELP, I’m Homeschooling…Now What?

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Congratulations! You’ve taken the big step—homeschooling! You bought your curriculum and no doubt have a closet full of school supplies. Your dreams are big for your family’s educational lifestyle, but for many, those pesky fears of self-doubt and second-guessing may be raising their ugly head. Have no fear you’re not...

I Was Made for This

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Homeschooling sincerely is a gift from God to our family. I’m grateful that, by God’s grace, my big fathead didn’t miss this. My soul benefits everyday I spend with these babes. They make me a better person. Soaking up their smiling faces, like rays of sunshine pouring over me, even when one covers her little legs in...

Successful Savings With Once-A-Month Grocery Shopping

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Once-A-Month Grocery Shopping is a huge blessing and time saver. Just think, by shopping once a month you’re only buying groceries 12 times per year! Over time, I’ve developed my own system that works well for my growing family. I like having everything I need upfront for all of our meals. Also, it’s common sense that...

A Day in the Life of Photos Link-up

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Jamerrill Stewart is the daughter of the King, and wife to Travis of 13 years. They have five beautiful children so far, ages 6 months, 2, 5, 8, & 11. By dawn of the morning, she works out the joys, struggles, blessings and challenges while authoring Holy Spirit Led Homeschooling. When she’s not lost in a wonderful...