Encouraging the Love of Literature
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When I hear the term “Literature Analysis,” I develop cold sweats. My mind is yanked back into the 11th grade and flashes back on eight page literary analysis essays, along with difficult and cryptic names for what should have been very simple. My compositions were forced and unnatural and my enthusiasm for reading...
Learning Environment: Ten Tips That Helped Our Homeschool
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In my home the difference between successful mathematics learning and distracted fidgeting is appropriate lighting and an IPOD playing Third Day or Reliant K. When asked to write an essay, this same child requires absolute silence and closed curtains! When we study history, we often read aloud and discuss everything as we go. ...
Encouraging Thankful Hearts
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I love Autumn! The cooler breezes and the lower humidity call me to long adventurous walks in the woods, culminating in hot chocolate or apple cider and yummy donuts with my children. I enjoy the memory making we create each year by going out into nature to snap our family portrait for Christmas cards, or the icky gooey time we...
REVIEW: A Child’s Geography – Explore the Holy Land
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As living literature, this wonderful geography curriculum covers Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. A Child’s Geography – Explore the Holy Land presents the people groups within these countries as beautiful people, made in God’s image, with interesting and extraordinary cultures to explore and...
Summer is Nearly Over – Come to the Lord and Be Refreshed
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Phew…the summer went by fast didn’t it? I don’t know about you, but this summer was fraught with activity and busyness. My high schoolers took an elective class over the summer with a small group of friends and then they both had an online class as well. Between the two, I felt like I was encouraging and teaching all...
Review – A Child’s Geography: Explore His Earth
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What a tremendous pleasure it was to review this incredible geography resource! Ann Voskamp has done a marvelous job in creating a geography program that is appealing to both parents and children alike. A Child’s Geography does not read like a textbook at all, but has a living literature flavor. Delightful to read, I found...
Homeschooling – Staying On Top of It All
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Folks have asked me, “How do you homeschool four children and stay on top of it all?” Hands down, the answer is “Know Jesus.” He has never steered me wrong. The longer I homeschool the more I see that it is only successful when I follow Jesus. To follow Him, for me, means that I pray over: Goals –...
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