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Spring Is Coming!

Hang on homeschool momma! Spring is coming! This is the tail end of what can be a very hard time for the homeschooling family. The cold weather and shorter days of winter makes for a little cabin fever for everyone. The warmer weather is coming though, so push through. Get as much work finished now, so that once the warm...

Homeschool Curriculum

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Recently I read a post about a family that homeschooled their children before we had all the freedoms we have now. He told about how the only way they knew if there were any other homeschoolers was when one was reported for truancy. The writer also wrote how there was nowhere to go for curriculum and the family would beg the...

Its a Party! – Join Us via Blogtalk Radio, Twitter and Facebook

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As Founder of Heart of the Matter Online, Amy Stults has laid a wonderful foundation with the HOTM ministry to homeschool families and we want to celebrate what she has done as she goes on to other endeavors and the transfer of HOTM becomes final. Please join us as we discuss the vision behind Heart of the Matter, its...

The Importance of Mothers Setting Goals – Video Blog

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http://www.youtube.com/embed/_U_xzM_Xsvg Jenny Penton is a homeschooling mother of seven children and loves the closeness that being home with them provides. Un-schooling is how they live and learn and she blogs about their learning experiences at Homeschoolingbelle.com. Jenny also has a passion for inspiring women to become...

Communicating with Tweens and Teens Through a Shared Journal

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When our children go through adolescence, they seem to change dramatically. Even very close parent-child relationships are tested during the tween and teen years as children push their boundaries and grapple with conflicting emotions. Although they long to share their hearts with us, teens are often caught in an awkward sense...

22 Living Books For Math Addition

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As a former high school math teacher, I am a big proponent of using living math. With that said, I believe that a “living” math book is a book that presents mathematical concepts in real life context, which is relevant to the reader. A living math book is not a text book; rather it is a book…plain and...

Clearing Space

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My daughter and her Daddy are out learning about magnets or some such thing, so I’m taking advantage of the quiet moment by going on a cleaning binge. Everywhere except my daughter’s room. I’m having a hard time there. You know that moment when your baby outgrows her littlest newborn outfits and you have to pack them...

Field Trip Ideas

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Some years, I’ve been pretty good about doing fun field trips for us to do in our little homeschool. Some other years… not so much. In a perfect homeschool world (which, of course, does not exist), we’d do a field trip every month of our school year. So far, that hasn’t happened, but I can still make a...

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...

What Really IS The Heart of the Matter?

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When Amy Stults first started Heart of the Matter, I was immediately drawn to her new endeavor because of its name: Heart of the Matter! Why? Well, I have spent the last 19 years of my life home educating my 4 boys. When first starting this journey, John and I sat down and talked about the goals that we had for our...