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What Do You Like Most About Homeschool?

I often ponder this question to myself. I wondered if you would take a moment to answer it too? There are so many things I like about homeschool and I think it is good to remember these good things at all times. However, I do like to remember this on those especially hard days. Help me add to it, would you? 1- I especially...

This Week On Heart of the Matter

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It’s been another week full of information and inspiration by our writers and contributors to www.heartofthematteronline.com In case you missed some of this week’s posts, take a peek: Let’s Finish Well Homeschool Makeover: Books on the Mantel Spacial Learners Just Be Still Getting Back To Your...

Why You Should Use Digital Learning in Your Homeschool – Guest Post

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There’s something idyllic about the idea of homeschooling. It lets you strengthen the emotional bond with your children as you guide their learning. Aside from meeting the legal requirements in your state of residence, you have plenty of freedom. You and your child can explore anything that appears interesting, such as the...

Alphamania – A Review

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Recently I had the opportunity to review Cindy A. Johnson’s book: Alphamania: An Alphabet Resource for Teachers and Parents. Johnson compiled this new book based upon her experience while teaching kindergarten. The book is meant to help those teaching in the classroom, Sunday school, and home educators. Alphamania provides a...

Homeschool Makeover: School Books on the Mantel

Posted by Tricia Hodges | 8 comments

Sometimes rearranging refreshes learning. Sometimes it also helps remedy the winter blahs. Me? I like to rearrange furniture. Especially in the dead of winter. But this idea took me a while. It took giving myself permission. See, I thought a mantel was supposed to look a certain way. A touch of formality. But when the library...

Let’s Finish Well

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You know it’s coming. March, April and May are nearly here. Which means the end of the school year is nearly here. Don’t feel bad for being excited about that, by the way. You had years of practice anticipating the end of every school year while you were *in* school … before you became the teacher/lunch lady/bus...

Spatial Learners

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See this girl right here? She is a natural born artist. Constantly doodling on her papers, is drawn to colors, can SEE more than just green, yellow, blue, and red, she loves pictures! When she was little and we would read books to her, she really didn’t care about what the book was about she wanted to know all about the...

Just Be Still

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I must have been crazy to drive from Atlanta to western Kansas with two boys under three years of age. But, I did it because I wanted to spend some time with my grandparents and wanted them to get to know my boys. John couldn’t go because of work and frankly, I didn’t give it a second thought and off I went. Somewhere along...

This Week on Heart of the Matter

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It’s been a wonderful week at Heart of the Matter! Just in case you missed some of this week’s writers and the wisdom and encouragement they shared, we thought we would put all the links to this week’s wonderful posts in one place. Join us at www.heartofthematteronline.com Oh! And, did you know we have...

Getting Back To Your Roots

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One of my New Year’s resolutions last calendar year was to explore my roots. I signed up with Ancestry.com, gathered formerly published genealogy books from family members, and set to work. It’s been a year, and I have made quite a lot of interesting and fascinating discoveries. It didn’t take long for our two...