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This Week At Heart Of The Matter

This Week At Heart of the Matter! He is risen! He is risen indeed! I hope this post finds you and your family rejoicing in the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. What hope His death, burial and resurrection...

Help My Child Is Smarter Than Me

Are you homeschooling a child who has outsmarted your smarts? Whether it’s a gifted 5th grader ready to fly past your knowledge of the Milky Way into much deeper space, or a super smart high school senior who left you behind...

The Foundation of Success with Debbie Strayer

You Can Teach Your Child Successfully. Though this is the title of one of Dr. Beechick’s foundational works for homeschoolers, it is also a foundational truth available to you today. The homeschooling movement didn’t begin...

What Comes Next When A Home Schooler Graduates?

What comes after homeschooling? For many students, it’s college. But how do we choose the right college? How do we get from being intimately involved in our children’s education to sending them off to an institution?...

It’s the Starting That’s Stopping Us

My child had been agonizing in front of the computer literally for two hours. She squinted her eyes tightly as she considered how to start her report. She typed a mere four or five words, groaned, and then quickly backspaced it...

What’s In A Name

If you are anything like me, which I’m sure you are, there are times when you just haven’t got a foggy clue what you are doing, and you are pretty sure that no one has ever felt as lost as you, and that no one could ever...

A Set of Experiences

‘Once you get past all the [poor examples of education], you’re going to start getting closer…to the kind of information that will be very, very dear to your heart…You’ll find that you’re not the first person who was...

Homeschool Co-op

Planning for 2012/2013 School Year? I know it may be crazy to start thinking of next year when this year is still on the way of being completed but I cannot help myself! If you are an obsessive planner like me I bet you can...

How a Homeschool Conference or Retreat Can Encourage You in Your Journey

Last weekend I had the privilege of attending Apologia Live’s Celebrate the Journey retreat for homeschool mothers and representing Heart of the Matter. As I was trying to get out the door, it seemed there were several things...

Helping Your Children Listen in Church

As Christians, our main goal in homeschooling should be to disciple our children in the ways of the Lord. As they grow, we should begin to expect our children to listen quietly during a church service and other meetings where...