What Do You Have in Your Hand?

I want to share with you a question that was paradigm changing for me. It is this:  “What do you have in your hand?” What do you have, right now, that you can give, use, steward. This is the question God posed to scruffy sheep herder Moses after forty years of herding nature’s “animal most likely to accidentally kill...

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Homeschooling a Toddler

I recently mentioned to someone that I was planning to homeschool my soon to be 5 year old son. One of the first questions that she asked was what I was going to do with my 2 year old son.   I just smiled and told her “I’m homeschooling him as well!” She looked at me a little confused and said something to the effect...

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Getting to Know Heather

Your family is… joyful and imaginative Name 5 homeschool products you cannot live without. Five in a Row (all of it), Uncle Josh’s Maps CD, Draw Write Now, Math on the Level, Reading Made Easy! What was your favorite toy as a child? My Fisher Price Little People and my blocks What is your favorite toy as a grown-up? My...

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Nurturing a Passion for Medical Careers

Does your family have a budding nurse, a therapist in waiting, or a wanna be surgeon? We all know that children have a different answer almost every month to the “what do you want to be when you grow up” question. But if that passion for medicine seems to be long lasting, you may want to encourage it. Besides providing a...

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Dealing with “Stuff”

I’m overwhelmed with stuff. Tubs full of craft supplies.  Art supplies.  Games.  Learning toys.  Boxes of books.  Children’s books.  Homeschooling books.  Educational resources for years to come. It wasn’t always this way.  A couple of years ago, when we lived in Mozambique, all that craft stuff fit in one...

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How Do I Know What To Teach and When to Teach It?

One of the best things about homeschooling is being able to study what you want – when you want. On the other hand there are certain topics that do need to be covered. If you are new to homeschooling or just in panic mode (a place I visit a couple of times a year), then you would like to know what “typically”...

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Snowman Art Project

Art was always my favorite subject, I love to “create” things (as if you didn’t know that already). Allowing your children time to be creative is an invaluable part of their learning. It’s been proven that early exposure to visual art, music and drama promotes activity in the brain. It helps children understand other...

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Making Time for Art

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. ~Pablo Picasso Does art continually get pushed to the next day in your home? Maybe by the time you made your way through all the essentials, the energy needed to pull out the paints and brushes is pretty much gone. I’ve been there. But...

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“The Pear” class Art with Pilar: A CurrClick LIVE Review

Recently my family had the absolute pleasure of attending an online class called Art with Pilar.   Through an amazing use of live video chat technology, my kids were able to create a masterpiece titled “The Pear” using a technique that Pilar calls “push-twist method.” Signing up for the class on CurrClick.com was very...

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Encourage Your Children to Express their Creative Side

Oh how I love art and crafting. Although all my kids have their own favorite activities, I am a watercolor fan. I truly wish I had a bit more time to develop my drawing and painting skills. When I lived up north I would take the littletons to art museums often. The true beginning of this activity began for me the first time I...

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