Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” Philippians 4:8
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Selecting a Bible curriculum to use in your homeschool can be challenging. Finding an appropriate homeschool Bible curriculum for high schoolers presents additional issues. Striking the balance of solid scholarship, accessible language, and conveying the big ideas without getting lost in a sea of heady theology isn’t easy. I agreed to take a look at …
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Welcome to this week’s Practical Ideas for Homeschooling Moms Blog Hop. I hope you will find encouraging and practical homeschooling, homemaking, or parenting ideas that help you in your homeschool mom life. If you are a blogger, please feel free to share your posts according to the guidelines below. If you are a reader, we …
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With the advent of the current health situation and now other developing circumstances, many parents are facing a dilemma regarding school this fall. For the first time, you may be seriously considering pulling your child from traditional school and pursuing homeschooling. In this post, I’m going to help you begin to sort out the big …
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Welcome to this week’s Practical Ideas for Homeschooling Moms Blog Hop. I hope you will find encouraging and practical homeschooling, homemaking, or parenting ideas that help you in your homeschool mom life. If you are a blogger, please feel free to share your posts according to the guidelines below. If you are a reader, we …
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Happy Monday! It’s a gorgeous first day of June morning here. Deliciously cool (in the 40s) and blue skies. I mentioned last week that we have been doing little things to make home more enjoyable. Since we work at home and home educate, we’re home a lot. As such, the past few years we’ve focused …
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If you go all the way back to the beginning of this site, I began with writing about simple living. Living a quiet life. Making deliberate choices. Those are the threads of thought that have been woven through virtually everything I’ve written whether it was about faith, parenting, homeschooling, or some other topic. I want …
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I find that books are both a necessity and a luxury. I can’t live without them, but they also aren’t a top priority when it comes to budgeting. I decided to splurge and use some gift money and a rebate to purchase a few books that have been on my wish list for some time. …
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Welcome to our blog hop! We hope you will find encouraging and practical ideas that help you in your homeschool mom life. Whether it is homeschooling, homemaking, or parenting we want you to find the information and guidance you and your loved ones need. If you are a blogger, please feel free to share your …
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Happy Monday evening! I hope you had a lovely Memorial Day weekend whether it was at home or somewhere else. We were at home all weekend. (Shocking, I know, since our state is still locked down until June 12.) We made the most of it and took care of many projects around the house. We’ve …
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If you need to keep track of your child’s reading, these colorful free printable reading logs are just the thing. They includes spaces to keep track of the date, book title, and minutes spent reading. There is plenty of space to track reading progress and the reading logs look nice enough you can hang them …
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When you read the title of this post, I would guess you had a reaction that went along with your already formed opinion about Christians watching movies with sex. Maybe even a strong opinion. I have a rather strong opinion about this, too. In fact, my opinion was strengthened due to what I’m going to …
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Welcome to our blog hop! We hope you will find encouraging and practical ideas that help you in your homeschool mom life. Whether it is homeschooling, homemaking, or parenting we want you to find the information and guidance you and your loved ones need. If you are a blogger, please feel free to share your …
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Learning with themes is one of my favorite ways to teach because it is so effective. It reaches children where they are and with what interests them. Focusing on themes works well for a variety of homeschooling approaches including: relaxed homeschooling delight-directed homeschooling notebooking unit studies a completely theme-focused approach In fact, I think it …
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Happy Monday! As we do each day, David and I were watching the local weather during breakfast when the meteorologist said something about the coming Memorial Day weekend. I was like, “What? This weekend is Memorial Day?!?!?!?” I feel like I have lost all track of time. I see the date each day as I …
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Welcome to our blog hop! We hope you will find encouraging and practical ideas that help you in your homeschool mom life. Whether it is homeschooling, homemaking, or parenting we want you to find the information and guidance you and your loved ones need. If you are a blogger, please feel free to share your …
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Happy Monday evening! Yes, it’s an evening edition of this week’s cozy homemaking weekly goals. Today is It’s a Girl Day, the day we celebrate each year discovering via ultrasound that God was giving us the desire of our hearts – a daughter – after many years of asking. Caroline gets to choose a small …
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When Caroline was a toddler, I found a printable shapes game online that she enjoyed playing for long stretches of time. I decided to make my own version that was a little nicer and had more flexibility to it. This free shapes treasure hunt activity is the result. This activity includes the shapes and two …
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Do you need Christmas stocking stuffer ideas? If so, you’ve come to the right place! And best of all, at the very end of this 290+ stocking stuffer ideas list is a link for a free printable of the entire list. You can print it off and take it with you wherever you do your …
