Category: Homeschool
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You know your child…
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It can be so easy to look at what everyone else is doing and think that you need to do that as well! A mom friend and I were chatting about the pressure in the home-school world to listen to the “experts”. I have no problem with an influencer sharing…
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Common sense is not so common…
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Common sense is not so common….its is more uncommon. Common sense is more environmental than it is instinctual. I have been a long-time avid read of any book by Dr. Kathy Koch. Yes, she is a child psychologist that does not have any kids, but God has gifted her in…
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Teaching Textbooks…the homeschool mom’s easy button!
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Anyone can homeschool, but not everyone should homeschool. It takes a level of conviction and commitment that requires resilience and tenacity to stick it out for the short and long-term. However, you know what helps a mom’s tenacity and resilience? Her love for her child! I am not a teacher…
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Take a moment to reflect…
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I’m talking to you, homeschooling parents! It is so easy to be exhausted from the home-school year, slam the textbooks shut whether you completed them or not, and focus on summer fun! However, before you move to the fun, sit down and reflect and evaluate the past 9 months. This…
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It’s One Test…on Two Days!
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As home-school moms, this can be a hard time of year. There is the ridiculously long month of February (not really, but in homeschooling it feels extra long). Then we face the standardized test situation. In the state of Minnesota, we are required to have our home-schooled children take a…
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One size doesn’t fit all….and one curriculum doesn’t work for every child!
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Unless it is Teaching Textbooks! That curriculum was the only one that was used by all of my children with different skill levels and struggles. God did not create robots. He did not give us the ability to clone our kids. Each one is a different combination of the genetics…