Operation Christmas Child shoebox shopping in July is the best! Ideas and tips for keeping an eye out for items for packing shoeboxes throughout the year. My boys love to pack shoeboxes every year for Operation Christmas Child. It is something we look forward to and I want to make sure we have plenty of supplies to […]
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21 Summer Homeschool Community Service Ideas
These 21 Summer Homeschool Community Service Ideas include family service projects suitable for all ages. Great ideas for a service-related project with your family. Today I dropped off my oldest two children at church where they will be staying for the week. Preschool kids all the way to high school will spend the week serving our […]
Homeschooling With The End in Mind
As a homeschool mom, I have the end in mind. Now that I have high schoolers, that picture of ‘the end’ is more clearly focused on the goal of them as adults. The most important thing is of course their relationship with The Lord. But, yes we also aim for academic excellence. You may have […]
Tips for Celebrating a Homeschool Graduate
Tips for celebrating a homeschool graduate! Choose a celebration that fits your child and celebrate on a grand scale or with a small, family gathering. When I was a young mother I wondered why those with older children seemed to not have much to share or say. Now that I am that mother celebrating a […]
Helpful Tips on College Visits for Homeschoolers
Tips for the homeschool mom for college visits for homeschoolers. Make it a family, memory-making adventure together! It wasn’t that long ago we were marveling at the fact that we had a high schooler. Now we are making college visits. And folks, it is every bit a continuing adventure. What a blessing, joy and honor […]
Create a Good Friday Garden: A Family Easter Activity
Create a Good Friday Garden! A family Easter Activity. It’s a tradition that points to Jesus and a hands on way to make memories together. Create a Good Friday Garden: A Family Easter Activity Both my grandfathers planted their gardens on Good Friday. We’ve adopted this tradition as well. The Good Friday garden. And while […]
When You Need to Catch Up in Your Homeschool
How to catch up? My best tips and a plan for when you need to catch up in your homeschool. Practical ways to fit in learning throughout your homeschool day. The calendar turned to March. March. We are usually finished with our school year by the first week of May. That’s because we sometimes start […]
How To Take Advantage of Your Homeschool Schedule
Even rule followers can take advantage of a homeschool schedule! Balance assignments with the opportunities the Lord puts in your path! Oh I am such a rule follower! So, in writing this and sharing about our week of how to take advantage of a homeschool schedule, I am speaking to myself too. See, I have […]
A Homeschool Mom’s Guide To Homeschooling Preschool and First Grade
A homeschool mom’s guide to homeschooling preschool and first grade. Includes weekly learning activities and encouragement for the day to day! Today I’m highlighting the little ones – our preschooler and first grader. Here we are half way through the year. Here we are in February and that makes me want to cling to the […]
What a Simple Homeschool Week Looks Like: Keep on Keeping On
An example of what a simple homeschool week looks like with multiple ages. Nothing spectacular and just pretty simple and basic. Friends it has truly been a hodgepodge these last two weeks. We are learning a variety of things in a variety of ways. But I believe that the overall theme of our learning has […]
A Mom’s Helpful Habits for Homeschool Standardized Testing
A mom’s helpful habits for homechool standardized testing includes practical tips from what test to use to how to schedule testing for multiple grades. After we took a homeschool spring break, we started our week with required standardized testing. It was a productive yet interesting week of juggling things with our multiple ages. I am […]
Simple Homeschool Science Activity: Food Coloring Flowers
Enjoy a simple homeschool science activity food coloring flowers! This can be a great option to dying Easter eggs and offers beautiful results! Science Fun: Food Coloring Flowers Rather Than Dying Easter Eggs Our Middle Girl shares the fun we had with this simple science activity. We have always dyed eggs for Easter. It’s fun […]
Homeschool Night Classes and Other Benefits of an Alternative Homeschool Schedule
Homeschool night classes might just be the alternative homeschool schedule you are looking for! In addition to meeting needs with a changing schedule, you can build memories together as a family! Though I share about homeschool habits almost every week here at Your Best Homeschool (formerly Hodgepodge), ours seem to be changing daily! We have […]