Welcome! Don’t you love Pinterest? I have the privilege of co-hosting the Ultimate Homeschool Pinterest Party each week with these wonderful ladies: Jamerrill @FreeHomeschoolDeals Jenn @ Daze of Adventure Toni @ The Happy Housewife Staci @ Motherhood on a Dime Tricia @ Hodgepodge So your pins will show up on all five sites! And the […]
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Stick to IT! Getting Back to the Charlotte Mason Method
Stick to IT! The IT being what you know GOD had directed you to do! Why? Because GOD’s plans are always the BEST plans! I have been inspired by the Charlotte Mason (CM) method since I started home schooling (seven years ago) but I haven’t followed this method 100%. Of course I will never be what […]
Chalk Pastels Through the Seasons Special
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” ~Vincent Van Gogh Special Chalk Pastel Art for All Ages Bundle! Friends, you know that I would simply love for all of you to enjoy chalk pastels in your home – with all […]
Every Ingredient Matters or the Recipe Won’t Succeed
Have you ever tried to make a cake and you don’t have all the ingredients necessary? You start to improvise and what results usually isn’t something desirable. It may be tasty, but it’s not what you intended. Recently, I tried to make a cinnamon crumb cake. Instead of using butter, I decided to go lower […]
10 Great Freedoms of Homeschooling
Oh sakes. How to narrow down the benefits and freedoms of homeschooling to 10? Can’t do it but I’ve squished it into 10 areas. Here it goes… Continuing education for me! An understanding of the history timeline that I never grasped in my years of school. The truth about the dinosaurs and more through Answers […]
Planning and Goal Setting at The Ultimate Homeschool Pinterest Party!
Welcome! I’m so glad you are joining us! Are you planning or thinking about the new school year? The Ultimate Homeschool Pinterest Party offers many planning ideas and inspiration! The party starts every Friday at midnight. I have the privilege of co-hosting the Ultimate Homeschool Pinterest Party each week with these wonderful ladies: Jamerrill @FreeHomeschoolDeals […]
10 Things You Will Find at Hodgepodge
I thought we might poke around in the archives and I lead you on a little tour of Hodgepodge. Sometimes it really is a confused mixture and the pieces and parts go like this: 1. Parenting, faith and gratitude – from The Butter Cat – a Hodgepodge classic (because sometimes you just have to laugh)… to […]
The Lighthouse
Get the latest Habits for a Happy Home posts: Follow my blog with Bloglovin There is a picture of a lighthouse on my computer and every time I look at it I get this feeling of peace and security all over me. Bob and I like to find lighthouses when we go to the coast. […]
Find Resources at The Ultimate Homeschool Pinterest Party!
One of my very favorite places to find what I am looking for is on Pinterest. And that is especially true about homeschool resources. Homeschoolers are a creative bunch by nature. And with summer time there is more space in our day for creative projects and building new habits. The weekly homeschool Pinterest party is […]
Homeschooling Multiple Ages: Curriculum Choices
This last week I’ve shared our curriculum choices for 2013-2014 from kindergarten to high school. If you missed any of our individual plans, you can find a list at the bottom of this post. Because of that age range, we do many of our subjects and learning all together. Layers and levels – lasagna learning. […]
Homeschooling High School: Curriculum, Organization, Planning
This past week I have shared the span from kindergarten to middle school – our curriculum choices for 2013-2014. Today we reach homeschooling high school and in my next post I’ll share the resources we use with all our ages – together. This is the year we have two high schoolers – 9th grade Eldest […]
Waiting
Waiting…and waiting…and waiting. I feel like that is what our life has been over the last year or so now. After our church closed, we waited for a job for my Jeremy. God provided. We waited for housing near that job. God provided. And then He provided again when we had to move out of […]
Laundry Help!
One Monday morning following the weekend the laundry looked like this. That’s the pile that wouldn’t fit in the laundry room. It was laundry overwhelm for sure. After my overwhelm, I turned to the tried and true habits. Housekeeping habits right here on Habits for a Happy Home. Plus even more helps from Mama’s Laundry […]