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in Habits for life· Heavenly Habits

Help For The Anxious Homeschool Mom

How do we let go of that anxiety and take hold of the peace of God? Here is help for the anxious homeschool mom with encouraging Bible verses! Encouraging Bible Verses Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of […]

Filed Under: Habits for life, Heavenly Habits

in Family Life· HomeSchooling· Parenting

How Are You Qualified to Be a Homeschool Teacher?

How are you qualified to be a homeschool teacher? This highly educated man looked me straight in the face and asked his pointed question. His rimmed glasses balanced just slightly down on his nose. “How are you qualified to be a homeschool teacher?” he asked. Immediately my defensiveness swelled. The protective mother and ‘how dare […]

Filed Under: Family Life, HomeSchooling, Parenting Tagged With: FAQ, FAQs, homeschool

in Helpful Habits· HomeSchooling

Helpful Homeschool Habit: Pressing On

The helpful homeschool habit pressing on helps us focus on finishing well. Here is an example of our homeschool week and the great resources we have found to help our homeschool days with multiple ages. In our homeschool we are pressing on. There are a few subjects we have finished. And the calendar is filled […]

Filed Under: Helpful Habits, HomeSchooling Tagged With: collage Friday, weekly wrap

in Habits for a Happy Mom· Habits for a Happy Wife· Heavenly Habits

Letting Go Of All The Stuff: Homeschool Mom Encouragement

Letting go of all the stuff we accumulate in our homeschools and our lives can be difficult. This is encouragement for homeschool mom looking to let go of the unnecessary and let God lead. Stuff. . .we all have it. . .some of us collect it more than others.  I happen to have my share […]

Filed Under: Habits for a Happy Mom, Habits for a Happy Wife, Heavenly Habits Tagged With: written by Amy

in Habits for Happy Kids

How To Make a Homeschool Family Summer Wish List

This homeschool family summer wish list will get you going towards an ultimate summer of making memories and having fun for all ages! So it’s June. And if you’re like me, you let out a big sigh, ready to settle into the summer and just relax for a bit. There are a million thoughts in […]

Filed Under: Habits for Happy Kids Tagged With: summer, written by Kendra

in Habits for Happy Kids· Habits for life

A Parent’s Guide: Choosing a Family Title for Your Homeschool

Set the tone for your family with these fun and memorable ideas for creating a title for your homeschool family. This even includes idea for naming the rooms in your home! Your tone, your adjectives. How you talk about your family places value. Early in our parenting, we learned about a very simple, yet highly […]

Filed Under: Habits for Happy Kids, Habits for life

Homeschooling High School - I'm grateful for such a thing as homeschool high school learning styles and being able to meet the needs with curriculum and schedules.

in Helpful Habits· HomeSchooling

Homeschooling High School Learning Styles

There are so many wonderful ways to meet homeschool high school learning styles. Use these ideas and examples for your high schooler’s homeschool day as well! I find myself in the countdown to graduation of my second high schooler! Can you believe that the graduation cap and gown has shipped and is on its way […]

Filed Under: Helpful Habits, HomeSchooling Tagged With: high school

in Habits for a Happy Husband· Habits for a Happy Wife

Getting Away: Great Ideas for Anniversary Trips

These are practical tips and great ideas for anniversary trips. Plan to get away and do something extra special together to celebrate your marriage. My husband and I decided before we were married not to give each other gifts for our anniversaries. Instead, we decided to take the money that would have been spent on […]

Filed Under: Habits for a Happy Husband, Habits for a Happy Wife

in Faith & Gratitude· Family Life· Habits· HomeMaking· HomeSchooling· Parenting

The Habit of Rest for the Homeschool Mom

Just rest, Mama. The Lord has been reminding me that rest is what I need. He’s been reminding me of the habit of rest. His habit of rest. He’s been telling me for several weeks. Step back and rest. –> Step out of the urgent into the quiet, out of your regular spot. Look to […]

Filed Under: Faith & Gratitude, Family Life, Habits, HomeMaking, HomeSchooling, Parenting Tagged With: healthy mama

in Homeless Habits

Getting Away: Homeschool Family Travel Tips

Getting away with your family is a wonderful memory making opportunity! Here are the best homeschool family travel tips! Something about the 40 degree breezes of early spring makes me dream of vacation. I don’t know if it was growing up in a tiny town, or the two thousand mile trek across the country in […]

Filed Under: Homeless Habits Tagged With: Habits for a Happy Home, homeschool family, travel

in HomeSchooling

Could Your Child Be Dyslexic? A Homeschool Mom’s Guide

Could your child be dyslexic? There is help and much hope!  Some of the most brilliant entrepreneurs and artists have dyslexia! Today, it is with great pleasure that I welcome Marianne Sunderland of Homeschooling with Dyslexia. I have been so very much looking forward to her visit! I know that several of my readers have […]

Filed Under: HomeSchooling Tagged With: dyslexia, written by Marianne

Nana's Fried Okra Recipe is such a good, economical and really Southern way to serve up one of our finest vegetables!

in HomeCooking· Southern Recipes

Nana’s Southern Fried Okra Recipe

I really feel quite silly authoring a post on fried okra. Southern cooks learn how to make this dish usually the same way that their Mamas made it. Goodness gracious, there are a lot of ways to cook fried okra and a lot of opinions on how to cook this famous vegetable! But here goes. Here […]

Filed Under: HomeCooking, Southern Recipes Tagged With: fast food for slow sundays, Fried Okra, Nana, okra, recipe, side dish, southern, vegetable

Learn all about the history of The Games, the city the games are held, sports in general, what it takes to become an Olympian and much more with these summer games resources for your homeschool!

in Art for All Ages· Curricula· Homeschool Reviews· HomeSchooling

Favorite Summer Games Resources for Your Homeschool

Learn all about the history of The Games, the city the games are held, sports in general, what it takes to become an Olympian and much more with these summer games resources for your homeschool! The Summer Games are back! Are you ready? We are! And we are excited. Twelve years ago we began our […]

Filed Under: Art for All Ages, Curricula, Homeschool Reviews, HomeSchooling Tagged With: summer games, the games, you are an artist

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