I am in my 12th year of homeschooling, and let me tell you, there are days that I have felt like I was going to lose my mind! LOL! I thought it would be nice to offer some advice and insights to my fellow Moms of Faith. I am hoping to offer some encouragement from what I have learned these past twelve years. Homeschooling really is a blessed journey! 5 Quick Sanity Tips for Homeschooling Moms 1.Pray. As Christian Moms we need to pray whether we home school or not. However, you MUST be in prayer on a daily basis to really succeed and find joy in the journey. Prayer works. Have FAITH when you pray. Trust God when you pray. Pray with your kids. We sit in a circle before school and sing praise songs and then the children pray and I close. It really helps the day start out right. God is glorified and we are acknowledging Him as our strength and help as our day progresses. After this time we do #5. See below.2. Relax. You really CAN do this. Just relax and take ONE day at a time. Yes, … [Read more...]
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It is a new year and new opportunity for Homeschool Moms to find balance . These tips can help you.Some families handle day-to-day life by creating detailed charts or schedules for each family member. They know what time breakfast is, how long to plan for each homeschool subject, what time they’ll eat lunch every day, how much free time they have, and when they’ll eat dinner.Not everyone can live that way. Some of us like to live life by the seat of our pants. We don’t plan elaborate schedules but prefer to take life as it comes. Sometimes we may keep a calendar so they know about important appointments or events, but that’s as close as they get to a schedule. For us, living life one day at a time is about experiencing life as it happens rather than depending upon a piece of paper to dictate when they do things.Does this mean that one method of balancing daily life is better than the other? Of course not! Part of the benefit of homeschooling is learning what works … [Read more...]
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I recently assigned a wonderful book to my kids to read for homeschool. I was so excited to receive this book as a review copy from Bethany House Publishers, especially since it was already on my homeschool reading list. Hero Tales by Dave and Neta Jackson, the authors of Trailblazer Books, is part church history, part devotional, and part character study. This book can be used with various age groups and double as a family devotional. The book is geared for children aged six to twelve, however, with guidance you can engage a younger child. An older child could benefit by using this as an outline for further in depth study into one or more of the featured Christians in the book. However, the text would be too simple for a child above the age of 12 to read on his own. If you have have a vast array of age groups this book is best used as a family devotional.Hero Tales, compiles the lives of Christian heroes from William Tyndale to Harriet Tubman to Dwight L. Moody. The stories are … [Read more...]
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