#HOMESCHOOL ADVICE
Preparing Your Child to Thrive Mentally
With a new school year beginning and social stress on the rise, it’s important that we set the atmosphere for our kids to not only thrive academically and physically but also mentally. We…
Time4Learning Helps a Grandmother Homeschool
This post is sponsored by Time4Learning. Mother, grandmother, home daycare provider, program director for an addiction treatment center, Sunday school teacher, youth pastor, and PTO president.…
Encouraging BOLDness
According to the U.S. Department of Education, over 1.5 million students were homeschooled in 2007. I was one of those numbers for my elementary education. During my homeschooled years, I did…
Persevering with Special Needs Challenges
It's Wednesday morning and my child is in tears... and so am I. My child is six years old and I am trying to get him to recite the alphabet with no luck. I try verbally and in writing and…
7 Mom-Tips to Help Your Child Sleep at Night
Difficulty concentrating on homeschool? Having behavior issues during the day? To get a good night’s sleep, your child needs to be able to get to sleep and stay that way. Most children…
5 Secrets to Teaching Effective Listening
Are you wondering how to get your children to listen? “Am I not being clear?!” “Are you hard of hearing?” “Why won’t you listen to me?” "Can you shut it for a second…
Will This Be the Year of Too Much Togetherness?
Will This Be the Year of Too Much Togetherness? How to Redefine our Homeschools for a New Normal. This time last year as we all made plans for a new year of homeschooling, we could not have…
Parents Share Their Best Homeschooling Tips
Sponsored by Alpha Omega Publications. It is no secret that homeschooling is hard work. We all need encouragement, and we believe it is a powerful tool to gather advice from other experienced…
How to Make Homeschooling Fun
Despite perhaps what most of our children believe, learning can be fun! Furthermore, a lot of students tend to learn better by doing, rather than seeing, hearing, and taking notes, particularly…
Encouraging Our Girls to Be Strong Leaders
It’s obvious that girls today need positive role models. There are many strong women in the spotlight – especially in Hollywood. However, those aren’t necessarily the women we want…