Kimmie has a lot to deal with. The death of her sweet mama, an abusive step-dad, and keeping her brother safe and fed. What if her mother’s death wasn’t an accident?
Best Homeschool Planner for busy working moms
As a busy working mom, I have to streamline and automate my homeschool planning and record-keeping. I just don’t have the extra time to be writing out lesson plans in a cute planner every morning. I love a homeschool planner that helps me plan and save time! Homeschool Planet is the best homeschool planner ever! Disclosure: I received Homeschool Planet for free and was…
10 Great Ways to Connect with Your Kids
Sometimes it’s difficult to make time to enjoy time together with our children, but here are 10 great ideas that will help you connect with your kids in a meaningful way! In today’s fast-paced world, it is sometimes difficult to spend quality time with our kids, even as homeschooling families. Maybe I’m the only one, but as a work-at-home homeschooling mom, I sometimes look across…
The Secret to Juggling Work and Homeschool
If you are wondering if it is even possible to homeschool while you are working, stay tuned. I’m going to share the secret to juggling work and homeschool! Mommas ask me almost every day… “Is it possible to work and homeschool at the same time?” The stories are all different, but their heart cry is the same. They want the best for their family. Some…
Saxon Math Videos: Tools for Teaching Middle School Math
As a work-at-home mom, I am constantly looking for tools that help my kids to be independent learners and to need my help less often, so I was excited to hear about a new online video math tutoring series made just for the middle-school grades of Saxon Math! Math Videos from Nicole the Math Lady will help you balance work and homeschool by giving you…
Mid-Year Review: What’s Working and What’s Not
February is a good time to take a look at how everything is going in your homeschool and decide if anything needs to change or be adjusted. Join me as I do my mid-year review of our homeschool and evaluate what’s working and what’s not! I’ve been doing this homeschooling thing for a lot of years. I was homeschooled for 7 years, and I have homeschooled…
How to homeschool when you don’t feel motivated
What do you do when you just don’t feel like homeschooling your kids? When it just seems like another chore in a long list of never-ending demands on your time and energy? Here are some tips to help you keep homeschooling when you don’t feel motivated! Homeschooling when you don’t feel Motivated It’s February already and I am having trouble being motivated. School, blogging, even housework,…
One Simple Action that Recharged My Homeschool
[su_note note_color=”#f1f5f6″]It was October 25, and we still hadn’t really started school. After an emotional move across the state, I wasn’t in a good place spiritually or emotionally. Life was not going the way I expected and my kids certainly weren’t getting much schooling done. I was at the end of my rope, and I was barely hanging on. I didn’t have the energy to do science…
New Year, New Beginnings: Choosing a Focus Word for 2017
Do you make new year’s resolutions every year, but somehow never make it past January 15? This year try something different and choose a focus word for the year, and see if it helps you reach your goals this year! A New Beginning Here we are at the start. The beginning. Fresh and new. I could wax oh, so poetic about the new year. I…
Follow the Star: Reconnecting with the true meaning of Christmas
There is nothing more important to me than passing my faith on to my kids. For years I’ve searched for just the right Christmas activity to do with my kids that will help them focus their eyes on the true reason for the season – Jesus’ birth. I think I have finally found it! The Christmas Star From Afar game helps them reconnect with the true…