Homemade Advent Calendar
Around this time last year, we were counting down the days until our new baby arrived. This year, we’re counting down the days until Christmas with this homemade advent calendar. You can make this...
View Article3 Ways to Avoid Martyr Syndrome this Christmas
The pictures we take at Christmastime don’t tell the whole story, do they? They don’t show the big sigh, the shake of the head, the pitiful look, the disgusted glare, all culminating in an angry rant...
View ArticleHomeschool Mom’s Dirty Little Secret #1 – The Unhappy Marriage
I guess Valentine’s Day is a good day to talk about marriage – yes, even unhappy marriages. I know the ideal homeschool family has either: 1. A wife who is wholly submitted to her righteous spiritual...
View ArticleHomeschool Mom’s Dirty Little Secret #2 – Bad Kids
I know it’s no longer PC to give children negative labels, but I’ll let you in on my 2nd dirty little secret. There have been nights where I’ve gone to bed asking the Lord why, why, why my children are...
View ArticleHomeschool Mom’s Dirty Little Secret #3 – Anger
I started this series on dirty little secrets in order to address subjects that I know many homeschoolers struggle with, but are ashamed to mention. And it is with great shame that I broach this last...
View ArticleHomeschooling the Difficult Child, Part 1 – Wigglers
My family just returned from the Mid South Homeschool Convention, and some of the best workshops at the conference were the ones teaching parents how to homeschool “real” children. You know, the kind...
View ArticleHomeschooling the Difficult Child, Part 2 – Passive Resisters
So we know how to teach the wigglers, but how do we teach those who can sit quietly, but still spend 3 hours completing 30 minute assignments? (We’ll call those the passive resisters.) Enter Susan...
View ArticleHomeschooling the Difficult Child, Part 3 – Defiance and Disrespect
Yesterday, I told you about Susan Wise Bauer’s creative, yet effective ideas for Homeschooling the REAL Child. However, I didn’t tell you that at the beginning of her workshop, Susan stated that her...
View ArticleHomeschool Convention Favorites
I am such a home school convention junkie that this year I attended TWO homeschool conventions. In March, I attended the Mid South convention in Tennessee and met Jimmie, a longtime blogging buddy....
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