Every season I have to tweak our chore charts/family routine. Routines help a home thrive, and leaves more time for families to stay centered on Christ. Let’s face it, if you are living in chaos, you aren’t really able to find time to focus on Christ…or at least that is the routine I fall into….
Category Archives: Homeschooling Hearts
Homeschooling When Life Gets in the Way
Many of us have been here. That season in life when it seems that homeschooling gets pushed to the side. A house renovation. A New Baby An illness that runs through the home over several weeks A sick relative needing your time. A Home Business that needs your time Moving Field Trips And More. Instead…
Homeschool Record Keeping System
Q. How do you keep your children’s homeschool records? What is your homeschool Record keeping system for a large family? ~ M. B. A. I got a big binder, enough to hold YEARS worth of records for each child…all in one place! Inside the binder I keep immunization religious exemption forms (attached, too)……
Homeschooling Hearts–Annual Testing
“Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 Being a 2nd generation homeschooler, I have come to realize that parents know, for the most part, where their kids are educationally. Annual testing, if required by your state, is mostly just a hoop we’re…
Snow Days and Homeschooling!
Q. Since there’s no missing the bus and no slippery and hazardous roads to avoid, do you still insist on having your children do their schoolwork on “southern snow days,” since they are few and far between? A. Nope…we take off! When I was homeschooled myself, my Mom let us take off, as well….
Teaching True Knowledge
“I am much afraid that schools will prove to be the gates of hell unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures, engraving them in the hearts of youth. I advise no one to place their child where the Scriptures do not reign paramount. Every institution in which men are not increasingly occupied with…
Celebrating Reformation Day
Our family does not take part in Halloween celebrations for many reasons (our views summed up here), but we do take part in Reformation Day, which is celebrated on October 31st. Our family plans for and looks forward to this day. If you, too, would like to learn more about this church holiday, below are…
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