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As part of Haley’s daily homeschool schedule she reads out loud to me for 20 minutes. We’ve been going through Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates for a while now and finally finished it the other day. I set Haley up in front of the webcam and had her summarize the book. Seriously, the kids is [...]
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Kind of a no-brainer to me but it wasn’t always that way. Why teach Theology? After all isn’t that just for the seminary students? NO! Let’s look at it from the alternative: not teaching Theology. Where does that leave your children? Stumbling, bumbling, blabbering that’s where! I can freely talk this way because I was [...]
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Which is what I scream in my head when my daughter tells me she hates to write. What??!! Perhaps my love for penmanship is a tad obsessive. Whatever. But come on, hate? That is a strong word afterall. Where do I go from here? I don’t want her to be forever scarred when it comes [...]
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As a parent you pray that your children will always feel comfortable asking you questions. Many parents feel this means they have to be their kids’ best friend. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. The way to ensure your children ask you questions of any nature is to “fertilize” their minds with the nutrients [...]
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I have found that, in the homeschool setting, memorization is the most effective tool I have for teaching my children discipline. Memorization is never effortless. Even for someone who is highly gifted in that skill. I am good at memorizing but I have to put in work before I am able to recite it. Now [...]
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It seems that everyone will agree with you that reading to your children is important. But how many are actually incorporating it into their homeschool schedule? For me, reading to Haley when she was an infant was easy. She was the first baby and I had all the time in the world to devote to [...]
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Teaching Greek as part of our homeschool schedule has been such a blessing to our family. Before we began, we first had to choose which curricula was going to best fit our goals. Most Greek curricula will work for your family if you have a desire to travel to Greece and be able to converse [...]
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Two months ago I thought that Catechism was something that just Roman Catholics did. How saddening to think I would have gone my whole life believing this and missing out on a blessing. cat·e·chism // (kt-kzm)n. 1. A book giving a brief summary of the basic principles of Christianity in question-and-answer form. 2. A manual [...]
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Haven is playing soccer this season. On Saturday his coach asked him the name of his school (He never talks to “others” until he sees fit to do so). Haven’s response was heard clearly across the field by his very alert aka nosey sister Haley, “I’m homeschooled.” Haley quickly announced it to us and everyone [...]
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Have you ever stopped and thought about 5 things that you must teach your children before they leave home? I say “must” because these 5 things will probably be so important to you that you couldn’t imagine NOT teaching them to your children. One of the beauties of homeschooling is being able to look back [...]
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