A Former Public School and a Homeschool Mom

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I was a public school teacher for six years before having my own children and becoming a stay at home mom. I taught middle school special education. Yeah…it was a tough, but very rewarding job. I even earned the title of “Teacher of the Year” for one school year. I always knew that we would homeschool our children. I was called to it before we had children and once we had them that calling was confirmed many times over. One {Read More}

Collecting and Counting Star Wars Cards

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I learn everything I know about boys from my husband and my son. One thing I’ve learned from them is that boys love collecting things. My husband collects Comic Books and Baseball Cards. This summer he started our little boy in his first collection…Star Wars Cards. Will became enthralled with Star Wars after checking out some easy reader books at our library and reading all about them. He has become quite obsessed. Soon after that my husband began picking up {Read More}

Tracking Hurricane Isaac

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My husband and daughters spent tracked Hurricane Isaac as it made it’s way to and then across the United States. This provided a way for my husband to be involved in our homeschool studies. Through tracking Hurricane Isaac my girls learned geography, map reading skills, current events, weather, and so much more! They also spent time praying for the people in the way of this coming hurricane. I am so thankful for my husband’s participation in our school. He did {Read More}

2012-2013 Homeschool Room

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For the past few years we had a room dedicated to homeschool. The room was the living room of a small garage apartment attached to our home in Virginia. It was a blessing to have, especially as we began our homeschooling journey. When my girls started kindergarten I purchased cute little desks for them and they loved it! But towards the end of last year, going into the garage for homeschool felt much like walking into a dungeon. It was {Read More}

Favorite Homeschool Moment

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I had grand plans to work on Project Life last night, but a homeschool injury sent me straight to bed along with the kids. Yes, I typed that right…a homeschool injury. I banged a little toe on one of the legs of MC’s desk yesterday and now it’s swollen and purple. It hurts…a lot! Needless to say, Project Life remains undone, so instead I’m going to share one of my favorite homeschool moments from this year with you. Will is {Read More}

Memory Verse Printable: Matthew 6:9

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Our homeschool memory verse for this week comes from Matthew 6:9. Over the next several weeks we will be working on memorizing the Lord’s Prayer, learning one verse each week. I hope you’ll join me in teaching your children to commit our Lord’s Prayer to memory. It is a great tool to use in teaching them about prayer and how we are to pray. To download and print the memory verse, click the image above or follow this link.

6 Top Tips for Teaching Music in Your Homeschool

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The thing that I am most excited about this year in our homeschool is the music lessons that I have signed my girls up for. Our church recently opened a Worship Arts Center where they are offering private and group music lessons in addition to children’s choirs. I went to an information meeting and after speaking to the director, decided to sign EA and MC up for lessons. MC has been interested in playing the piano for a long time {Read More}

Joshua 24:15 Memory Verse Printable

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Each week in our homeschool, my children have a memory verse to memorize. It is so important for them to begin hiding God’s word in their heart at a young age! I hang their memory verse up on our calendar board and it is also written on our refrigerator for them to visually see it and, thus, practice it throughout the day. We also sing a song that helps them commit the verse to memory each week. I’m going to {Read More}

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