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Lifestyle

Rejuvenate This Summer

12 May 202212 May 2022
Whether you are taking a week or two break or a couple of months off, summer is a great time to get rejuvenated! Here are a few tips to help…
How-To

The Benefits of Home Education (and what to do next)

5 Aug 20206 Aug 2022
Home education or homeschooling has been in the news quite a bit lately. There is an obvious difference between a parent who is suddenly forced to assume responsibility for his…
The Finds

Celebrate 100 Days of Learning {Free Download}

11 May 202023 Jan 2023
"Celebrate 100 Days of Learning" is a free download from MensaForKids.org that actually includes 50 activities related to the 100 theme: The activities may be given to the students for…
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4 Things You Need to Know to Educate Your Children

7 Jan 20194 Jan 2023
Education at its best is an impartation of knowledge, skills, and values. But that is just the beginning. It is also an implantation of the ability to teach oneself, to…
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10 Tips for Living on One Income While Homeschooling

18 Oct 201830 Sep 2022
We know first-hand that living on one income while homeschooling can be a challenge. But where there is a will there is a way! Here are our 10 tried-and-true tips…
Lifestyle

Why You Can’t Just Leave the Track

20 Jul 201828 Jun 2022
I have been running for decades and decades. Hard to believe. Yes, there were years in there when running was confined to a treadmill, or a few years that I…
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5 Books to Read over the Holidays

18 Dec 201719 Dec 2022
Each year through our weeks off during the Christmas break, I read several inspiring home-educating-related books to stay creative and motivated. Time alone spent educating ourselves makes us better teachers…
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8 Ideas for Enjoying the Thanksgiving Holiday

13 Nov 20175 Nov 2022
If we're not careful, Thanksgiving can end up being an over-stressed, over-indulgent, over-chaotic holiday! But with a little planning and thought, we can spend Thanksgiving being ... thankful. Here are…
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10 Tips for Homeschooling Gifted Learners

25 Oct 201727 Sep 2022
The concept of "gifted" learners is a tough one. One the one hand, we all know and accept that all children are gifted in some way. On the other hand,…
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Homeschooling Special Learners

18 Oct 201730 Apr 2022
Considering homeschooling your special learner? A home full of love, warmth, security, and support can be the ideal atmosphere in which these children will thrive. Their needs can be met…
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Finding Balance

12 Oct 201728 Jun 2022
Homeschooling requires finding balance. With all of the the focus on being productive, it is not surprising that we find ourselves on the cusp of complete and utter burnout! We…
Lifestyle

20 Tips for Staying Organized

13 Sep 20171 Sep 2022
Today we are constantly hit with streaming, flashing, fast-paced content that tends to leave us distracted and anything but organized. Here are 20 tips for staying organized — but this…
How-To

Summer School for Mom: Introduction

7 Jun 201712 Jul 2022
Ah, summer. Time to shift gears. Take a break. Relax. Breathe.... It is also the time when most DIY homeschool moms plan! Our Summer School for Mom series will help…
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Things to Do: June

25 May 20173 Oct 2022
Keep them learning this summer! Enjoy summer fun units and holiday helps, along with free eBooks to download and great finds to check out! Celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth…
Lifestyle

9 Things for Mom to do This Summer

22 May 201728 Jun 2022
Now that you have your children taken care of, what type of things can the homeschool mom do this summer? Here are 9 ideas: 1. Take a break! Use the…
Lifestyle

18 Tips for Remaining Creative & Inspired!

18 May 201728 Jun 2022
In a slump? Looking for inspiration? Here are 18 tips for remaining creative & inspired — and keeping the spark lit: Keep going. Persevere. Practice makes perfect. Interact. Interact with…
Lifestyle

Why Your Children Need You to Remain Creative

11 May 201728 Jun 2022
I remember once reading about one homeschool mom's journey — about the things she had given up to spend time on her children. She hoped to get back to those…
Lifestyle

10 Ways to Stay Well-Rounded

25 Apr 201728 Jun 2022
Homeschooling can consume us — if we let it. It can become not only what we do, but who we are, the sum total of our existence. Here are 10…
Lifestyle

6 Tips for Avoiding Burnout

15 Mar 201728 Jun 2022
Need tips for avoiding burnout? This past fall many families jumped into homeschooling for the first time. Others made a renewed commitment. But spring has sprung, children are antsy, Mom…
Lifestyle

4 Ways to Keep Your Focus

1 Aug 201630 Jun 2022
Looking for ways to keep your focus? The Internet has made sharing information, ideas, models, methods, curriculum plans, material reviews, scheduling information -- and so much more -- very accessible…
How-To

12 Ideas for Inspiring Creativity

13 Jan 201630 Jul 2022
If you have educated your children at home for several years, you know how easy it is to fall into a rut — doing the same things day in and…
Lifestyle

The Key to Being Truly Productive

18 May 201528 Jun 2022
You sure can tell we are all striving to be productive. Just take a quick glance at the bestsellers online and off. Books abound with quick steps to becoming more…
Lifestyle

Perseverance … Again.

6 Feb 201528 Jun 2022
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas A. Edison True for our children as much…
Lifestyle

Being Deliberate

30 Dec 201428 Jun 2022
Time passes so quickly.  I don't think this is something we can really appreciate until we are slightly out of the forest -- you know, the one with the trees…
Lifestyle

5 Bible Passages for Homeschool Moms

29 Oct 20143 Jan 2023
Everyone needs that go-to Scripture verse.  You know, the one that seems to speak to you throughout your entire life.  Homeschool moms may find certain verses brought to mind again…
Lifestyle

20 Easy Ways to Save Money Around the Home

15 Oct 201431 Oct 2022
Most homeschool families are one-income families.  In many cases the family runs a small business or Dad is self-employed.  Many homeschool families watch their pennies.  Here are our tried and…

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Four Great Americans ~ Free eBook

Four Great Americans ~ Free eBook

Four Great Americans contains biographies of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln. Free.

6 Feb 202331 Jan 2023
100 Best Books for Children ~ Aikin

100 Best Books for Children ~ Aikin

Number 51 on The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover are stories from Evenings at Home by Aikin.

2 Feb 20235 Feb 2023
Presidents Day Update {Free Unit}

Presidents Day Update {Free Unit}

We have updated our Presidents Day Holiday Helps page, a free unit study, for 2023.

1 Feb 202328 Jan 2023
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    Free Nature Studies: Our Wonderful World
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