One of the biggest struggles for homeschool moms is time management. Time will ALWAYS be at a premium for homeschooling moms, so it is vital that we learn time management secrets in order to be good stewards of the time that God has given us. Here are 10 Time Management Secrets Every Homeschooling Mom ShouldContinue Reading
4 Keys to Homeschool Success
All of us usually begin homeschooling with a combination of excitement and passion, mixed with some fear, because we want to see homeschool success. We feel that teaching our kids at home is the best choice, and what God has called us to, but we worry that we won’t be able to “do it right”Continue Reading
7 Tips for When You Feel Like A Bad Mom
As moms, we want to do our best to be good moms who meet the needs of our kids, and love them as we should. Even with my best intentions as a mom, there have been many times when I just felt like I was a BAD MOM, and I was failing in my efforts.Continue Reading
Three Homeschool Priorities
It’s almost time for the new school year to start! Are you ready? I learned over 31 years of homeschooling that the most important way to be ready for the new school year was knowing what my homeschool priorities were, and planning our daily schedule accordingly. If you don’t KNOW your true priorities, you willContinue Reading
4 Tips For Frustration-Free Discipline
As parents, it is up to us to discipline and train our children, and to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Often it’s easy to get irritated when our kids behave wrong, and we have to stop what we are doing to teach and train them. Wouldn’t frustration free disciplineContinue Reading
3 Vital Things Parents Must Remember
When we first start our journey as parent, or start homeschooling, we are usually excited about it. It’s common to have a vision and be passionate about it. To stay focused on and excited about that vision, as parents we must be careful to remember three vital things. In the midst of your earlyContinue Reading
10 Things Our Kids REALLY Need
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that our kids need lots of THINGS. We want to make sure they have all the newest educational toys, or the most popular toys at the time. It’s important to realize that your kids don’t even really need all the THINGS their friends may have, orContinue Reading
3 Priorities for the Tired Mom
If I had to choose one word to describe the past 35 years of parenting our eight children, I would choose the word EXHAUSTING. Don’t get me wrong. I think motherhood is WONDERFUL, and I love it. But it is also emotionally, mentally, and physically draining at times. At some point between the birthContinue Reading
8 Things I Wish I Had Known As A Young Mom
As a mom of eight kids, and my youngest now being 18, I often find myself looking back on my earlier days of parenting. Over the years of parenting our kids, I learned a lot, and my parenting changed some from when I was a young parent. Here are some things I wish I hadContinue Reading
6 Thieves of Homeschooling Joy
A little over 31 years ago, I began my homeschooling journey. I was so excited to begin teaching my oldest daughter. She was an eager learner, and her younger two siblings played well while I was teaching her. Fast forward a few years when I was homeschooling 3 kids, and had a toddler and baby. ThingsContinue Reading
