As I am preparing for our upcoming school year, one of the things on my to-do list is to put together some new busy bags to add to our collection for my 3-year-old twin boys and 20-month-old little guy. With 7 kids in our family, it’s a necessity to have something to occupy the littlestContinue Reading
Weight Loss The Healthy Way
This is a post from Jennifer Leibert of The Adventures with the Leiberts This post includes affiliate links. Thanks for your support of this site! Please see my disclosure for more information. Oh how I dislike the thought of trying to loss weight. After having 9 pregnancies with 4 of those pregnancies ending too soon,Continue Reading
V is for Vacation – The ABCs of Homeschooling {guest post – Ashley}
source Homeschooling….it’s a lot of work, exhausting, and at times overwhelming work. There are times many of us question if it is worth it even though we know deep down that it is. It is these times that we may need to consider a Vacation! Yes a vacation; do you make time for thoseContinue Reading
Unplugged Mama
This is a post from Stacey Blevins of Abiding Woman Do you ever feel like your mind is just overloaded? Do you feel like you’re on the edge of burnout? I felt like this. I thought my mind was going to explode I had so much in it! I couldn’t figure out why things justContinue Reading
Ideas for Your Homeschool Room or Space
It’s been almost 2 years since we moved into our ‘forever’ home. We built this house especially for our family – big, and lots of bedrooms. As soon as we moved in, I began working on getting our school room set up and running. I had so many great ideas and so many pinsContinue Reading
Keeping It Clean – How To Make Sure Everyone Is Doing Their Part
This is a post from Amy Warrick of No Greater Honors It goes without saying that when you have several children running around, and many hands and feet to keep up with, messes can happen fast. There is also an upside to this, of course – many hands to help clean up. WHEN they help,Continue Reading
Surviving Road Trips
This is a post from Adena Foster of AdenaF It’s drawing to the close of summer and everyone seems pressed to get that one last road trip in before the school season starts. But does the thought of the whole family crammed into a vehicle, along with luggage, for somewhat endless hours make you cringe?Continue Reading
U is for Unique Learning Styles – The ABCs of Homeschooling {guest post – Sara}
When I first began officially homeschooling, I read all the how-to books I could get my hands on. At the time, I had only one child, age 5. I studied methods, education theories, curricula, and took a scientific approach to teaching. I wanted to be thorough and efficient. Once I actually started “teaching” my daughter,Continue Reading
A Giant Leap of Faith: Why I Stopped Using Birth Control
This is a post from Jacqueline Forrer of My Blessings Homeschool Two summers ago, 2012, was quite the challenge for me. My husband was going through a major depression and I was struggling to make it through each day with our three children. I have since realized a few things that God was trying to doContinue Reading
A No-Stress Attitude About Potty Training
This is a post from Mandy Pagano of Suburban Stereotype Potty training. No two words can make my hair stand on end quite like those two words. With six kids– four of them potty-trained– you’d think this would be a piece of cake for me. But it’s not. Our second youngest, who is 3 1/2,Continue Reading
