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
The Runaway Bunny – Story Time Activities
It’s Story Time again and this month’s story is The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown. Crafts Handprint Peeking Bunny Craft at Fun Handprint Art Bunny Craft Using a Wine Cork for a Stamp at Sassy Dealz Sailboat Craft at Frogs, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails Bunny Puppet at Lovely Commotion Origami Flapping BirdContinue Reading
Tips for Laying Your Homeschool Foundation
Whether you’re embarking on the homeschool journey for the first time, or have been homeschooling for a number of years, I believe it’s essential to lay some foundations that will help to keep you on track throughout your homeschooling. This might include evaluating why exactly you want to homeschool, what your core values are, memorizingContinue Reading
Managers of Their Chores Review
It’s been just about a year now since we started systematically assigning chores to our children. Before that we pretty much just told the kids to do a chore when we saw that it needed to be done. If the garbage was full, we’d ask Luke to take it out. If the table needed toContinue Reading
Natural Homemade Household Products – Part 1
This is a post from Jennifer Leibert of The Adventures with the Leiberts I am sure most large families, or any size family for that mater, want to save money while helping keep our homes and families clean, healthy and safe. When you go to the supermarket and look down the cleaning aisle, you becomeContinue Reading
Top Ten Tips For Keeping Your Sanity!
This is a post from Rachael DeBruin of Diamonds in the Rough ~Maybe it’s just me here talking, but I’ve never found life super-duper easy, especially when you’re involving a LOT of children~ Fun… Yes! Busy… Of course…. Worth It? Absolutely! Each & every one of our children is a treasure. A blessing AND we’reContinue Reading
