Intentional in Faith, Family & Homeschooling
“Homeschooling is just so overwhelming. I feel like I’m just failing miserably. My house is a mess, we never get all the lessons done in a day, and everybody is complaining. Even me. Honestly, I’m not sure I’m cut out for this. Maybe my kids would be better in school, you know?” I smiled […] Read more…
Creating an organized HOMEschool space in your home is not very hard to do. In fact, it’s easy. No, really it is! The only thing you need to organize your HOMEschool space is love. Now hear me out! I know you are thinking what does love got to do with organizing your homeschool space. It HAS a lot […] Read more…
I despised history when I was a kid. It was boring. It was textbooks and was a rote memorization of facts, names, dates, and places that had no interest to me. I was planning to become an artist—I was all about visuals and making things! And I did… I became a graphic designer and […] Read more…
I received this product free of charge for review purposes and was compensated for my time. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. I was not required to post a positive review of the product. Homeschool Math is a subject that shouldn’t be the cause of tears or fears, even though it’s […] Read more…
There are so many homeschool conferences available now then there were years ago. It’s a blessing to be able to find encouragement, inspiration and practical help at these conferences. We are also able to shop for our favorite homeschool curriculums and resources as well as discover new ones at discounted prices from many of our […] Read more…
As a homeschooling mom of three boys I’m always on the look out for resources, courses, curriculums, etc that will help my sons grow in specific areas. It’s not always easy finding those resources. There is a lot of trial and error that goes on at times when I’m searching the right curriculum. One […] Read more…
There are so many articles on RAK but I’m yet to find one that shares fun ways to incorporate Random Acts of Kindness in your homeschool. So here I am sharing some of my creative ideas on how you can add RAK into your homeschool lifestyle without feeling like you are adding one more thing […] Read more…
As homeschooling parents we are always looking for the best math program or curriculum for our family. Why? Because math is a subject that you either struggle with or are good at. It’s a subject that many parents worry about because they want to make sure that their child grasps and understands the math concepts […] Read more…
I remember long ago, when my oldest was in middle school. It was a stressful time because I was spending a fair amount of that time worrying about high school! I wanted to homeschool high school, but in those days there weren’t many folks doing that and I felt intimidated! How would I teach what […] Read more…
I received this product free of charge for review purposes. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. I was not required to post a positive review of the product. American Sign Language has become popular among homeschoolers. Many parents are realizing that teaching their young children sign language helps foster early language development, […] Read more…
Summer is here! It is a time to enjoy the long summer months by doing things with our families. I’ve been working on our summer schedule for the last couple of weeks and have been looking for fun and frugal activities that we can do together this summer. Knowing that I don’t have a […] Read more…
A lot has happened in our lives in the last year while homeschooling our sons and in all honesty, life just happened in a BIG way. Many times we are thrown a curve ball which we can’t hit or we end up riding a wave that we can’t get off. Right?!? I know we aren’t […] Read more…
The following two interviews are with moms who homeschool their children through a death in the family. These mothers have asked to remain anonymous. I hope that my readers appreciate the honesty of their stories. I have experienced many losses in my life in the past several years. Receiving the news that a loved one […] Read more…
I had to sit down and catch my breath for a minute. It was one of those moments in life when you’re blindsided by something you just can’t control, leaving you feeling helpless and uncertain. That particular day, I received yet another diagnosis from yet another specialist about my chronic illnesses. It knocked the wind […] Read more…
“Your mental illness is not your identity. Your identity is in Christ” Kay Warren There are a lot of things I never imagined saying, much less dealing with as I dreamt of having kids. As a Mom of a toddler, tweens and a teen, I just smile and shake my head often. But if I’m […] Read more…
As a former teacher, I felt pretty confident about being able to homeschool my kids well from an academic standpoint. As a recovering angry mom, I knew that being my kids’ teacher was going to bring with it some unique new triggers. And I was right. For the last five years, I have been leading […] Read more…