Covered Wagons and Carriages – Hands-on-History

remington carriage museum
  We’ve been wanting to make a visit to the Remington Carriage Museum in Cardston, Alberta, for quite some time. Their amazing collection of wagons and carriages is second to none and their facility is the largest ever built for a carriage collection in the world. Since we have been studying the history of Canada,
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Write Down Your Reasons

reasons for homeschooling
  Two weeks into our school year, the local school called to offer my daughter a place in kindergarten. I panicked. I loved homeschooling, but we lived two blocks away from a top-rated school and were expecting a baby in November. My husband thought we should apply. Now Lily had a spot—if we wanted it.
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Hey Mama Monday: God Is Behind You All The Way

Hey Mama
  “Plagues and deaths around me fly, Till he commands I cannot die; Not a single arrow can hit Till the God of love sees fit.” – John Ryland   Hey Mama, If you are living in fear, you must do a Google search on “Charles Spurgeon and fear”. Read what this preacher shared so
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The Changing Nature of Our Kindergarten

kindergarten
  Clarissa and I did a preschool curriculum together, last school year. She really liked it in the beginning, and then started to lose interest in April, so we stopped. By May, she was asking to do “real school” at home, so I planned a June start to kindergarten. I wanted to start slow and
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Can They Be True? – The Liberating Pen of Thomas Clarkson – Part Two

thomas clarkson
  First rose up the images of their capture. A wail bore his imagination to the African tropics and the hut of a young, slender woman. Day four of seeking her children had come to an end, and the full realization that the slave hunters had stolen them from her forever overwhelmed her with cries
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Can They Be True? – The Liberating Pen of Thomas Clarkson – Part One

thomas clarkson
  By the end of the 18th century, hundreds of thousands of Africans had been forcibly sold into slavery to North America and European nations. During this same period, God was raising up a remnant in England that would be mightily used to liberate their fellowmen. Of this band, several fought the battle with their
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Getting Started and Staying Motivated

staying motivated
  Whether you are beginning your first year of homeschooling or your fifth, getting started and staying motivated can be difficult. Sometimes, we are not realistic in our expectations and begin the year with too many plans in place. We may sign our kids up for lots of extracurricular activities without realizing the time or
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Dedicate the School Year to the Lord

dedicate
  I can get so busy making schedules, cleaning out school totes, and organizing books, that I forget to stop and dedicate my school year to the Lord. Whoops! Jesus First In my life, I am learning that what Jesus said in Matthew 6:33 is true: if I seek first His Kingdom, then everything I
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