Year End Steps

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  End Your Homeschool Year Better with 3 Vital Steps May is here. For most of us it means a well-earned break from our daily schooling efforts. For me it means that it is time for the big homeschool clean out.   Cleaning and Prepping in May? I know you might be tempted to wait
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Hoop Racing

hoop racing
  Now that warm weather has returned, it’s time to send the children outside. But how long will they ride their bikes or scooters or play ball before they decide, “There’s nothing to do!” It’s also time for spring cleaning. What does one have to do with the other? Maybe nothing—or—maybe you found some hula
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Whispers Along the Water’s Edge

Lessons from The Wind in the Willows
  “The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home.” With these word, we enter a very special world called the Riverbank, created by Kenneth Grahame. We are introduced to Mole, a tender-hearted optimist, whose big heart often gets the better of him; Ratty, a good-hearted and sensible water-rat, who
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The PEARL: Part 4 – Reveal

how homeschoolers can evangelize
  Recently I was invited to a ladies breakfast. The breakfast was held at a golf club in the middle of an upper class neighborhood. Due to life circumstances, I drove my husband’s ladder truck. As I slunk in the back entrance, I felt much like the character, Mrs. Bucket from the PBS show, Keeping
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Training Children to Remember What They Read – Part Two

remember what they read
  In our previous post, we evaluated our reading worldview and the foundation for trading-in our default forgetfulness for strong reading habits. For illustration, I will use Daniel DeFoe’s classic, The Swiss Family Robinson, for practical tips on training children to remember what they read. Draw Pictures Research has suggested the memory retains images better
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Training Children to Remember What They Read – Part One

remember what they read
  “You and I remember only what we know, and we know only what we remember.”1 This quote, hidden between the black cover ends of a 1943 book bearing the title How to Remember Names and Faces by Robert H. Nutt, has challenged my approach to reading. As an avid reader who relies on the
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Empowering A Generation Through Sexual Purity

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   Dr. Dale Conaway is the CEO of Purity Press Publishers and has written and published 9 Books in the “Biblical Sexuality Series.” Our company is committed to reestablishing a foundation for moral sexual behavior. We publish resources that focus on the wholesome, sexual development and healing of youth, young adults, singles, and married couples.
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Hey Mama Monday: He Will Never Leave You nor Forsake You

Hey Mama
  Hey Mama, Difficult trials. You’re no stranger to them. I know it is TIRING, Mama, and it can get monotonous and very dark at times. Will this ever end? Where is justice, where is light? I too have gone through some dark times. And when my heart and spirit are low, I can only
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