The PEARL: Part 5 – Love

how homeschoolers can evangelize
  I don’t like my neighbors. In fact, we’re thinking of moving because they’re terrible people. Will you pray for me? A young mother approached me with these words after I taught a breakout session on “Reinventing the Backyard Bible Club.” I hugged her and responded, “Yes, I will pray for you, but I want
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Simple Steps to an End-of-Year Homeschool Celebration

homeschool celebration
  My fellow homeschoolers, do you see the light—that light at the end of the tunnel for this year’s homeschool journey? I am seeing mine and it feels great. Our 36-week schedule stops the week before Memorial Day. While it’s almost time to wrap up the year, let’s not forget some simple steps to an
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Summer Homeschooling

homeschooling through the summer
  Trust me. When I see the rest of you winding down your school year, I get a little jealous. You see . . . we are THOSE kinds of homeschoolers. The kind who go all year round. I personally loved my own childhood summer vacations. I would get off the bus on the last
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Me and Thee Studios’ Early Reader Collection Preview

Early Reader Collection Our collection includes 21 beautifully illustrated retellings of Bible stories bound in 7 anthologies. The stories are leveled for 1st-2nd grade readability. A scripted introduction, comprehension questions, a phonics-based reading activity, and a grammar mini-lesson accompany each story. A CD with 84 practice consumables to print as needed is included. Our consumables
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Hey Mama Monday: Are Your Children Too “Sheltered”?

Hey Mama
  Hey Mama, “Shelter.” That’s a bad word in some circles, isn’t it? Something is creeping into the church (and even the homeschooling community), and it isn’t biblical. It is an “anti-sheltering campaign” of sorts, and it’s full of holes. It’s even mocked: helicopter mom. Like that’s a bad thing. But think about it. What
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Year End Steps

homeschool year
  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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