5 Tips for Hiking with Kids

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  Hiking with kids is a lot of fun—except when it isn’t. I grew up overnight backpacking with my parents through the Canadian Rockies for family vacations. As a mom, I frequently drag invite my kids out on dayhikes with me around Vancouver. Over the past decade, I’ve learned how to keep these hikes fun
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A Story of Homeschooling Benefits

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For me, homeschooling was the answer to giving my first son a “break” from public school. He was having regular behaviour issues, pretty much since grade one, and by the time he reached the middle of grade five I felt confident that he couldn’t learn any less with me teaching him than he would at
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Maybe You Should Give Up

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  Picture this scenario: You’re getting ready for an important engagement. You’ve run through the mental checklist. Kids fed? Check. Teeth brushed? Check. Shoes on? Check. Everyone’s cooperating and things are running smoothly for a change. You begin to exhale the proverbial breath you didn’t realize you had been holding. Aaah. You grab your bag,
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Get Up and Move!

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  I’ve never been an exercise junkie. I have friends that are avid runners, pro hikers, and even cyclers. Our family enjoys being active though, just as a family instead of separate pursuits.  While we love the outdoors when possible, many day to day factors may keep us indoors. So it has always been a
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Games for Math Class

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  All throughout our homeschooling adventures, one thing was certain: spring fever. There would always come a time each year when it was not only difficult for our girls to stay focused on tasks, it was hard for me to concentrate on helping them, because we all wanted to go outside. We did come up
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Parenting Truths

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As a young homeschooling Mama, I tried my best to go to every parent event our local homeschool group hosted. I wanted to hear from the veteran homeschoolers about what had worked, and what hadn’t worked for them with their children. It was not an effort to be just like them, but to learn from
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Hey Mama Monday: The Holy Spirit as a Companion to Guide You

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Hey, Mama, It is so important to allow the Holy Spirit to lead you as you teach your children and raise your family. “The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.” Matthew 7:25. If
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When Older Children Doubt the Gospels

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  Krissa rubbed her thumb along the thin page of her Bible, fear gnawing at her soul. She had always believed its words, never doubting its record of God’s Son becoming flesh to dwell among us. But shortly after her sixteenth birthday, questions slipped more and more frequently into her thoughts. How could her heart
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