Hey Mama Monday: Mama, What Does Homeschooling Mean to You?

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  What does homeschooling mean to you? Are you doing it because it’s a current popular trend or just convenient? Maybe you travel a lot or your kids have special needs? Is it just a means to an end? Were your children being bullied in public school and you thought this would be the solution?
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Solve Your Math Problem with SchoolhouseTeachers.com

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  So, high school is underway… again. My daughter seems to be juggling everything okay except for one subject: Algebra. Entrepreneurship (which she is doing through SchoolhouseTeachers.com), literature, geography, history, French—no problem. But those subjects don’t require a lot of abstract thinking. At first, I was also concerned about the literature class because my daughter
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C is for Cookie Month

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  That’s right! October is Cookie Month, and who doesn’t love a sweet cookie treat! Of course, there are thousands and thousands of cookie recipes: from family favorites, to Grandma’s cookie book, and even trusty old Pinterest. There is a cookie recipe for everyone, even great tasting cookies for those with allergies. It is definitely
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Homeschooling: An Issue of Biblical Separation

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From the TeachingtheWord Bible Knowledgebase Part two of a series. Read part one. As James writes under divine inspiration, “Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?” The contributors to online Christian homeschooling forums and parents’ blogs offer hundreds of reasons, and thousands of examples from their own experience, to support their personal
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Homeschool Encouragement: The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine for Homeschoolers

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  If you are a homeschooling mom, you need encouragement! The opportunity to teach your children at home is a blessing, but it is not easy. Along with being their teacher, you are the school nurse, administrator, secretary, caretaker, cafeteria coordinator, and recess monitor. You get no breaks, no prep periods (except at night when
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Hey Mama Monday: Mama, God Loves You

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  Hey Mama, When it’s all falling apart around you, stop and be still. Just stop for a moment and re-group, reset the button. You’re allowed to do that. No one is standing over you with a whip (except yourself). Knock that off, OK? What will your advice be to your daughter or daughter-in-law ten years
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Preschool at Home

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  We are in a current state… of preschool! I am thrilled to begin this journey with my youngest. My thoughts were few, though, when it came to starting an actual activity list for an almost three-year-old. The good news is I have decided to keep it very simple! I have recently read multiple posts
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The Priority of Remaining Joyful

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  Joy. A tiny three-letter word that encompasses so much of what our lives as Christians ought to be marked by but often seems so evasive. Joy-less-ness is, sadly, more prevalent and prominent among Christians who homeschool than joy. Is there a solution? First, we need to honestly admit that a lifestyle of home education
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