What Can a Four-Year-Old Do, Mama?

Your house may be a wreck once in a while because of the homeschooling and mothering and training you are busy doing. If you are all about cleaning house and cooking perfection, you just might be missing the most important things. Training gets pushed aside, schooling goes on the back burner, and relationships go on
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Homeschooling Your High Schooler with Heart Series: Part 3 – Job Boards: A Modern Way for Teens to Research Careers

Ask children what they want to be when they grow up and, depending on their age, you may get amusing answers that will remain etched in your family history. Through the years, they may have answered everything from “major league baseball player” or “veterinarian” to even “the president” or “rich!” Whatever the answers, it’s fun
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Planning for Life After Graduation, Mama

Hey Mama, Are you stressing over college prep for your high schoolers? Do you worry that your kids won’t have what it takes to get into a good college or get a good job ? Remember . . . One thing matters most of all: Raising your children up to love and obey the Lord. That they would make Him their
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Do You Compare Yourself to Other Mamas, Mama?

Hey Mama, You thought you had an unproductive week (especially compared to everyone else you know). You whispered under your breath that it was useless . . . pointless . . . low yielding . . . you are just not cut out for this.  “But it may have been more productive had I made
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Hey Mama Monday: Is Art for All Ages, Mama?

Greetings! “But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.” Isaiah 64:8 I am in the middle of planning our annual Homeschool Project Fair where children turn in projects in science, history, geography, and more. More than all other categories, the fine arts category always
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Plan a “Funschooling” Kindergarten Year

Your oldest is yearning to start learning, but there are pros and cons to introducing academics at age 4 or age 5. What’s a mama to do? Many experts that I respect suggest that kindergarten is too early to introduce rigorous academics to a child. A young student should not be pushed to write letters
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Is a Child Only as Grammatical as His Parents, Mama?

Hey Mama, God bless you and keep you in this new year . . . whether you’re great at grammar or not. Let me share a little secret. I know a number of homeschooling parents (dead serious) who are pretty bad at grammar, not so good at spelling, and who are wholly committed to homeschooling
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How Do You Write Your Schedule for the Year, Mama?

Hey Mama, How you write your schedule has to fit YOUR life and your family. I can give you all the ideas in the world, but if something doesn’t work for you, it’s not going to work for your family. If this area is a struggle for you, the first thing you need to do
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