"When you let your own light shine, you unconsciously give others permission to do the same" ~ Author Unkown When I saw this quote on my Fashion Story wall, it started me thinking about what it means to shine your light. I've known the song 'This Little Light of Mine" as long as I can remember, but I've never really given it much thought. First I thought about how, when I don't know what to do, I Continue Reading >>
Verses to Cling to After the Diagnosis
For many parents summer time means a break from the pressures of school. For parents of children with special medical or educational needs, summer doesn't necessarily mean that there will be a break. Often summer picnics take a backseat to yet another round of labs, another therapy session, or sometimes new specialists running new diagnostic tests. About a month ago I spent a morning sitting in Continue Reading >>
Inventory Your Books Fast: Library, Music, Games, and More.
Have you ever wished that all your books were written down in one place? Maybe you even started with a spreadsheet and got a couple hundred books entered before you gave up. Maybe you even tried to do a library inventory with the old Readerware software and free scanner popular about ten years ago but terribly clunky to use. Here's the thing. We move at least every three years with the USAF, Continue Reading >>
If I Were a LEGO® Brick . . .
If I were a LEGO® Brick, I would hold up walls to protect my loved ones. I would be a ladder to bring them closer to God. I would be strong and true. I would be recognizable as the real deal. Different from the imposter. The genuine article. Never counterfeit. If I were a LEGO Brick, I would inspire creativity. If I were a LEGO Brick, I would play. I would play hard. I would last for what Continue Reading >>
Inspiring a Love to Learn in Your Child
Second only to a love for Christ and service to Him who created us, a love to learn is one of the goals of our homeschool. Our thought is this. If a child or adult loves to learn, they can and will be able to learn most anything they want to learn. Now that doesn't mean that a child with a low propensity for Science is going to be able to become a doctor -- that's not what I mean. I'm talking Continue Reading >>
Free Nature Journal Printables
We enjoy getting outdoors with the kids. In fact, this week I said something about being excited to find trails near our new home, and my ten-year-old said "Because you love hiking, Momma." And I had to ask, "Is that a question?" "No way, you do love hiking!" This made me very happy. Apparently the fact that I've drug them around to countless trails has started to make an impression. Getting your Continue Reading >>
6 Ways I Plan To Homeschool Through The Summer
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, the thermometer is rising, and I’m gathering my lesson book and teaching guides. You read that right, no summer break for our family this year. Why? Because we spent the majority of the winter sick with 3 different illnesses back to back. We had to cancel Thanksgiving Dinner along with Christmas Eve & Christmas Day festivities. New Year’s Eve we all Continue Reading >>
Writing with A Storyboard By Clara Blevins – A Homeschool Teen
When I started writing my first novel (which I have yet to finish) I was having trouble with how I wanted to link up the events I had in mind and in what order they should be. My dad suggested I make a storyboard to help me lay it out. By definition a storyboard is "a sequence of drawings, typically with some directions and dialogue, representing the shots planned for a movie or television Continue Reading >>
Classical Music for Everyone: Maestro Classics Review
I put The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Ages 6+ and families) from Maestro Classics in the CD player of our car and everyone was immediately quiet. That doesn't happen very often. As they listened, it got pretty intense. The story I mean. After a little bit my eight-year-old piped up. (Spoiler Alert) "Oh, I know this story! It's going to flood." And it did. Boy did it ever. I didn't know the story, but Continue Reading >>
Using the Alphabet Notebooking Pages from NotebookingPages.com
We had quite a bit of fun today using the Alphabet Notebooking Pages set from NotebookingPages.com. First, we drew pictures of something that started with the letter A. Both boys chose to draw an apple and used strange colors but I do try to let them have choices in decisions which can have no negative consequences. After they finished drawing their apples, I wrote a capital letter A and Continue Reading >>