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Easter Books to Recenter Your Family
Easter: It’s not just bunnies and chocolate, noodle salad, and colored eggs. It’s betrayal and denial. Blood and spit. Desperation and Hope. Easter is death overcome by Life. In my house, we love to celebrate the fun and family the holiday offers. But most importantly we take purposful pause to redirect and remember what Easter is all about… True Love… Rescue… Jesus. Here are a few books we love to read together around Easter time. We know you and your children will enjoy them, as well. For the Littles: We love JellyTelly and What’s in the Bible with Buck Denver. This little book sums up Easter in their charming puppety…
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Jesus is the Same
Put the kettle on and scoop out the grounds. It’s time for a peek into God’s word. In a world filled with crazy and uncontrollable change isn’t it great to know Jesus stays the same? Don’t forget to comment, like, and subscribe after you watch the video. Let’s grow our Late Night Coffee Moms Family. Follow my blog with Bloglovin
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Meet Our Math Time Buddy
Dyslexia is a giving disability. It gives us trouble in reading, trouble in writing, and trouble in math. This equals hands-on Mom and me school time, all day long. When my student was still little this was a blessing. It was a time to reassure and comfort my struggling learner. The older my student gets the more independence they crave and the more frustrated they become when they NEED mom’s help. Enter Teaching Textbooks After hours of repeated and laborious instruction in reading and writing, the last thing my mother/child relationship needs is another round in math. Teaching Textbooks works fabulously for my struggling learner. I oversee everything, from a…
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Your Church doesn’t Support Homeschooling?
It’s wild! Your family thinks you’re nuts. But you know, in your core, you’ve been called to home educate your kids. Your conviction is deep. This is what God is leading your family to do. Even, your husband knows it. And you’ve told your family. They might not be pleased. But at least you’ll be able to get the support you need at church. Until… you don’t! Shock. Confusion. Tiny twinges of frustration and disappointment ripple through you. You’re doing what you believe is right. Your choice to obey God’s call to homeschool comes with its share of sacrifices. But you never thought, alienation from your church family would be…
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Late Night Brew How to
So, I don’t call it Late Night Coffee Moms for nothing. This mama’s first cup of hot fresh coffee usually comes late at night once everyone is resting. That’s also when I get creative. You can often find me writing away while my coffee steams beside me. Here’s my favorite way to brew: 1- Get your Favorite Coffee You all know my favorite is the Dark Side Blend by Abide Coffee Roasters. I like to grind my beans right before brewing. But if you don’t have beans your favorite ground coffee will do. 2- Heat your Water I use an Instant Hot Kettle. It’s just faster and I want my…
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He Holds Us: SOS
My all time favorite Bible verse isn’t profound or deep. It doesn’t even hold the name of Jesus in it. It’s simple, tangible, and overwhelmingly loving… much like Grace and the Gospel. Snag your coffee and your Bible and hang out with me in Song of Solomon… aka Song of Songs… aka the naughty book of the Bible. Press play. Like and Subscribe to Grow the Late Night Coffee Moms Community.
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Together Time Video and Bookmark
Still worried about Together Time? Take it easy Mama. The only way you can mess it up is by taking it too seriously! Take a breath. The one thing that makes homeschooling HOME schooling is… you! So, be you. Invite your children to join you on the journey. Here’s a bookmark freebie to encourage you along the way. And here’s a rambling video of me, being me, discussing Together Time. Together Time On! Catch you next time. 🙂
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Finding Your Writer Mojo
Writing is hard Sometimes I flat out don’t want to do it. I toss my head and arms around and stamp my feet on the carpet and whine. I just don’t want to write. On days when writing seems impossible, it helps to fall back on basic routines and tools to help get me back in the creative mood. First: Prayer Often I forget this step. I hit up the keyboard and blast away with the words. Until my well runs dry and I’m pulling out my hair trying to remember why I chose this profession in the first place. Prayer resets my mind. It realigns me and gets me…
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Checklist for Together Time
Also Known as Morning Basket Time: Together Time is the creamy center of our homeschooling day. It’s the time we learn together, discuss together, and delight together. If no other formal instruction happens, for the day, together time keeps us on track and focused as a family. So, how do we run our Together Time? We keep it simple with the following few steps. 1- Start with the Spirit Bible and/or Devotions come first. They don’t have to include a craft or an object lesson. God’s word is truly all you need. The ultimate open and go curriculum. We’re working through the 90 days through the New Testament Challenge at…
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Confused by Curriculum?
The Homeschool Curriculum Summit 2.0 Is it possible to homeschool with confidence? The biblical answer is, yes! There is a promise found throughout Scripture for those who build on the foundation of God’s truth; in Psalm 1, we read that “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers, but his delight is in the law of the Lord…. In all that he does, he prospers.” And when families begin their home education journey by centering it on Christ and His Word, they can have the assurance that their investment will last…
