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Dyslexia and
Your student learns differently. You’ve studied and trained and adapted your homeschool to help your little one shine. There’s only so long you can protect them. But there comes a time when things like reading and writing take over the educational spotlight. This happened to our family last year. We belong to a community of classical learners and at nine our students are asked to migrate from clapping and chanting into discussing and asking questions. While a totally optional part of the program, my student watched her peers merge into this writing and grammar intensive course. She counted up their birthdays and noticed she was a year older than…
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Just Released
A writer’s life is never boring. Mostly because we stuff every peaceful moment with imaginary drama. Or maybe that’s just me. Whatever the reason I’ve got a new book to share with you. My first Christian cozy mystery just released on Kindle, with the paperback soon to follow. Based in a small town called Honey Pot, the mystery follows three homeschool mommas as they deal with Christmas drama while searching for a missing teenager. Though all the characters are fictitious I hope you can spot a bit of your life in one of theirs. Thanks for checking it out. I aim to make this new book a series. So, come back…
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Blue’s Clues,Together Time, and the Challenge Years
Keep Together Time Alive Long before I considered teaching my children from home our family had adopted the habit of morning time. We’d come together, open God’s word, pray, read, play and discover the world before separating into our individual routines. How did this begin? I didn’t have an epiphany as I read the scriptures. There was no correlation between how Jesus bonded with and taught the 12 that brought about our quaint routine. At the time, I had never heard of Pam Barnhill, Sarah Mackenzie, Charlotte Mason, or any other homeschool savant. I hadn’t even read a single book on child education. No, Bean, my then 3-year-old, came…
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Our School’s Stuff
Every homeschooling family runs differently. Each child within each family learns differently. As a Christian homeschooler, I do my utmost to put Christ at the center and leave the rest up to Him. Our family curriculum has changed and changed again. Our routines are in flux from season to season. But with our core fixed on the Lord, we can’t go too far off the deep end. Here’s a peek into our year. (DISCLAIMER: I am an affiliate of some of the following but not all. I refuse to promote products I don’t believe in!) 2019-2019 What we’re using: For most of our needs, we participate in Classical…
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Family Read-A-Thon
What’s a Read-a-Thon? Sick and tired of television and Kindle addiction? I was! My family seemed sewn to their magic boxes of flashing lights. I, also, succumbed to the siren call of the screen. The comfort of the couch, the ease of switching off and tuning in to a storyline or game that always ends with a pleasant theme song and usually a burst of laughter. I get drained. Vampire style. But shutting down to turn on the TV was leaving me and my family hollow and a bit harried. We snapped and snarled at minor interruptions. Glares of angst and bitterness were hurled at a hug needing child or parent. …
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Cozy up this Summer
Temperatures are in the 3 digits. Backyard pools and inflatable floaties are filled to bursting. Sunscreen scents the entire house, where there never seems to be enough ice or sweet tea. What’s a mama to do? Why not chill out and cuddle up with a cozy mystery? Cozies offer friendly places to visit, just enough drama to keep one guessing, and a happily resolved ending. Usually, they are light on the violence, easy on the language, and leave the hot and heavy to one’s imagination. So, go out have fun, with the kids, during the breeziest times of the day. Then head indoors to an easy to read, hard to put…
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Rockin’ Summer
Summer offers freedom for students. Homeschooled students are no exception. But what is a mom to do when days of fun in the sun turn your kiddos into grumps in the dumps? Especially when mom needs a brain break, the boredom bug has bitten and the whines have commenced? I want this… I think that… I need this… aye! Here’s one activity my family discovered that took the focus off of self and onto others while having a blast. Rocks of Kindness Here’s how it works: Find Rocks: Gather an assortment of rocks. Smooth is best but the kind really doesn’t matter. You can purchase them from the dollars story…
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First Cozy Mystery
Get the first chapter of my up and coming novel for free!
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Summer Break From CC
Whether the core of my home school year was 24 weeks or 30 weeks long, by the time end of year celebrations roll around I’m exhausted. My brain has absorbed as much new data as it can store and the time has come to reflect, relax, and reboot. My kiddos feel little different. They too are drained and strained to their limits. They may be sad to say goodbye to the weekly promise of friends but inwardly they’re done with the push. One tiny problem… in most states 24 to 30 weeks does not a school year make. Add to that the tension and worry of summer time’s sieve…
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Bonding with your growing manchild
