Category: Encouragement

Easter Resource List

Easter Resource List

Posted by | Apr 18, 2014 | , , , , , |

Over at Willy Wam Whimsy you can get a step by step tutorial for Making an Easter Tree. Stacey from over at A Moment in Our World shares 16 Easter Activities for you. Kylie from over at Our World Wide Classroom shares Fun Australian Easter Printables 8 Easter Tot Trays The Bilbies First Easter Activities list. Montessori Mama shares over at Montessori Nature Montessori Inspired Easter Shelves FREE Easter Colouring Pages to foster creative thinking and imagination Montessori Inspired Easter Traditions Around the World Collette from over at The Art of Being Mama shares A Children’s Easter Bible Study....

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How Do You Measure Up?

How Do You Measure Up?

Posted by | Aug 13, 2012 | |

In the home-school journey where a lot of our results are not immediately seen, we look for reassurance. We do this because we have assumed the full responsibility for the education of our children and we don’t want to get it wrong. However, using another family (either in real life, online or from a book) is not THE measuring stick we should be using. Continue reading →

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How To Make the Most of a Book Fair

How To Make the Most of a Book Fair

Posted by | Aug 10, 2012 | |

Book Fairs? Curriculum Displays… Oooh, just the thought all giddy with excitement. Devising a strategy so that you get maximum benefit from a books fair is It’s important to have a plan, to devise a strategy so that you don’t wander around aimlessly, plucking every good book from the table. After attending many books fairs and curriculum displays, I devised my survival plan. Continue reading →

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Homeschool Bartering

Homeschool Bartering

Posted by | Jan 30, 2012 | , , , |

Maybe you can’t teach music but you love to teach a subject that a nearby friend does not. Maybe you could swap! If you like Nature Study and your friend isn’t the most motivated person for Nature Study yet she loves Art, Cooking, Sewing or History maybe you could do a Lesson Swap! The benefits of Lesson Swapping are numerous. You don’t have to each everything – especially the subject you’re either not interested in or know nothing about. Continue reading →

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Encouraging Creativity

Encouraging Creativity

Posted by | Jan 15, 2010 | , |

by Maribeth Spangenberg I admire the person who can visualize a concept in their head and then transfer it unto a blank sheet of paper. The woman who is able to mentally match swatches of colored material and turn it into a beautifully, decorated room has my greatest compliments. However, considering that I have lived in my present home for ten years and I still sleep in a white walled bedroom, shows my limitations in this area. But as much as I lack in artistic ability, I have come to realize that creativity has many forms. It includes the...

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8 Ways to Sabotage Your Homeschool

8 Ways to Sabotage Your Homeschool

Posted by | Oct 8, 2009 | , |

The power of a successful homeschool journey cannot be over emphasized. Every parent who home schools wants to enjoy the adventure, grow close to their children and have well rounded children at the end of it. But moms hold the power to sabotage their own homeschools and often they do not even know they are doing it. Here are some warnings (and remedies) for homeschooling parents so that you are do not become one of them. Warning #1 – You have no systems in place How do you know this is happening? You cannot find your school books, the...

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