Category Archives: Homeschooling

Lifestyle of Learning – Handwriting

When I began homeschooling 8 years ago, I taught my son handwriting from the same curriculum I had used as a child...D'Nealian. I purchased the workbooks through Rainbow Resource for a very reasonable price and my son did quite well ...

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Back to School for the Year Round Homeschooler

I almost always participate in Works for Me Wednesday.  However, this week, I was a little stumped. Kristen's topic was Back to School, and I sat here staring at the screen thinking to myself... I never left school, so how can I go back? Oh, sure we take breaks all the time, ...

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Lifestyle of Learning – Grammar

Since posting about my desire to make our entire homeschool environment a lifestyle of learning, I received many great comments and ideas from readers.  From these comments, I've been able to find some great successes I want to share with all of you. First ...

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The Weight of the World is Not Yours

The world is a big place.  But for some reason we moms have the notion we are somehow responsible for it all.  We heft that big ole burden up on our shoulders ...

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Lifestyle of Learning – History

I'm going to start with an easy one...at least easy for me.  History seems to mesh quite well with a Lifestyle of Learning environment and has required very little thought on my part, but still I want to speak to it ...

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The Bible Study Tool That Surprised Me

I have to admit it.  For years I was a Roulette Bible Reader. {You know, the kind of person who sits down with her Bible, lets it sort of fall open and reads where it falls.} Yes, I gleaned some wonderful things from that, but it's not really the best way to STUDY your Bible. Over ...

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