For some reason, I gravitate toward books about farming. While our family does not farm, we do have huge gardens, bees, chickens, fruit trees, and nut trees—just enough to feed our family and to share. That’s probably why I like to read about people who work hard and make a living of some sort from [...]
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Homeschool Review: EntreLeadership by Dave Ramsey
As a homeschooling mother of teens, I was looking for a practical, insightful book about business. I wanted my teens to have at least some exposure to the business world and all it entails, and I wanted them to learn from a Christian. Well, I couldn’t have found a better book for all this than [...]
Review: Say What You Mean: Beginning Debate by JoJo Tabares
So, your teens are full of worthwhile opinions and great ideas. That’s a joy for any parent, especially a homeschooling parent. Now the next question is: can they communicate their ideas winsomely? Can they discuss them articulately and graciously with opponents? Can they convince others of the truth of a matter? Based on the [...]
Foundations in Personal Finance Curriculum, Revisited
During school time Mr. 16 was sitting at the computer, chuckling. Having that much fun doing ‘schoolwork’ suggests to me that it’s not really schoolwork on the computer…. So I sternly asked, “What are you doing?” Sweetly he answered, “Dave Ramsey,” and continued chortling. After listening to a few more minutes of this laughter, I [...]
Review: Doing Virtuous Business by Theodore Roosevelt Malloch
We’ve all heard the idea that business is about being greedy, exploiting workers, and destroying the environment. Well, Theodore Roosevelt Malloch, Yale researcher, disagrees. He has written Doing Virtuous Business: The Remarkable Success of Spiritual Enterprise to show that successful business depends on a civilization’s ‘spiritual capital’, the sum of values and ideas, derived from [...]
Review: Foundations in Personal Finance Homeschool Curriculum
Looking ahead to my children’s futures, I don’t want to see them saddled with debt, living hand-to-mouth, fighting about money with their spouses, needing two incomes to survive, and unable to support their local church and other worthy causes. And I’m sure you don’t want that for your children either. Now, sometimes such financial [...]
A Free Gift and a Review: Molly’s Money-Saving Digest
Each New Year I make resolutions about upgrading and improving?eventually. Molly, on the other hand, has already done so. Her latest Money-Saving Digest: Molly Saves in the Office sports a new look and new features, while retaining the best of last year?s Digests. Although Molly?s new look is very contemporary, her smiling face still beams [...]
Review: Tell Your Time by Amy Lynn Andrews
When you take a powerhouse like Amy Lynn Andrews, an influential blogger and mom of four who absolutely despises writing, and ask her how she manages her busy life, this is what you get: just under 30 information-packed pages that can revolutionize your life. Tell Your Time can make 2011 your most purposeful, productive, and [...]
Home Sweet Home (Business), a Molly Review
Molly’s been putting out her Money Saving Digests for a year and a half, and occasionally I wonder what more she can say about frugality. Well, this month she addresses the other side of the frugality equation. Instead of talking exclusively about thriving on less, she discusses making money from home. The June Digest, [...]
Homeschool Crew Review: Graphics Toolbox
“A picture speaks a thousand words.” Shouldn’t your pictures speak your words? This is the premise of Graphics Toolbox, a program that allows you to make amazing graphics easily. With this program you can manipulate photos, easily cut out parts, rotate them, fix backgrounds, add ribbons and text in any color you choose, [...]
